Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: Media

  • A Plan

    <a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/NEWS01/803300320/1002">Montana willing to share wolves with other states</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The head of Montana's wolf program said earlier this week that the state would be willing to trap and transplant wolves to other states if requested.<br />n<br />n"We're open to it," said Caroline Sime of Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks, in response to criticism from…

  • Headlines

    Don't you just love headlines that scream out things that aren't true?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=9162">Open Season on America's last Wild Bison </a><br />n<br />nMontana issues 44 tags for Bison that wander out of Yellowstone National Park which has around 4000 head of Bison, and people want to call that open season. A little overboard, isn't…

  • DUH!!!

    This one goes in the No Shit Sherlock file.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.kxmc.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=58719">Cattle market affecting ranchers</a><br />n<br />nNow who would have every guessed that the cattle market affects ranchers. This is like flash news. Us dumb ranchers just be tooo stopid to know this obviously. I'm happy for the update.<br />n<br />n<strong>It's obvious, but perhaps worth…

  • Sickness

    <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHILD_PORN_ARRESTS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" >Feds net 125 nationwide in kid-porn case</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Bible camp counselor and a Boy Scout leader were among 125 people arrested nationwide in an Internet child pornography case in which subscribers purchased photos and videos of children engaged in sex acts with adults, federal authorities said Wednesday.<br />n<br />nThe case originated in…

  • Confusion Reigns

    I first see a headline to a story in the Gazette.<br />n<br />n<strong>Panel OKs treating 2 coal types alike</strong><br />n<br />nThis seems to indicate that,<br />n<br />na.) there are two different types of coal,<br />n<br />nand <br />n<br />nb.) they will be treated the same.<br />n<br />nI scratch my head and start to read the…

  • The Problems of Not Being Able to Read

    Remember, wolves <u>do not</u> attack human beings.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060906.wwolff0906/BNStory/National/home#" >Wolf that attacked 6 tests negative for rabies</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A lone black wolf that attacked six people, including several young children, in a provincial park over the long weekend has tested negative for rabies, the Algoma Health Unit said Wednesday.<br />n<br />nThe remains of the…

  • Sometimes It’s The Little Things

    The lack of the littlest thing, like a small letter n, makes things a little tough to read.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/08/news/state/62-initiatives.txt">Judge, property initiatives proposed</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A umber of other potetial ballot measures have bee submitted to the state Legislative Service Divisio for review ad draftig.<br />n<br />nAmog the measures are proposals to:<br />n<br />nAllow judges…

  • Laugh Line

    The headline for a story out of India really made me chuckle. The way things are going we all need a laugh. <br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4764">They Call It PMS Because Mad Cow Disease Was Already Taken</a><br />n<br />nIf you have a sense of humor that is funny.<br />n<br />n<b>A person without a sense of humor…

  • Ignorance

    I thought the purpose of a newspaper, besides making money, was to inform and educate. The Gazette sure dropped the ball in this mission with today's <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/05/build/opinion/30-gaz-op.inc">editorial</a>. Let me help them a little bit.<br />n<br />nNuclear/Atomic Power- Energy released from an atom in a controlled manner to produce useful work normally associated with electricity…

  • Honor

    <blockquote>"I do not view myself as above the law," Miller told U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan. "You are right to send me to prison."<br />n<br />nBut she said she had an obligation to protect a confidential source: "I do not make confidentiality pledges lightly, but when I do, I must honor them."</blockquote><br />n<br />nDuty, Honor,…