Could we just go ahead and give Montana away?

[FBM]

This is what happens when people don't vote. And in Montana, it's not because of apathy, it's because nobody lives there. Even if they get everybody to turn out at the polls, they still can't manage a quorum. In Montana the swing vote is like Schrodinger's ballot box; all it takes is one guy to flip the state from red to blue. All it takes is one person staying home to care for a sick sheep to change the entire political map of the state. (Or more realistically, one sheep appearing unusually coquettish for that time of year.)

Indeed. If I remember correctly something I looked up several years ago, Montana is about 3x the size of Korea, but the population of what in Korea would be considered a small town.

[Warren Dew]

So, basically he is afraid the federal government is purposely moving endangered species onto oil rich land to prevent future drilling.
That sounds like something the Greens would try.

I suspect bison would be successful enough in Montana that they'd soon need a hunting season.

[Tyrannical]

So, basically he is afraid the federal government is purposely moving endangered species onto oil rich land to prevent future drilling.
That sounds like something the Greens would try.

I suspect bison would be successful enough in Montana that they'd soon need a hunting season.

Oil pipelines as I recall radiate enough heat to melt the snow, thus making them attractive to wildlife.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

So, basically he is afraid the federal government is purposely moving endangered species onto oil rich land to prevent future drilling.
That sounds like something the Greens would try.

I suspect bison would be successful enough in Montana that they'd soon need a hunting season.

Oil pipelines as I recall radiate enough heat to melt the snow, thus making them attractive to wildlife.

If they don't block migration trails, that is.

[Seth]

So, basically he is afraid the federal government is purposely moving endangered species onto oil rich land to prevent future drilling.
That sounds like something the Greens would try.

And that's exactly what they are doing. It's all part of the grand "rewilding" plan for the west, in which most of the land west of the Mississippi is deliberately depopulated of humans, who are sent to live in highly dense urban "gulags" while the critters are allowed to retake the rest of the land and humans are prohibited from entering their "natural habitat."

It's not at all far-fetched that Obama and his green minions in the Department of Agriculture might have just such a plan in mind, particularly given the fact that the government has already decided to ban drilling for oil on the Montana front.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

[Svartalf]

Cuckoo!!!

All that bison methane is getting to the guy's head.

More likely he's been having fun with the pretty 'shrooms growing on the bizon patties.

[Tero]

So, basically he is afraid the federal government is purposely moving endangered species onto oil rich land to prevent future drilling.
That sounds like something the Greens would try.

And that's exactly what they are doing. It's all part of the grand "rewilding" plan for the west, in which most of the land west of the Mississippi is deliberately depopulated of humans, who are sent to live in highly dense urban "gulags" while the critters are allowed to retake the rest of the land and humans are prohibited from entering their "natural habitat."

It's not at all far-fetched that Obama and his green minions in the Department of Agriculture might have just such a plan in mind, particularly given the fact that the government has already decided to ban drilling for oil on the Montana front.

Where do I sign up to support this plan?

[mistermack]

From what I've heard, the oil IS being extracted, faster than expected, and using hydraulic fracturing of the rocks.
Very little chance of a ban, when it's ongoing.

[amused]

So, basically he is afraid the federal government is purposely moving endangered species onto oil rich land to prevent future drilling.
That sounds like something the Greens would try.

And that's exactly what they are doing. It's all part of the grand "rewilding" plan for the west, in which most of the land west of the Mississippi is deliberately depopulated of humans, who are sent to live in highly dense urban "gulags" while the critters are allowed to retake the rest of the land and humans are prohibited from entering their "natural habitat."

It's not at all far-fetched that Obama and his green minions in the Department of Agriculture might have just such a plan in mind, particularly given the fact that the government has already decided to ban drilling for oil on the Montana front.

Where do I sign up to support this plan?

Which part? Putting people in gulags, or putting animals on top of oilfields?

[Tero]

Both. We have the gulags already. Nobody needs 10 acres and a pickup to live on.

[Gallstones]

Hey, hey, hey!
No you can't take over.

My couch


The bench by the door

[Gallstones]

Both. We have the gulags already. Nobody needs 10 acres and a pickup to live on.

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BTW, we don't live on the pickup.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Gallstones, could you start an "Independent Montana Movement" then? I'd send money.

[Tero]

Good plan. Ship all the guns and pickups to Montana. When I get to be dictator, we don't allow pick ups, only vans. Then the craps stays mostly inside the vehicle other than the odd ladder falling off. No washing machines or couches, though.