Nutjob Bills in the Montana Legislature

[Bob Juch]

Yes America, here are some of the major pieces of legislation that have been put forward in 2015 by the Tea Party Republicans who are now in control of the Montana legislature.

This is not a joke. These are real bills, and they are currently taking priority in the Montana legislature over anything legitimate that would improve jobs, Montana’s economy, or the health and well-being of our citizens.

1. Exempt political ads by churches from campaign finance laws by classifying them as news reports. LC 1942 by David Howard (R-TEA Park City)

2. Require federalism training for state employees. LC 1760 by Jennifer Fielder (TEA-Noxon)

3. Create a state militia and outfit them with uniforms. SB 130 by Roger Webb (R-TEA Billings)

4. Ban Sharia law from Montana courts. SB 199 by Janna Taylor (R-TEA Datyon)

5. Force the secession of all federal public lands within MT borders from the United States government. SB 274 by Jennifer Fielder (TEA-Noxon)

6. Prohibit the state Board of Education from establishing math and reading standards. HB 376 by Debra Lamm (TEA-Livingston) and rescind any math and reading standards the state may already have established. HB 377 by same.

7. Prohibiting the use of technology for controlling human activity and outlaw the indoctrination of children for global citizenship. HB 583 by Randall Pinocci (TEA-Sun River)

8. Eliminate the ability of law enforcement to use animal shelter staff to assist in the rescue and sheltering of animals in cases of alleged animal cruelty and abuse, because animal shelter staff are probably terrorists. HB 179 by Theresa Manzella (TEA-Ravalli County)

9. Allow hunting with silencers. HB 250 by Kirk Wagoner (R-TEA Jackson Creek)

10. Allow hunting of mountain lions and wolves with silencers. HB 450 by Kirk Wagoner (R-TEA Jackson Creek)

11. Legalize even more hunting with silencers SB 295. by Mark Blasdel (R-TEA Kalispell)

12. Legalize guns and rifles in school parking lots. HB 320 by Carl Glimm (R-TEA Ashley Lake)

13. Legalize guns and rifles in office parking lots. HB 505 the official title of which is “establish employee safe travel to work laws”, by Matthew Monforton (TEA-Bozeman)

14. Lift the prohibition on carrying concealed weapons in bars, parks, and schools. HB 371 by Rep. Kerry White (TEA-Bozeman)

15. Legalize guns on college campuses. by Rep. Cary Smith SB 143 (R-TEA Billings)

16. Allow anyone to cary a concealed weapon. HB 298 Bill Harris (R-Winnett)

17. Nullify all federal gun laws. HB 203 by Rep. Art Wittich (R-TEA Bozeman)

18. Encourage the manufacturing of ammunition to prevent a national shortage. HB 122 by Matthew Rosedale (R-TEA Glendive)

19. Allow anyone to refuse to vaccinate their children for any reason. Amendment to HB 158 by Rep. Greg Hertz (R-TEA Polson)

20. Make it illegal to don a costume that would make it appear you might be naked or which includes a prosthetic anus. HB 365 by David “Doc” Moore (R-Missoula)

[SpacemanSpiff]

The problem is that the folks who voted them in don't think of them as nutjobs. Which should give one pause.

BTW -- the "hunting with silencers" thing is something that seems to have taken a life of it's own in several state legislatures. My friends who are common-sense gun advocates think it's not the brightest thing, and pretty much useless; the supressor (a more accurate name) still makes a fair bit of noise in the direction of fire (despite the Hollywood depiction), so it doesn't mean the animal that you tried to shoot (and miss) won't react to it. What it will do is to keep the game wardens from hearing them as easily, and that seem to be the consensus of my friends as to the true purpose -- or maybe it's a "we want it just because we can" thing among the gun zealots. I don't know.

[Pastor Fireball]

I'm just wondering if Rep. Doc Moore could define what a "prosthetic anus" is.

[SportsFan68]

The problem is that the folks who voted them in don't think of them as nutjobs. Which should give one pause.

BTW -- the "hunting with silencers" thing is something that seems to have taken a life of it's own in several state legislatures. My friends who are common-sense gun advocates think it's not the brightest thing, and pretty much useless; the supressor (a more accurate name) still makes a fair bit of noise in the direction of fire (despite the Hollywood depiction), so it doesn't mean the animal that you tried to shoot (and miss) won't react to it. What it will do is to keep the game wardens from hearing them as easily, and that seem to be the consensus of my friends as to the true purpose -- or maybe it's a "we want it just because we can" thing among the gun zealots. I don't know.

This is a very bad idea. Only the most well-designed and installed silencers (or suppressors), along with user proficiency, can assure continued accuracy. My worst fear as a hunter is wounding an animal so that it suffers before I can find it, and I think a suppressor would add to that possibility for most hunters.

[flockofseagulls104]

This is a nutjob blog post, written by a nutjob leftist with her own axe to grind, quoted to us, unasked for, by our very own nutjob.

[silverscreenselect]

This is a nutjob blog post, written by a nutjob leftist with her own axe to grind, quoted to us, unasked for, by our very own nutjob.

It must be tough on you and Bill O'Reilly, being the only sane, honest non-nutjobs in a world of lying leftist nutjobs.

[Bob78164]

This is a nutjob blog post, written by a nutjob leftist with her own axe to grind, quoted to us, unasked for, by our very own nutjob.

Are you saying that those bills weren't introduced? Or are we simply to ignore them until one manages to slip through? --Bob

[flockofseagulls104]

This is a nutjob blog post, written by a nutjob leftist with her own axe to grind, quoted to us, unasked for, by our very own nutjob.

Are you saying that those bills weren't introduced? Or are we simply to ignore them until one manages to slip through? --Bob

I'm saying the description and interpretation of the bills and their motives are most probably extremely biased, exaggerated, hyped and taken out of context. There may well be a few right wing nut jobs that have managed to be elected in Montana, but they do not represent the Tea Party movement. If that is true, they are vastly outnumbered by the number of left wing nutjobs that currently operate out of Washington DC.

Moreover, the premise of the whole article was to marginalize and ridicule the Tea Party Movement in general, and advance the ridiculous stereotypes about the Tea Party movement that are popularly propagandized by the left.

And lastly it was posted here, unasked for, by one of our resident useful idiots.

Aside from that, I have no problem with it.

[Bob Juch]

This is a nutjob blog post, written by a nutjob leftist with her own axe to grind, quoted to us, unasked for, by our very own nutjob.

Are you saying that those bills weren't introduced? Or are we simply to ignore them until one manages to slip through? --Bob

I'm saying the description and interpretation of the bills and their motives are most probably extremely biased, exaggerated, hyped and taken out of context. There may well be a few right wing nut jobs that have managed to be elected in Montana, but they do not represent the Tea Party movement. If that is true, they are vastly outnumbered by the number of left wing nutjobs that currently operate out of Washington DC.

Moreover, the premise of the whole article was to marginalize and ridicule the Tea Party Movement in general, and advance the ridiculous stereotypes about the Tea Party movement that are popularly propagandized by the left.

And lastly it was posted here, unasked for, by one of our resident useful idiots.

Aside from that, I have no problem with it.

No one asked you to respond to it either.

[flockofseagulls104]

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This is a nutjob blog post, written by a nutjob leftist with her own axe to grind, quoted to us, unasked for, by our very own nutjob.

Are you saying that those bills weren't introduced? Or are we simply to ignore them until one manages to slip through? --Bob

I'm saying the description and interpretation of the bills and their motives are most probably extremely biased, exaggerated, hyped and taken out of context. There may well be a few right wing nut jobs that have managed to be elected in Montana, but they do not represent the Tea Party movement. If that is true, they are vastly outnumbered by the number of left wing nutjobs that currently operate out of Washington DC.

Moreover, the premise of the whole article was to marginalize and ridicule the Tea Party Movement in general, and advance the ridiculous stereotypes about the Tea Party movement that are popularly propagandized by the left.

And lastly it was posted here, unasked for, by one of our resident useful idiots.

Aside from that, I have no problem with it.
No one asked you to respond to it either.

No one asked you to comment on my response.

[BackInTex]

At least they are putting forth such legislation within the constitutional rules in place, unlike the "hero" of our leftwing nuts who just makes laws unilaterally.