Montana Got It Right

I want to personally congratulate my home state of Montana on getting rid of the jackass known as Conrad Burns and electing this fellow to the Senate:

His name is John Tester. Unlike Mr. Burns, he's actually from Montana (not Missouri). He's an organic farmer. He has a real job and he's a real person. Hopefully that won't change too much when he heads to DC.

Conrad, I know you thought no one in Montana would notice when you changed your turn and suddenly stopped caring about term limits after your first two terms, but we did. You thought ethics weren't important and pretty much pissed off everyone in Congress while representing us. Well, we don't like crooked Senators.

And incidentally, we don't like anyone who talks trash about our firefighters. Here's a Burns quote from last summer regarding a hot shot crew:

"See that guy over there? He hasn't done a God-damned thing. They sit around. I saw it up on the Wedge fire and in northwestern Montana some years ago. It's wasteful. You probably paid that guy $10,000 to sit around. It's gotta change."

He was then informed by a staffer that the crew members made $8-12 per hour. Conrad Burns, we will not miss you. Jon Tester, good luck :)