A Little To Far

Since I have been so busy, I haven't had the time nor energy to comment on <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/31/build/business/40-gransbery.inc">this</a> issue so I will let Jim Gransbery's words speak for me. He states my opinion more eloquently than I could.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Like so many politicos nowadays, Schweitzer is pretending to do something that he is not. The 535 members of Congress have perfected that maneuver to an art form.<br />n<br />n…<br />n<br />nThe governor's attitude toward repetitious, costly inspections could engender a tit-for-tat attitude up north, exacerbating the irritations of agri-businessmen on both sides of the border.<br />n <br />nThe next time the governor is in Billings he should bring his cowboy hat. Ritch Rand, who has built custom 5X beavers for Hollywood heroes and bronc-busting champions for years, has agreed to steam and stretch it for an expanded fit. If that doesn't work, Rand would be glad to custom-build a new Montana crease.<br />n <br />nBut Schweitzer needs to be careful he doesn't get carried away with his rhetoric. He'll end up like the former governor of Texas: All hat, no cattle.</blockquote><br />n<br />nJust making noise to please constituents is not doing something constructive. It's reaching beyond your limits for an issue to keep your name in the headlines.<br />n<br />n<b>Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses. George F. Will</b>