Category: U.S. Life
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What Is Going On Here?
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PIERCING_TRIAL?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Fla. mother acquitted in piercing case</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/26/news/local/52-busby.txt">Busby man sentenced for sex abuse</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/26/news/state/51-lamedeer.txt">Lame deer man faces abuse charge</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/26/news/state/53-lodgegrass.txt">Lodge Grass man denies sex abuse</a><br />n<br />nI sometimes really worry about the world and the inhabitants that populate it. Today I really wonder seeing all these headlines in one…
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California Fires
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRES?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Calif. wildfires force mass evacuations</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>As the fires spread, most out of control, smaller blazes were merging into larger, more fearsome ones. Evacuations were being announced in one community after another as firefighters found themselves overwhelmed by gale-force Santa Ana winds, some gusting to 70 mph.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSeventy mph winds, dry grass and…
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Near Record Numbers
I see that the Bison in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/16/news/state/18-rebound.txt">near record numbers</a> at almost 4700 head. Here we have all these Bison running around the park and nowhere do we hear talk about too many bison and over grazing the park. Nowhere do we hear that the Park needs to bring in…
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Understanding
Sometimes I wonder if I will ever understand people. Why they do the things they do just make no sense some time. Here is a perfect example of what I am talking about. <br />n<br />n<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jY3ZMppF10w0Lpa0uEWVgvpvnj5gD8S7TUJG0">Dentist Claims Breast Rubs Appropriate</a> <br />n<br />nWhy would a Dentist jeopardize his professional life by giving breast rubs…
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Degree
I guess real world, practical education doesn't cut it any more.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MASTER_RANCHERS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">College offers degree in master ranching</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Once upon a time, in the Wild West, all it took to raise cattle was land, grass and cowboys who knew how to rope the critters. Now, it may take an MBA.<br />n<br />nTexas A&M-Kingsville's…
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Priorities
I guess you have to have your priorities in life. When it comes to choosing between a place to live and continuing to spend more money than you can afford via credit cards, more and more people appear to be <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HOMEOWNERS_CREDIT_CARDS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">choosing the credit cards</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Conventional wisdom has it that people will do everything…
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A Little Power
This story just kills me. It appears that an employee at a McDonald's in Georgia was arrested and jailed for <a href="http://www.officer.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=37799">accidentally putting too much salt and pepper in a hamburger</a>. She informs her supervisor of what happens and is told to go ahead and make the burgers. Then, unbeknown to her a police officer…
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Costs
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FARM_SCENE?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Farmers struggling with insurance costs</a><br />n<br />nHell, what more can I say. The title says it all. I know health insurance costs are a problem for a lot of people but for certain groups I see a real problem. Those groups? Farmers, ranchers, small businessmen. Why?<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Researchers pointed out that farmers and ranchers…
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I Wonder
There seems to be a lot of talk about the women <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/17/news/state/55-quads.txt">having identical quadruplets</a> here in Montana the other day. I really have to wonder though, if Canada's single payer health care system that so many in the US want to emulate, is so great, why did these people have to drive down to…