Category: Montana Life
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Responsibility
You are a student in High School involved in extracurricular activities and the rules tell you that you can't use, possess, buy, sell or give away alcohol, tobacco or drugs. You are also banned from gathering at any place where any of these illegal activities are taking place. These are the rules you are bound…
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Phenomenon
The "dumb cowboy" phenomenon rears its head again.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/22/build/business/40-herd.inc">Workshops teach about herd issues</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>"Cattle producers have experienced strong prices in the last few years due to short beef supplies and strong consumer demand," says Duane Griffith, Montana State University Extension economist. "Now, when the drought may be easing, ranchers are wondering about…
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Good News, Kind Of
<a href="http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/12/16/montana/c02121605_03.txt">Montana economy gets sunny forecast</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A survey of hundreds of manufacturers and other businesses across Montana and the Northern Plains as well as the Fed
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Montana Style
If you haven't seen it yet you need to check out two posts from <a href="http://montanajones.blogspot.com/">Montana Jones</a>. They are on Montana Style and gave me a chuckle.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>City life offers thousands of distractions to fill idle time. Rural living calls on ourselves to be more proactive in filling that time. This is one of…
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Answering the Question
Over at <a href="http://leftinthewest.com/">Left in the West</a> Liesa posted <a href="http://leftinthewest.com/?p=2125">something</a> that hit me in such a way I had to comment.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Of the Republican versions of education funding plans sure to come out of the woodwork during the special session next week. This is their opportunity to bring out school vouchers, intelligent design,…
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No Brainer
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/12/08/build/state/18-rural-roads.inc">Montana leads nation in fatal crashes on rural roads</a><br />n<br />nCan you say "No shit, Sherlock." A rural state with the majority of its roads considered rural and you wonder why it has craches on these rural roads. Maybe because that's where most people live.<br />n<br />n<b>No kidding. That's really true. Bruce Babbitt </b>
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Wages Increase
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/05/build/state/60-boz-workers.inc">Bozeman short of workers </a><br />n<br />nSo, without a raise in the minimum wage, wages can still go up. But everybody on the left tells me this isn't true. The law of supply and demand works, isn't it amazing. So, if we as a state concentrate on job creation, wages will go up. Any…
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Yeahhhhhh!
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/11/19/build/sports/25-z-cat-griz.inc">MSU tops Montana in Cat-Griz showdown</a><br />n<br />nThe Bobcat skin is sure going to look good over at <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/">mtpolitics.net</a>. I can't wait.<br />n<br />n<b>Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. Vince Lombardi</b>
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Excuse Me
What happened to the school funding issue being a state problem.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>This base, or "Q line," as some are calling it, is a minimum budget that all school districts must meet to provide a quality education.<br />n<br />nSome districts – most likely smaller districts – may be shocked to see their Q line set…
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Conservation
I've always wondered about seeing one person riding around in an Excursion or other ridiculously large state vehicle but I really doubt <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/05/build/state/45-state-workers.inc">this</a> is going to stop the practice. Those state workers <b>feel</b> more important in those big vehicles. Must be something about the size of their vehicle relating to the size of their…