You may have noticed, and chuckled like I did, when the John McCain ads began appearing en masse on this site earlier this week.
I have little control over the Google ads on the right of the page. The content usually is generated by Google to match the content of the posts, and I happened to write about Republican Party politics just as McCain claimed a huge win in Florida and embarked on a fund-raising drive.
In case you missed it, “Smart Growth” has the solution to congestion on Teton Pass.
Seriously, smart growth will be the topic as two important issues converge this week: affordable housing and a new Comprehensive Plan.
A blizzard is raging outside, so it seems odd to be writing about searing heat, round-the-clock music and spicy Cajun eats. Then again, it’s never too early to begin planning spring break.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has released its preliminary music schedule, and whether you’re rolling with the Spread Heads, Parrot Heads, Fish Heads or ‘Fess Head, the lineup is stacked.
The News&Guide has a front-page story this week about growing concern among Teton County officials over the cost and frequency of backcountry rescues, particularly of skiers in extreme terrain.
One source of irritation, not mentioned in the article, stemmed from the all-night rescue of snowboarder Toby Kuznia on New Year’s Day. Kuznia, 23, walked out on a cornice on the edge of Unskiabowl, in the southern Tetons, and triggered a slide that carried him several hundred feet over cliffs. N&G reporter Cara Froedge wrote a gripping narrative of the ordeal, with Kuznia, who suffered a broken pelvis and other injuries, pictured flashing the “hang loose” sign from his hospital bed.
Turns out that on one of the four helicopter trips needed to shuttle Kuznia’s party and rescuers off the mountain, a ski belonging to one of Kuznia’s friends fell out of the chopper and was lost. The friend allegedly asked the Teton County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees Search and Rescue, to buy him a new pair of skis.
Dude, thanks for saving my buddy’s life. How about a new set of twin-tip Salomon SPKs to go with that heli ride? And a fresh coat of wax.
“There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.”
— Dick Cheney, Aug. 26, 2002
Someone finally has done the math.
A nonpartisan research group has documented 935 false statements made by the Bush-Cheney administration in the run-up to the Iraq War.
Dick Cheney told only 48 of those lies, compared to 260 by President Bush, 244 by Colin Powell and 109 by Donald Rumsfeld.
The report was compiled by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit organization of independent investigative journalists dedicated to ethics in government.
Most importantly, the study found that Bush and seven of his top officials “waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation” about the threat posed by Iraq.
Join U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) in calling for impeachment hearings.
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In local GOP news, state Rep. Keith Gingery has renewed his efforts to saddle more young people with a criminal record.
Gingery, a Republican from Jackson, has introduced a bill for the third time that would give police more leeway in citing minors for possessing or consuming alcohol.
Gingery’s bill would make it a crime for a minor to attempt to purchase alcohol, to solicit others to purchase alcohol, to possess alcohol or to have consumed alcohol, even on private property.
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