Denny Rehberg is Going Down.

I have made it my personal mission to make sure that Denny Rehberg is brought out on the table for his ridiculous, illogical, self aggrandizing, bogus platform. Now mama's mad.

Letter #2 from our friend Denny Rehberg.

Thank you for contacting me regarding your views on Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standards. It is good to hear from you. I am pleased to report that on August 1, 2001, I joined with 268 of my colleagues to reject an amendment to the energy bill that would have placed automobile fuel economy standards on SUV's and other light trucks. I am concerned with arbitrary increases in CAFÉ standards and find that they would be counterproductive. It has become evident over the past decade that Americans prefer to purchase larger sports utility vehicles (SUV's) rather than purchasing more fuel-efficient compact cars. Consumers should be free to buy vehicles that meet their family needs in terms of affordability, passenger room, payload capacity, increased safety features and utility. Automakers offer more than 50 models with fuel economy ratings above 30 miles per gallon, but American consumers have not shown an overwhelming desire to purchase these types of vehicles. I was proud to reject arbitrary increases in CAFÉ standards last fall and will maintain this view when considering the Energy Bill Conference Report this fall. Again, thank you for contacting me on this important energy issue. For more information and to sign up for my e-newsletter, please visit my website at http://www.house.gov/rehberg. Keep in touch.


This speaks for itself.

Laura Bush here for an Ice Cream Social.

I hear Mrs. Bush is in Bozeman today trying to help Conrad with his campaign; by eating ice cream. Yeah, that should do it.

Donate Books to Katrina Victims Libraries.

Dear MT Fem,


An important fact has to be remembered as we recall the victims of last year's devastating storms:
Almost half of all children in New Orleans lived in poverty -- before Hurricane Katrina.
The callous and inept federal response to Hurricane Katrina revealed that, when faced with a crisis that experts had actually predicted, the Republican administration was utterly unprepared and unresponsive.
Meanwhile, the shameful foot-dragging since the storm on reconstruction and help to families shows the same lack of interest in solving real problems and saving lives. So far, the administration has gotten around to spending barely half of what Congress authorized.
The Republican administration's failures before and after the storms are linked by a common approach to the solemn responsibilities of government. Simply put: they aren't interested.
This Republican leadership's philosophy means that our government simply will not meet the needs of our people.
Not because it's impossible -- but because they don't believe it should.
And so we are left with each American having to do what he or she can to help.
There is too much to be done for individuals acting alone to fix everything, but until we achieve a change in leadership we all must step up to the plate.
One way to do that is by donating new or used books to the Children's Defense Fund, an organization that's working to make sure that school libraries in Gulf Coast are well-stocked for returning students.
Only 18% of New Orleans children had returned by the end of the last school year, according to the New York Times. More children will return this year, but the conditions they will return to can be terrible.
I want to ask that you participate in a book drive for the children of the Gulf Coast. It's important, and it's a tangible way for you to make a difference:
http://www.democrats.org/bookdrive
While we all take time to reflect and do our small part to help, one thing is clear: Democrats offer a new direction.
We believe in a government that takes its obligations to the American people seriously, one that is always improving the services and protections it provides -- a government that becomes more efficient as it meets challenges and takes on new challenges with serious commitment.
And we believe passionately in the responsibility of public service -- doing the hard, unglamorous work that comes with solving real problems that impact people's lives.
With that sense of responsibility missing in our leaders today, we find ourselves in deep trouble.
A fifth grader interviewed by the New York Times recently -- one of the few who have made it back -- told the reporter that his father, who is in the National Guard, has been sent to the Middle East. Meanwhile, back on the home front, their house has been burglarized.
The boy summed up what people on the Gulf Coast -- and people all across the country -- are feeling right now:
"We deserve better."
Governor Howard Dean, M.D.
P.S. -- We've set up a resource center to help people learn more a year after Katrina. From the promises made and subsequently broken, to a look back at the failure of leadership on the levees in New Orleans, take a minute to explore just where we are one year later:
http://www.democrats.org/katrinaanniversary

Am I a Fascist?

As if you had not heard:

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Aug 29, 2006 (AP)— Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday accused critics of the Bush administration's Iraq and counterterrorism policies of trying to appease "a new type of fascism."
In unusually explicit terms, Rumsfeld was expected to portray the administration's critics as suffering from "moral and intellectual confusion" about what threatens the nation's security and accused them of lacking the courage to fight back.

I can only say, "What the hell is he thinking?".