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    MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

    I only assume that apathy and laziness explains most things. Context is necessary anytime I see “record levels of…”. Put a denominator on that, like household wealth, or income, or GDP, then see if it adjusts your perspective. While the government balance sheet has deteriorated, the balance...
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    MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

    Given the demand for big-game tags and the number of campers and ATVs buzzing around during my hunts, I find it hard to understand the "system not working for me" argument. I think Americans just like to complain, be it about inflation or Gaza or Ukraine or the border. But I'm ready to see what...
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    Anybody Buying Yet? Where’s the Bottom?

    I now will focus on my December discussion on the family financial situation with my wife and try to explain that this isn't normal. 🤷‍♂️
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    CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

    Someone learned the important lesson in messaging today...win or lose, declare victory.
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    CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

    Sure, but can we stop referring to this as battling the antis? I get it, but sometimes it results in messaging that is not attractive to the people you need to convince. I prefer to view it as trying to convince the 60% of people that don't care one way or another that your position is valid and...
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    CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

    Bad link? Sorry. Found it. Just went to main page.
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    MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

    This is true and the interesting part of Montana's history. I don't think it is necessarily a different demographic makeup like @4ohSick suggests, although that may have something to do with it. But it is hard to square the circle of people complaining transplants are bringing their liberal...
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    MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

    Wow, you sure have a lot of issues of Giffords. Dude, she got shot in the head by a crazy person with a gun in an event that killed two, including a little girl. I think you can cut her some slack on her position, even if you don't agree with it. She was pro 2A before that event. I get your...
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    CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

    But is it not an instance of putting out a small fire and then waiting for the next one to pop up, which we know it will? I don’t like playing “prevent defense”, which is what it feels like.
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    CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

    There are a lot of posts on how well funded “they” are and yet hunters can’t seem to organize themselves into a cohesive group with a coherent message if their sport depended on it. Constantly putting out fires.
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    MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

    I'm not "telling" them to do anything. Just trying to understand what kind of candidate they want to see. Maybe I'll move back there. ;) True. I think the discussion is more about American voters in general and not specific to Montana. I do like looking back at how Montana voted and ask "what...
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    Anybody Buying Yet? Where’s the Bottom?

    The results are in and the market spoke, for a day at least. TAN -4.5% (solar tax policy adjustments?, TSLA up 15%, so kissing ass helps?) TLT -2.75% (10yr yield up 0.15%, so much for lower mortgage rates) XLF +6.1% (steeper yield curve. FOMC meeting tomorrow) XLE +3.75% (oil flat, so more of a...
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    MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

    Sure. I get that. What was Cooney's problem in 2020? Hind sight is always 20/20. I just think that "guns" is an oversimplification of Montanans general decision when they walk into the booth. When I look at the historical results, Montana is all over the place, especially in the Governor...
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    MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

    Great. But hard to believe you still elected Steve Bullock twice and his NRA rating is F, which I don’t think stands for fantastic.
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    MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

    The MT guys keep saying they want better candidates. Can someone give me a list of the things they want to hear? I would generally say that voting Americans are a diverse group, but the trend of the presidential victors over the last 45 years is to dumb stuff down. No one wants the details or...
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    MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

    The racist ones? Here is the data for Montana for the TLDR. You can easily pinpoint the exact year MT switched from Dem to Rep. (website attached for those that want to play around for their state). The explanation is well understood for anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the 1960's. A...
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    Food for thought

    I second that, and add polls and surveys to the list.
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    Food for thought

    Absolutely. They must have cut out the respondents that claimed the rash was caused by the Russians or Chinese or Ukranians and the cream was a government/pharmaceutical company conspiracy to control our thoughts. 😂 But yeah, more data.
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    Food for thought

    This is key. People don’t understand consequences of the alternative if you avoid them. It’s hard to say “let the economy crash so they have a baseline.” Generally I think we have become soft. I’m sure anyone that lived through the great depression would agree.
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    Food for thought

    And electrical consumption for every category at all-time highs with warnings the infrastructure can't meet future demand. I see it more of an issue of people not wanting to pay the price for electricity that would include future buildout. They want their lights and AC on for as cheaply as...

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