Wyoming Political Blogwire

updated at 11:47

• A Fresh Perspective From the Intermountain West

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  I knew I'd like this guy from the moment we were introduced. Underneath the Hello! My Name Is on his paper name tag, he'd scrawled NONE OF YOUR GODDAMN BUSINESS. A man after my own heart. Clarence Worly (he took his nom de guerre from Christian Slater's character in 'True Romance') [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2010, 9:41am EST
  

• Solutions for a Post Carbon World

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  With the avalanche of opinions on the challenging issues that face Montanans and the world today, it's hard to know where to get reliable information.  We know the conundrums of climate, energy, resource depletion, and the economy are complex and interrelated, but it can be difficult to grasp exactly how [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2010, 9:29am EST
  

• Questions Arise on Idaho Education Network

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  Members of the Idaho Legislature's Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC) peppered Mike Gwartney, director of the Department of Administration, with questions about the Idaho Education Network (IEN), with a number of them expressing concern that money was being spent to build networks on top of networks rather than leveraging existing network [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2010, 8:44am EST
  

• Holt Prairie Saga Continues in Eventide

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  This month the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is presenting the world premier of Eventide, playwright Eric Schmiedl's faithful adaptation of Kent Haruf's novel, directed by Kent Thompson.  Two years ago Schmiedl turned Haruf's beloved novel Plainsong into a winning play, and this time he works with darker material, [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2010, 8:00am EST
  

• brit: Here’s a visually stunning presentation about the state...

  —Wyomingirl: Campaigning for Congress

  
  
  

  brit:

  Here’s a visually stunning presentation about the state of the Internet. The blogosphere section was particularly interesting.

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  Posted: February 09, 2010, 10:04pm EST
  

• My folks - what hopeless romantics ... "their voting records are drastically different and they have even helped kill each other's bills."

  —Wyomingirl: Campaigning for Congress

  CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE, 1985

  Strange bedfellows — “Love conquers party differences

  “When Rep. Cynthia Lummis of Cheyenne wants to know what time her husband will be home for dinner, all she needs to do is send a message down the hall of the state Capitol to the Senate chamber, and Sen. Al [...]

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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 8:47pm EST