Copper Griz said:
Ironic. Many of the people bitching on the board are huge proponents for the 1st and 2nd amendments. Every other right our constitution was designed to protect. Yet, God forbid people from other states who want a better quality of life move around “within” the United States. Crazy talk. Maybe we should build a wall around Montana and keep these invaders out. Go back 50 years In time and bury our heads in the sand. WTH?
True story...
There was a fella, moved from CA to the Bitterroot about 30 years ago, some acreage. He built himself a gun range on his land, and let his neighbors know about it. No late night or early morning shooting, just a daytime thing. Next thing he knows, the Sheriffs Office shows up stating his 'neighborly neighbors' complained about the gunfire. The SO was just informing him of the complaint, that nothing was against the law, and they had no problem with the gunrange and gunfire. Seems they were all 'out-of-staters' bitching about the other guy.
Brought their attitudes and mindset with them when they carpetbagged to Montana. THAT is the problem, Copper. They bring that shithead act with them. The same act that turned whereeverinthehell they came from so unbearable, they HAD to move. So they come to Montana and shit in our pool.
Another true story, about a Anesthesiologist who was sucking up/buttering up some old rancher because he wanted to buy some of his land when it was up for sale. Well, it did come up for sale. The rancher called the Doc and said some Californian had just sold his pathetic ranch style house for big bucks, and, with this windfall, his offer was better than the Doc's.
The carpetbaggers can sell everything and move to Montana(or wherever), but they bring their mindset/beliefs with them. Seems they can uproot and move, but what they uprooted, and brought with them, are weeds. The weeds of their mental outlook. There are warning placards all over Montana pointing out the noxious weed problem and how to keep it from spreading. I was on the career trial for 20-30 years, and when I finally returned to Montana, the physical features remained, but where we used to recreate there are signs: No Trespassing, No motored vehicles, no this, no that.
Missoula used to be a quiet, conservative town in the summers, after the students left. When I returned for the first time, about 20 years after graduation, the town had changed to what it is now. Pathetic and sad. The same thing is happening to Blowsman now. The noxious carpetbagger problem has not been recognized. Carpetbaggers totally destroyed the South after 1865. Maybe a wall isn't such a bad idea after all. Works on the Mexican border. Could work in Montana. The 1970s Montana was better than the 2020 Montana