Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Free Markets
Our present , wonderful, Governor BS is so enamored with wind power that <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/08/build/state/40-schweitzer.inc" target="_new">he proposed</a> a while ago to require us in Montana to buy a certain portion of our electricity from wind power to jump start the industry. Well instead of government intervention to get things going look at what the free…
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Homeschool Alert
<blockquote>Senate Bill 291 introduced by Senator Don Ryan (D-SD 22) represents the greatest threat to homeschool freedom ever in Montana! <br />n<br />nSenate Bill 291 would make the following restrictive changes in the law:<br />n<br />n<strong> Require that parents be (a) licensed to teach in Montana, (b) hold a bachelor's degree, or (c) have a…
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Common Sense
Common sense prevails at <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/27/build/state/75-rape-sentence.inc" target="_new">Monatana's highest court</a>, who would have ever thought such a thing could happen.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A law requiring serial rapists to spend the rest of their lives in prison is not unconstitutional because it is based on a legitimate government goal of discouraging such repeated offenses and protecting society, the…
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Travel
Is <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/27/build/state/55-bush-mt.inc" target="_new">this</a> supposed to thrill me? Waste of time and money in my opinion.<br />n<br />n<b>The waste of moments sleeping,The waste of pleasure weeping,By denying and ignoringThe waste of nations warring. Robert Frost</b>
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Bucket
<blockquote>Thomas Paine was basically a blogger – in 1776.<br />n<br />nMartin Luther's version of blogs totally ticked off the Holy Roman Emperor, who issued the Edict of Worms banning Luther's writings.<br />n<br />n George Orwell was a blogger. So was Brian Lamb, the guy who started C-Span.</blockquote><br />n<br />nQuite exalted company I am being <a…
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Confused
I am so confused! No snow, warm weather, time for spring work and time to turn the cattle out in the hills. But it's January and not time for such things. In fact just getting ready to start calving the two year-olds right now. Talking about calving, I saw a picture of triplets calves yesterday…
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Politics
Politics is something no sane person would want to be involved with. Perfect example being the latest <acronym title="Bull Shit!!!">BS</acronym> over the pay <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/01/25/build/state/15-raise-bill.inc" target="_new">increase for state workers</a>. The Governor has one proposal and the Republicans are holding it up for their proposal. Where does the BS politics come in. The Republicans are upping…
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Honesty
I have talked before about the <acronym title="Endangered Species Act">ESA</acronym> and the the controversy with the <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/index.php?p=354" target="_new">Preble's jumping mouse</a> not being a separate species and maybe being removed from the ESA. I found an interesting article this morning about the biologist <a href="http://www.westword.com/issues/2005-01-20/news/feature_1.html" target="_new">Rob Ramey</a> who made the discovery and some of what…
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Ostrich
I am really beginning to wonder if I am like an ostrich with my head in the sand. I thought I was fairly aware of what was going on around the US with kids but this one took me by surprise.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>By the fourth grade, about one in 25 children has tried an inhalant;…
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Abuse
I just received an email from Montana Newslink that announced that there are "Grants Available for Projects to Prevent Child Abuse, Neglect ."<br />n<br />nWhat I really found interesting is that the board for this fund "is especially interested in plans that" among other things "serve low-income communities, young or first-time parents, or parents with…