Perhaps they could visit his ranch; I hear that he's got some time on his hands now.

Afroblanco — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:45:22 -0800

You may not miss George W. Bush, but these five world leaders probably do.

...lay around that shack, 'til the anarchy comes back.

telstar — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:32:46 -0800

The Unabomber was right. Kevin Kelly explains.

Montana's Weirdo Fringe (?)

davidmsc — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:12:14 -0800

Frontier Myths Meet Reality Ten years ago, two events occurred that thrust Montana into the national spotlight. On April 3, 1996, Theodore Kaczynski, aka "The Unabomber," was arrested in his tiny cabin near Lincoln. This murderer was responsible for mailing package bombs that killed 3 people and injured many more over the span of nearly 20 years. His hermit-like life in the forest went a long way towards many people associating "Montana" with "crazed loners." At the same time, the weeks-long standoff at the Montana Freemen compound ("Justus Township") was entering its second week; it would last until mid-June. The Freemen rejected United States federal authority, tried to create "unique" banking and legal systems, and according to some reports believed in racial superiority. This occurred a few miles away from the tiny community of Jordan, itself one of the more remote towns in Montana. Again, Montana was seen as a haven for rebellious, anti-government, anti-social types, although some didn't think that image was necessarily a bad thing. In the midst of this bizarre confluence of negative events and media coverage, it took another Montana (part-time) resident, David Letterman, to make some humor out of the bizarre situations: Top 10 Things In The Unabomber Cabin, and Top 10 Demands of the Freemen.

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Perhaps they could visit his ranch; I hear that he's got some time on his hands now.

...lay around that shack, 'til the anarchy comes back.

Montana's Weirdo Fringe (?)