Category: US Politics

  • Feedgrounds

    I see that <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/20/news/wyoming/80-elk.txt">the Governor of Wyoming</a> doesn't care that elk have Brucellosis in Wyoming and are spreading it throughout the area, Montana and Idaho. The Ranchers in Wyoming really need to consider how Gov. Dave Freudenthal is <u>not</u> supporting their industry come election time.<br />n<br />nWhat I don't understand is he wants to…

  • Where’s the Surprise

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/18/news/state/20-timemag.txt">Time magazine names Burns one of the worst senators</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Time magazine has named Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., one of the five worst Senate members, criticizing him for his ties to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and calling his legislative record "meager."</blockquote><br />n<br />nEverybody is acting like this is a big surprise. I'm not surprised…

  • Whose To Blame

    <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-04-04T172340Z_01_N04403059_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGRESS-TAXRETURNS.xml&archived=False">Tax preparers make many mistakes: study</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Professional tax preparers make significant errors on returns and often charge the taxpayer more than the client had been told to expect, according to a government study released on Tuesday.<br />n<br />nThe study by the Government Accountability Office was a very limited one, involving 19 outlets of…

  • What Are They Fighting Over?

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/28/news/state/35-delisting.txt">Who will pay for wolf costs undecided</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Since it first declared gray wolves in need of protection, the federal government has paid the bill to help rebuild the predator's population in the Northern Rockies.<br />n<br />nBut with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now declaring wolves recovered and eager to hand off full…

  • Is This a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?

    <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060320/1a_bottomstrip20.art.htm">Lawmakers get out of the House</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The House of Representatives is on track this year to be in session for fewer days than the Congress Harry Truman labeled as

  • Someone Is thinking About Producers

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  • Mismanagement? I Kind of Doubt it

    <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20060309-1507-livestockfraud.html">Government won't pursue official who stalled livestock pricing probes</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department has decided not to take action against a former agency official who blocked investigations into predatory pricing in the nation's $120 billion livestock trade.<br />n<br />nGross mismanagement, not criminal conduct, by JoAnn Waterfield is to blame for several years of obstruction,…

  • Property

    <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ABORTION_SOUTH_DAKOTA?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Women being treated like chattel</a>. How disgusting. I don't agree with abortion but removing the choice lowers women to the level of slaves. It was well known the Governor would sign the bill but I held out hope sanity would prevail. It didn't.<br />n<br />n<b>Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery…

  • Sunlight

    Rep. Ron Paul is at it again, asking for the impossible.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul307.html"> Bringing Sunlight to Congress</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> Before the US House of Representatives, March 3, 2006<br />n<br />nMr. Speaker, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said,

  • Over Reaching

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/20/build/nation/30-google-search.inc">Google, Bush administration clash over search requests</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the Internet's leading search engine – a request that underscores the potential for online databases to become tools for government surveillance.<br />n<br />nMountain View-based Google…