By Fair Row on 07-19-10
Hopefully Governor Schweitzer’s “clear vision” includes being able to see through the North Fork Road dust billowing over the North Fork of the Flathead river and taking action to reduce or eliminate the dust. That would not, of course, be as highly visible a political deal as his grand ‘coup’ with Campbell, but it would contribute considerably to clean water. Let’s show British Columbia we can fix home grown problems as well as those outside Montana’s control.
By Alethia on 08-23-10
Long have I been a proponent of my American cousins. Even in the face of international disdain, I was the one standing up for the US of A. I know you can stand up for yourself, but its always good to have friends.
2 months ago, CSIS (the Canadian CIA) reported that some politicians were in the sway of foreign governments. As it would in the US, it caused quite a stir. Everyone thought China, with all its spy networks on both sides of our border.
However, what has been very painful to many of us up here, is that that would actually EXACTLY apply to what happened in the secret dealings between your Governor and our Premier. I have been on the Flathead, from Moose city to points south. There is no way you guys could pull that off on your side of the border there would be gun fire in the streets.
BUT I guess you think you off-set your own pollution of the Flathead, by creating a virtual park up here.
Can anyone down there imagine how galling it must be to be a Canadian and watch the YtoY initiative play out? Take a look at the map, it intends to make a park out of Canada greater in size than the size of Texas—perhaps twice that.
Imagine what would happen if the US tried to make a giant park from Yellowstone to the Canadian border. There would be a war. So why do it up here? Because you can. And Canada I guess is like any third world country you can have your way with.
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