Category: common sense
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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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Early Warning System
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=BFE9A24B-FC5C-B089-81D67AC90C042638" >President signs drought warning system</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>President Bush has signed a bill instituting the National Integrated Drought Information System, or NADIS, an early warning system that can help reduce the impact of drought. The legislation was introduced by U.S. Senator Ben Campbell of Nebraska.</blockquote><br />n<br />nAn early warning system for drought. I'll have…
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Be Afraid
I've always jokingly told My Darling Wife the only way she is going to git rid of me is to shoot me. HA, ha, ha, that is until I saw this today.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/25/news/state/65-admit.txt" title="Be Afraid">Woman admits to killing husband</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A woman who said her husband told her during a drunken argument that…
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Selling Cows
No, I'm not selling any but this story caught my eye.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=8C8FA7B8-9ADA-A678-0C44A128A5ED56C7">Herd liquidation continues in South Dakota</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Herd liquidation continues in South Dakota as the drought drags on. That’s according to Myron Williams, president of the Black Hills chapter of the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association.<br />n<br />nWilliams says herd liquidation is especially…
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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,