Big Sky Cairn

While the Drill-Nothing Democrats celebrate the increased use of public transit “across Montana” (well, at least in the cities that have public transit - if you live in rural Montana where you have to drive further anyway, you’re out of luck), gas prices in Montana hit an ugly milestone on Friday when the average cost of a gallon of gasoline hit $4. While all those working class Montanans are feeling the pain, our elected Drill-Nothing Democrats in the Senate, Tester and Baucus, are actually voting to increase the taxes on energy while the “Energy Governor” continues to attack his opponent for actually having some personal experience in the Energy Industry. Meanwhile, wannabe representative Driscoll, the Democrat’s nominee to challenge Rehberg wants to create an electric train system for everyone to ride.

So while Democrats square dance between the environmentalists whose money got them elected and the working class they claimed to defend, Republican Denny Rehberg actually makes some sense.

Drill, drill, drill!

I really howled when I saw this report. Its a comparrison of the Metro Link (urban light rail) vs. buying every one below the poverty level an new Pirus and paying gas and maintenace. Turns out the city would have saved 49 million. Link provided.

http://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/re/2004/c/pages/light_rail.html#table