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Practice TODAY, updates will be posted
- Thread starter BWahlberg
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Will you get a chance to post a practice update thread on Egriz tonight? I won't be able to check back until then. And thanks for putting in the time and effort.
BWahlberg said:
To disprove the fraudulent ilovethecats posts about JJ quitting the team and leaving Msla, I see these Brint tweets from today:
mtgrizrule
Well-known member
Good to hear JJ was practicing. With that said, got to wonder, what more was there to Pflu's dismissal, after he supported JJ ?
Brint, when is the EGRIZ report? Soon, I hope.
Brint, when is the EGRIZ report? Soon, I hope.
Brock Landers
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TAKE THAT ILTC, AND... SO FORTH
Brock Landers
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...anyone wanna repost every tweet?
mtgrizrule
Well-known member
Hammer said:
To be honest, I am completely happy about JJ's status now. Just so frustrating to be kept hanging on details, or facts why 2 good men were dismissed from their respected positions?
It looks like today, we have eliminated 1 of the reasons, which I am so thankful for. I was really worried about this having to do with JJ, being he is Big Man on Campus as starting QB. At least GRIZNATION has some good news, with him being back. Good news is nice after the last 2 weeks.
I think Royce Engstrom has been a little pre-OCCUPIDE hanging with that bozeman mexican chick helping the communist hippy earth-firsters find better ways to shut down all the industries in Montana. :roll:
http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/columnists/students-being-trained-to-obstruct-development/article_ba6832b0-8316-11e1-9e1d-0019bb2963f4.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Students being trained to obstruct development
The agenda of the recent Rocky Mountain Power Shift conference held at the University of Montana – training students how to organize to obstruct responsible development of Montana’s natural resources– was certainly disturbing considering the tax base our resources provide to fund education in our state, not to mention the thousands of family wage job opportunities that accompany it.
Looking further into who the sponsors were, one sees that two of the platinum sponsors were the current presidents of UM and Montana State University, which also sponsored the conference. This left me wondering what the rest of Montana’s citizens would think of their universities underwriting this kind of activism and the leaders of these institutions attending as keynote speakers and vociferously supporting it.
While Montana has seen this kind of “grassroots organizing” on our campuses before, this is the first I am aware of that has had this level of endorsement from the highest positions of our higher ed institutions. For example, in 1988 the Wilderness Association held seminars at UM for undergraduate and graduate students, telling them that what they needed to do was appeal and litigate U.S. Forest Service timber sales to cripple the milling infrastructure in the state. The “message” was they needed to be “nitpicky, philosophical, imaginative and exhaustive” in the appeals process so when they threw it at the wall something would stick in litigation. They claimed doing so would create a judicial juggernaut that would take years to sort out resulting in a collapse of supply that the mills could not survive without. And they could get paid to do it.
We’ve lost 27 commercial sawmills, countless ma-and-pa outfits, and thousands of timber industry jobs as a result of exactly what they were describing. UM was complicit in allowing these seminars to happen on campus and even went as far as allowing the more radical members of so-called environmental groups to organize on campus. The university wasn’t brazen enough to actually sponsor the “conflict industry” events back then though.
Today, we have UM and MSU co-sponsoring, and the presidents of these institutions keynoting and proudly displaying their platinum-level support for Obstructionism 101. There were 42 workshops offered at the conference. The Sierra Club was there teaching litigation tactics and how to create a business model on the conflict, Energy Justice Network lecturing why biomass power generation is “dirty energy,” Blue Skies Campaign describing how Montana’s coal development represents an assault on the working class, the National Wildlife Federation imploring students to include sportsmen into their global warming action agenda against the Keystone XL pipeline, the Montana Wilderness Association discussing the “promise and perils” of collaboration, etc.
The latter workshop is one that really poured salt into some old wounds for me. I fully support bringing diverse interests together as a means to work toward productive outcomes and recognize that the Wilderness Association has in recent years participated in collaborations attempting to accomplish those ends, but sponsoring and participating in a conference that is applauding civil disobedience organizers and teaching litigation tactics undermines the organization’s claim that it is sincere in wanting to step beyond the tools of the past and work cooperatively in the future.
Higher ed institutions are supposed to be a marketplace of opposing viewpoints that foster an atmosphere that helps individuals learn from a balance of worldviews. The fact is this conference and its substance fell well short of balance and smacked of indoctrination. And unfortunately, this marks a chapter of Montana obstructionism on a whole new level. MSU, UM, its law school and others have proven they know how to crush industries training the next generation by convincing them that even dead trees should be managed in 35,000-foot plumes of smoke, and burning culled wood fiber to make electrons is unacceptable because it produces CO2 and makes a stump.
I’m not sure what I am more furious about – the “conflict industry” that is continually assembling the machinery of economic destruction to unleash on our state, or the fact that there has been an atmosphere created at our universities that allows them the ability and the tools to do it in broad daylight – right in front of us.
Montana Sen. Chas Vincent of Libby represents Senate District 1.
http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/columnists/students-being-trained-to-obstruct-development/article_ba6832b0-8316-11e1-9e1d-0019bb2963f4.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Students being trained to obstruct development
The agenda of the recent Rocky Mountain Power Shift conference held at the University of Montana – training students how to organize to obstruct responsible development of Montana’s natural resources– was certainly disturbing considering the tax base our resources provide to fund education in our state, not to mention the thousands of family wage job opportunities that accompany it.
Looking further into who the sponsors were, one sees that two of the platinum sponsors were the current presidents of UM and Montana State University, which also sponsored the conference. This left me wondering what the rest of Montana’s citizens would think of their universities underwriting this kind of activism and the leaders of these institutions attending as keynote speakers and vociferously supporting it.
While Montana has seen this kind of “grassroots organizing” on our campuses before, this is the first I am aware of that has had this level of endorsement from the highest positions of our higher ed institutions. For example, in 1988 the Wilderness Association held seminars at UM for undergraduate and graduate students, telling them that what they needed to do was appeal and litigate U.S. Forest Service timber sales to cripple the milling infrastructure in the state. The “message” was they needed to be “nitpicky, philosophical, imaginative and exhaustive” in the appeals process so when they threw it at the wall something would stick in litigation. They claimed doing so would create a judicial juggernaut that would take years to sort out resulting in a collapse of supply that the mills could not survive without. And they could get paid to do it.
We’ve lost 27 commercial sawmills, countless ma-and-pa outfits, and thousands of timber industry jobs as a result of exactly what they were describing. UM was complicit in allowing these seminars to happen on campus and even went as far as allowing the more radical members of so-called environmental groups to organize on campus. The university wasn’t brazen enough to actually sponsor the “conflict industry” events back then though.
Today, we have UM and MSU co-sponsoring, and the presidents of these institutions keynoting and proudly displaying their platinum-level support for Obstructionism 101. There were 42 workshops offered at the conference. The Sierra Club was there teaching litigation tactics and how to create a business model on the conflict, Energy Justice Network lecturing why biomass power generation is “dirty energy,” Blue Skies Campaign describing how Montana’s coal development represents an assault on the working class, the National Wildlife Federation imploring students to include sportsmen into their global warming action agenda against the Keystone XL pipeline, the Montana Wilderness Association discussing the “promise and perils” of collaboration, etc.
The latter workshop is one that really poured salt into some old wounds for me. I fully support bringing diverse interests together as a means to work toward productive outcomes and recognize that the Wilderness Association has in recent years participated in collaborations attempting to accomplish those ends, but sponsoring and participating in a conference that is applauding civil disobedience organizers and teaching litigation tactics undermines the organization’s claim that it is sincere in wanting to step beyond the tools of the past and work cooperatively in the future.
Higher ed institutions are supposed to be a marketplace of opposing viewpoints that foster an atmosphere that helps individuals learn from a balance of worldviews. The fact is this conference and its substance fell well short of balance and smacked of indoctrination. And unfortunately, this marks a chapter of Montana obstructionism on a whole new level. MSU, UM, its law school and others have proven they know how to crush industries training the next generation by convincing them that even dead trees should be managed in 35,000-foot plumes of smoke, and burning culled wood fiber to make electrons is unacceptable because it produces CO2 and makes a stump.
I’m not sure what I am more furious about – the “conflict industry” that is continually assembling the machinery of economic destruction to unleash on our state, or the fact that there has been an atmosphere created at our universities that allows them the ability and the tools to do it in broad daylight – right in front of us.
Montana Sen. Chas Vincent of Libby represents Senate District 1.
mtgrizrule said:
Well it's been well over a month now and as of now JJ hasn't been charged with ANYTHING! That leaves me to believe the police have no evidence of wrongdoing by JJ (other than getting drunk and banging another drunk head case). If they had anything he would have been charged by now.
Hammer said:
You would think so. I think she was pissed because he didn't come back. Guys say and do a lot of things when their drunk, that they end up regreting the next morning. Hookin up with a chica you don't really want to be with, happens. Beer goggles can a bitch.
mtgrizrule
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Phat Cat said:
For most guys, the beer goggles come into play more than we like to admit. When that guy, is a starting college qb, not so much. If I were to bet, I would put money on a 7 or better, without beer goggles. Beer goggles, or not, a scorned woman, of any age can be a nightmare.
That is why parents warn their kids about one night stands, and casual "no strings attached" sex.
mtgrizrule said:
ilovethecats
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Proud Griz Man said:BWahlberg said:
To disprove the fraudulent ilovethecats posts about JJ quitting the team and leaving Msla, I see these Brint tweets from today:
:lol: you got me!
http://www.egriz.com/grizboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=56814&start=75" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
:roll: :thumb:
moose/squirrel
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Bear Axed said:I think Royce Engstrom has been a little pre-OCCUPIDE hanging with that bozeman mexican chick helping the communist hippy earth-firsters find better ways to shut down all the industries in Montana. :roll:
http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/columnists/students-being-trained-to-obstruct-development/article_ba6832b0-8316-11e1-9e1d-0019bb2963f4.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Students being trained to obstruct development
The agenda of the recent Rocky Mountain Power Shift conference held at the University of Montana – training students how to organize to obstruct responsible development of Montana’s natural resources– was certainly disturbing considering the tax base our resources provide to fund education in our state, not to mention the thousands of family wage job opportunities that accompany it.
They are "green" when it suits them. In the furor over wind and solar (which I am aok with, particularly on site) proponents saying wind is cheaper than coal fail to take into account the backup generation needed when alternatives as base load fail. Nat gas easily fired up plants are needed in this scenario as backup for base load, this is the the reality that is not discussed by the alternative touts. They forget this fact when giving the cost of wind as cheaper than coal.
Let's not forget transmission losses when you try to transport electricity over thousands of miles, it is the same whether the juice is wind, hydro, coal, or solar. Until we have a reasonable discussion (won't happen with this bunch, academia is prone to delusion) it won't get better.
Looking further into who the sponsors were, one sees that two of the platinum sponsors were the current presidents of UM and Montana State University, which also sponsored the conference. This left me wondering what the rest of Montana’s citizens would think of their universities underwriting this kind of activism and the leaders of these institutions attending as keynote speakers and vociferously supporting it.
While Montana has seen this kind of “grassroots organizing” on our campuses before, this is the first I am aware of that has had this level of endorsement from the highest positions of our higher ed institutions. For example, in 1988 the Wilderness Association held seminars at UM for undergraduate and graduate students, telling them that what they needed to do was appeal and litigate U.S. Forest Service timber sales to cripple the milling infrastructure in the state. The “message” was they needed to be “nitpicky, philosophical, imaginative and exhaustive” in the appeals process so when they threw it at the wall something would stick in litigation. They claimed doing so would create a judicial juggernaut that would take years to sort out resulting in a collapse of supply that the mills could not survive without. And they could get paid to do it.
We’ve lost 27 commercial sawmills, countless ma-and-pa outfits, and thousands of timber industry jobs as a result of exactly what they were describing. UM was complicit in allowing these seminars to happen on campus and even went as far as allowing the more radical members of so-called environmental groups to organize on campus. The university wasn’t brazen enough to actually sponsor the “conflict industry” events back then though.
Today, we have UM and MSU co-sponsoring, and the presidents of these institutions keynoting and proudly displaying their platinum-level support for Obstructionism 101. There were 42 workshops offered at the conference. The Sierra Club was there teaching litigation tactics and how to create a business model on the conflict, Energy Justice Network lecturing why biomass power generation is “dirty energy,” Blue Skies Campaign describing how Montana’s coal development represents an assault on the working class, the National Wildlife Federation imploring students to include sportsmen into their global warming action agenda against the Keystone XL pipeline, the Montana Wilderness Association discussing the “promise and perils” of collaboration, etc.
The latter workshop is one that really poured salt into some old wounds for me. I fully support bringing diverse interests together as a means to work toward productive outcomes and recognize that the Wilderness Association has in recent years participated in collaborations attempting to accomplish those ends, but sponsoring and participating in a conference that is applauding civil disobedience organizers and teaching litigation tactics undermines the organization’s claim that it is sincere in wanting to step beyond the tools of the past and work cooperatively in the future.
Higher ed institutions are supposed to be a marketplace of opposing viewpoints that foster an atmosphere that helps individuals learn from a balance of worldviews. The fact is this conference and its substance fell well short of balance and smacked of indoctrination. And unfortunately, this marks a chapter of Montana obstructionism on a whole new level. MSU, UM, its law school and others have proven they know how to crush industries training the next generation by convincing them that even dead trees should be managed in 35,000-foot plumes of smoke, and burning culled wood fiber to make electrons is unacceptable because it produces CO2 and makes a stump.
I’m not sure what I am more furious about – the “conflict industry” that is continually assembling the machinery of economic destruction to unleash on our state, or the fact that there has been an atmosphere created at our universities that allows them the ability and the tools to do it in broad daylight – right in front of us.
Montana Sen. Chas Vincent of Libby represents Senate District 1.
mtgrizrule
Well-known member
At least I can blame Brint for being tired at work tomorrow. I want to read his practice report before calling it a night.
