Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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The Problem Is Obvious
<blockquote>States are continuing to see their authority stepped on by the federal government, something that not only curtails their independence in dealing with such matters as elections and education, but in the case of a new national ID card, could cost them financially, according to a new report.<br />n<br />nIn the report released Tuesday, the…
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Influence
So, having all the big name energy companies in Montana <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/18/build/state/35-gov-energy-conf.inc">sponsor a large part of <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s upcoming energy conference</a> doesn't mean they won't get special consideration.<br />n<br />nBULLSHIT!!!!!<br />n<br />nThey wouldn't be footing the bill if they didn't think it would help them somehow. [sarcasm]Remember, these are the evil public companies…
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Adequate Yearly Progress
I see the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/17/build/state/20-ayp.inc">Adequate Yearly Progress</a> for Montana schools this year. Fewer schools not meeting the standards so that is good for the state. The full list can be found <a href="http://www.opi.mt.gov/PDF/AYP/2005SchoolAYP.pdf">here (PDF file)</a> to see how your local schools did. <br />n<br />nThis points out another reason I like to Home School. For…
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Height of Stupidity.
I read a story about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/08/17/build/nation/33-wildamerica.inc">relocating lions and elephants to the Great Plains</a> and I wonder how stupid can you be. As if we don't have enough problems in the US with <a href="http://www.invasivespecies.gov/">Invasive species</a>, now some jack ass wants to do such a thing on purpose. It's bad enough when an Invasive species…
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Tip of The Iceberg?
I have been following the whole <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/08/11/build/state/25-animal-disease.inc">vesicular stomatitis</a> outbreak with some trepidation not knowing where it's going to go. If they start quarantining the state as shipping is coming up what affects will it have on ranches that ship there cattle out of state? Not good I guarantee. Some good news might be that…
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I Can’t Imagine
I thought having one autistic child was hard enough, I can't imagine <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/MedicalMinute/story?id=1040687&page=1">having 5 of 6 kids</a> being autistic. Just the one takes up a lot of My Darling Wife's time so I can't imagine how she would cope with more. I work enough that she shoulders the load with the kids so any…
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Supidity
Are today's <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/choking_game">kids getting stupider</a> or am I just getting too old to understand what drives them to do such things?<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A teenager found hanging from a dresser drawer with a coated bicycle chain lock around her neck apparently died while playing the "pass-out game," the girl's parents said.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI did some…
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Ugg!
Summer cold bad stuff. My kids had it earlier and I thought it missed me. Wrong, I feel like hell. No rest for the wicked though, much to do today. If I felt like it I would comment on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/15/AR2005081501110.html">this</a> story or <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/16/build/state/35-gov-enviro.inc">this</a> story but I'm totally wiped out. <br />n<br />nLater.<br />n<br…
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Harlowton
My Darling Wife comes from Harlowton and we managed to get a few pictures for a change on our visit there a few days ago.<br />n<br />n <a class="block_level" href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/1140-Harlowton.html#extended">Continue reading "Harlowton"</a>
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Technology Loses
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/afghan_us_donkeys">Donkeys Get Marines Around in Afghanistan</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Frustrated with the limitations of using its fleet of modern Humvee four-wheel-drives in rugged mountains with few roads, a battalion of U.S. Marines has enlisted a mode of transport used for centuries by Afghan villagers – donkeys.</blockquote><br />n<br />nThe more things change, the more they stay the…