Yahoo/AP: Tea party vision for Mont. raising concerns

[Larry]

Link.

HELENA, Mont. – With each bill, newly elected tea party lawmakers are offering Montanans a vision of the future.

Their state would be a place where officials can ignore U.S. laws, force FBI agents to get a sheriff's OK before arresting anyone, ban abortions, limit sex education in schools and create armed citizen militias.

It's the tea party world. But not everyone is buying their vision.

Some residents, Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer and even some Republican lawmakers say the bills are making Montana into a laughingstock. And, they say, the push to nullify federal laws could be dangerous.

"We are the United States of America," said Schweitzer. "This talk of nullifying is pretty toxic talk. That led to the Civil War."

A tea party lawmaker said raising the specter of a civil war is plain old malarkey.

"Nullification is not about splitting this union apart," freshman Rep. Derek Skees said. "Nullification is just one more way for us to tell the federal government: 'That is not right."

Note: There isn't a whole lot of substance, in the article. They talk about several bills, but it's one-line descriptions.

[twa]

You ever been to Montana?....them people are different

[88Comrade2000]

You ever been to Montana?....them people are different

I thought Ted Turner owned half the state.

[thebluefood]

You know, South Carolina tried this once. It didn't turn out too well.

[twa]

Quite possible if ya exclude public land...he's a bit odd himself (and that's coming from a Texan)