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The Conversation: Gov. Brian Schweitzer
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Permalink Reply by Candace McCarty on -
With the onslaught of ignorance and down-right emptiness of moral spirituality, interviews such as the ones presented on this show, are not only spiritually nourishing and uplifting – they are crucial!
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Permalink Reply by Mary Hershelman on -
Wow! There is hope. This is a man who gets thing done....point on. Not sure if he's a D or an R...seems to be a true American. He never faltered on his answers and the common sense just ooozed.
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Permalink Reply by LibyaWest on -
As I look as these quick facts (and I claim 0 expertise in statistics), it looks to me as if the main ways in which Montana differs from the averages in the other states is in the categories of race and size (population and density). I think, more than anything else, that these two factors account for the Montanan's (sp?) willingness to lend its fellows a helping hand and for its refusal to incarcerate huge numbers of its citizens.
People QuickFacts
Montana USA
Population, 2010 989,415 308,745,538
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 9.7% 9.7%
Population, 2000 902,190 281,424,602Households, 2005-2009 372,947 112,611,029
Persons per household, 2005-2009 2.49 2.60
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 6.4% 6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 22.5% 24.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 14.6% 12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2009 50.0% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 89.4% 72.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 12.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.3% 0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 2.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.9% 16.3%
White persons not Hispanic, persons, 2010 87.8% 63.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009
1.9% 12.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 4.7% 19.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 90.4% 84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 27.0% 27.5%
Veterans, 2005-2009 100,259 22,894,578
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 17.3 25.2
Housing units, 2009 441,279 129,969,653
Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 68.9% 66.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 16.5% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 $162,100 $185,400
Living in same house 1 year ago, pct 1 yr old & over, 2005-2009 82.0% 83.8%
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 $22,881 $27,041
Median household income, 2009 $42,222 $50,221
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 15.0% 14.3%Business QuickFacts Montana USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2008 37,3181 7,601,169
Private nonfarm employment, 2008 359,8121 120,903,551
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2008 21.5% 16.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2008 81,999 21,351,320
Total number of firms, 2007 114,439 27,097,236
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.2% 7.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.5% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1%Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 8.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.6% 28.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 10,638,145 5,338,306,501
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,202,782 4,174,286,516Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 14,686,854 3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,343 $12,990
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,079,426 613,795,732
Building permits, 2009 1,686 582,963Federal spending, 2008 8,842,9601 2,771,782,1522
Geography QuickFacts Montana USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 145,552.43 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2010 6.8 87.3
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Permalink Reply by David M Monk on
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I like this guy.
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Permalink Reply by Paula Fordham on
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Greetings,
Governor Schweiter models "Human Governing", base on the human element of intellect and best practices for effective human results. I wish we could develop a model based on his governing leadership that lends itself to a job description and requirements for all governors in the U.S. This governor is on point with high standards, best practices, and competencies that demonstrates effective results.
It would be great to require all governors with humane delayed concerns to adopt "The Schweitzer model", for governing a state. I would love to see a diverse and intelligent team develop the framework for this governing process for U.S. governors. The model should be fluent with required benchmarks to be obtained. The Workshop could be called "The Schweitzer Model for Governing.
Keep in mind that Gov. Schweitzer is intelligent and is a global thinker within his discipline also, culturally competent, multilingual, and passionate about people and not about the blood lust of money. You might say with vigor I admire this Governor and I hope Florida could have a governor like this one day. Wink-Wink!!
Keep the Faith!
Paula Fordham
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Permalink Reply by Dennis C. Latham on -
if anyone wanted to really do something ? They would bring in NATURAL CURES that are KNOWN TO WORK and HAVE NO SIDE EFFECTS .....
then ? they would address the fact that FDA Drugs kill 300% more Americans than illegal drugs ...
More and more smoke screens is all I see in this interview.
Less talk and MORE ACTION is the only thing needed in this day and age.
It worked in the past ... why fix what's not broke ?
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Permalink Reply by Byard Pidgeon on -
A completely irrelevant response...either you're trying to sell something, or you haven't a clue about the discussion.
Dennis C. Latham said:
if anyone wanted to really do something ? They would bring in NATURAL CURES that are KNOWN TO WORK and HAVE NO SIDE EFFECTS .....
then ? they would address the fact that FDA Drugs kill 300% more Americans than illegal drugs ...
More and more smoke screens is all I see in this interview.
Less talk and MORE ACTION is the only thing needed in this day and age.
It worked in the past ... why fix what's not broke ?
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Permalink Reply by Byard Pidgeon on
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Montana has an interesting history...it was once heavily union, and major labor actions took place. In recent decades, more left-leaning people have moved there. Fairly high proportions of visual artists and musicians (some high profile types, too), and a Children's Theatre that tours the country doing workshops.
Very few AAs, but a higher proportion of NAs than most states. The wide open spaces in Montana may alleviate the symptoms of urban overcrowding?
I know a few Montanans, some who were raised there and moved on, some who moved there later in life. Overall, they seem hard to categorize politically, but in general I think of them as "populist progressive".
LibyaWest said:As I look as these quick facts (and I claim 0 expertise in statistics), it looks to me as if the main ways in which Montana differs from the averages in the other states is in the categories of race and size (population and density). I think, more than anything else, that these two factors account for the Montanan's (sp?) willingness to lend its fellows a helping hand and for its refusal to incarcerate huge numbers of its citizens.
People QuickFacts
Montana USA
Population, 2010 989,415 308,745,538
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 9.7% 9.7%
Population, 2000 902,190 281,424,602Households, 2005-2009 372,947 112,611,029
Persons per household, 2005-2009 2.49 2.60
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 6.4% 6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 22.5% 24.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 14.6% 12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2009 50.0% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 89.4% 72.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 12.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.3% 0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 2.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.9% 16.3%
White persons not Hispanic, persons, 2010 87.8% 63.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009
1.9% 12.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 4.7% 19.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 90.4% 84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 27.0% 27.5%
Veterans, 2005-2009 100,259 22,894,578
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 17.3 25.2
Housing units, 2009 441,279 129,969,653
Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 68.9% 66.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 16.5% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 $162,100 $185,400
Living in same house 1 year ago, pct 1 yr old & over, 2005-2009 82.0% 83.8%
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 $22,881 $27,041
Median household income, 2009 $42,222 $50,221
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 15.0% 14.3%Business QuickFacts Montana USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2008 37,3181 7,601,169
Private nonfarm employment, 2008 359,8121 120,903,551
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2008 21.5% 16.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2008 81,999 21,351,320
Total number of firms, 2007 114,439 27,097,236
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.2% 7.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.5% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1%Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 8.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.6% 28.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 10,638,145 5,338,306,501
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,202,782 4,174,286,516Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 14,686,854 3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,343 $12,990
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,079,426 613,795,732
Building permits, 2009 1,686 582,963Federal spending, 2008 8,842,9601 2,771,782,1522
Geography QuickFacts Montana USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 145,552.43 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2010 6.8 87.3
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