Category: Montana Life
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Worry
As hot and dry as it is getting around here <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WILDFIRES?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">this</a> is a real concern for me. Over 50 square miles burned. With the amount of grass around here we could see the same thing if one gets started. Just one more thing to worry about I guess. Temperatures are supposed to be in…
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One Calf Does Not Equal Nine Lambs
It appears that a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/21/news/state/84-wolf.txt">wolf killing 9 lambs</a> near Big Timber merits an attempt to kill it, while a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/21/news/state/86-calf.txt">calf killed by wolves near Eureka</a> (The original story headline was "Calf kills wolf near Eureka." I'm sure this has been corrected by now though thinking about it, it would be nice if calves…
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Business Climate
Mike over at <a href="http://thelastbestplace.blogspot.com/2007/03/home-again.html">The Last Best Place</a> has announced he is moving from Montana to elsewhere. His reason why he is leaving really caught my eye.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>To make a long story short I made the difficult decision to move the nuts and bolts of my operation to NoDak, where the business climate is…
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Interest Rates
I can't believe this. It is reported in <a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/NEWS01/703150303/1002">this story</a> that the interest rate for refund anticipation loans range from 85 percent at H&R Block to 170 percent at Jackson Hewitt. I've always said these loans were a mistake for people to make and this just proves it.<br />n<br />nI was wondering why Jackson…
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Mange
Am I supposed to feel bad that the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/02/news/state/25-century.txt">wolves in Yellowstone Park have the mange</a>?<br />n<br />nI'll guarantee you I don't feel bad about it. I only notice mange in coyotes whenever there is too many of them around so this must be a sure sign God/Mother Nature believes there are too many wolves…
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Blame
Now here is an interesting way to pass the buck, <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/28/news/state/70-phone.txt">blame the cell phone for killing someone</a> instead of the alcohol you consumed. Let me give you a little hint,<br />n<br />nYOU STILL KILLED SOMEBODY YOU IDIOT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE BLAME WAS ON THE CELL PHONE OR YOUR DRUNKEN DRIVING, THE MAN…
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Rewarding Bad Behavior
I have a little update on the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2417-Mixed-Message.html">Mixed Message</a> I talked about where the school was reinstating a basketball player over the objection of the coach for drinking, which was against the coaches rules. Obviously this happened while I was without Internet so I don't have the story but today's <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/23/opinion/gazette/50-gazetteopinion.txt">Gazette opinion</a> sums…
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Sleep Better at Night
Residents of Montana can sleep better at night now. State authorities have <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/10/news/state/67-vintage.txt">seized illegal gambling equipment</a> in their zeal to protect us from the vice of gambling that they don't approve of. But wait, these devices were not being used for gambling and were just antiques.<br />n<br />nSO WHY IN THE HELL IS IT…
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Delist Wolves
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/30/news/state/25-wolf.txt" >Wildlife agency plans to delist gray wolves</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday said it plans on delisting gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains by the end of the year, but it's unclear whether wolves in Wyoming will be included.<br />n<br />nThe agency also said Monday that it is…