They could have just said that they want their little newspaper to be about food and music.
This post caught my eye as at another place we discussed the meaning of “hubris.” Lynne Foland, publisher of the Missoula Independent, referred to those who read columnist George Ochenski and who are upset at his firing as “disaffected.”
The word means alienated and resentful of authority.
It reminds me of a fellow who used to manage Yellowstone Public Radio in Billings, Montana. He had read a book describing “conspiracy theorists” as mentally unstable, and took great comfort. He too exhibited this arrogance.
In each case here, Our YPR guy and Foland (and Robert Meyerowitz, I take it), they are attempting to cast themselves in a superior light by demeaning those who disagree as being out of the mainstream, as if that in itself is grounds for contempt. They take perverse pleasure in siding with authority.
It does not require chops. There is no attempt to be right and no desire to engage opponents. They take their cues from group consensus and authority figures. Thought is not required, and spirit even less so. They mirror the status quo, an easy thing to do.
But it is no way to go through life. As I view things, they exhibit cowardice.
Piece of Mindful 
“I hope in these days we have heard the last of comformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Rehberg v. Baucus. Now you’re talking. The Brits would probably pay to produce that for a mini-series on Masterpiece Theatre. Hadn’t thought of that. What would Baucus do to avoid another run against Rehberg. Between now and November Tester should avoid anything that looks like a moving bus.
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At first I couldn’t figure out why Rehberg would challenge Tester for the Senate seat, but then it occurred to me that Rehberg must consider his run a two-for. If he loses to Tester he’ll just wake up the next morning and start the campaign against Baucus.
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Nor is it that far-fetched that Schweitzer takes Baucus on in the 1014 primary.
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Ooops, typo. There was a Brian. Wrong year, although there are similarities to the 1014 Irish Battle of Clontarf led by Brian Boru. Brian’s forces won, but he was killed, returning Ireland to years of bloody factional fighting between Vikings and Irish.
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If you check out MT Cowgirl, which I gather is a Montana Democratic Party outlet, they have fired a shot at the bow of Baucus, revealing ten years after the fact (and beyond statute of limitations) that Baucus was fully aware of and approved the “independent” ads running against Mike Taylor in 2002. Such matters are “leaked,” or planted. Someone is sending Max a message. Step down.
Max has his weapons and power. Internecine warfare awaits. Break out the popcorn!
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