Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Obscene TV
Many Americans thought it was the height of indecency when Janet Jackson bared her breast on National TV. At least our standards appear to be a little higher than those in <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040402/od_uk_nm/oukoe_television_sex">Romania</a>. Their knockoff of the program Big Brother has showed live sex on TV. At least there is a segment of society protesting…
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Graduation
Well, here is a novel way to graduate from college. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43281-2004Apr1.html">Pay somebody to change your grades on the computer</a>. Now there are 541 students whose grades are being looked at because of this. At least it appears the university is taking this very seriously and going to fix the problem. I sometimes wonder about…
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Doubting Thomas
You might call me a Doubting Thomas but Googles newest idea of <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/google_e_mail">Gmail</a> seems to be a little fishy to me. I would have been a little easier to convince if they would have announced it at some other time other that at April Fools Day. I mean lets get serious, I don't care…
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Fire Weather
I had to double check my calender this morning. Yes it is the 31st of March and I see the weather service has issued, of all things, a fire weather watch.<br />n<!–more–><br />n…A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY…FOR MONTANA FIRE<br />nWEATHER ZONES 124 THROUGH 133…FOR INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND VERY<br />nLOW RELATIVE…
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TV
Sometimes there is such a simple solution to a problem people overlook it. This is one of these situations. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/03/30/build/nation/35-parents-tv-censorship.inc">Parents assail R-rated TV</a>. If you don't like what's on TV, throw the damn thing out. There, simple solution. But if you insist on using the idiot box to babysit your kids, don't bitch. If…
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Word Definitions
<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/slave_reparations_lawsuit">Slave Descendants File $1B Lawsuit</a><br />n<br />n<i>Descendants of slaves filed a $1 billion lawsuit Monday against U.S. and British corporations, accusing them of profiting by committing genocide against their ancestors.</i><br />n<br />nGenocide: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.<br />nAncestor: one from whom a person is descended.<br />n<br />nSo…
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Owing Taxes
I read <a href="http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2470000">this</a> story this morning and really wonder how accurate their figures really are or is it like UM's athletic budget and full of <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/000283.html">accounting errors</a>. Recently I recieved a letter threatening dire consequences upon my person from the IRS since the Ranch failed to file its taxes last year. Well I…
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Pregnancy of War
I read <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A29888-2004Mar27?language=printer">this</a> story in the Washington Post this morning and it just tore at my heart. Let alone these women living through an unimaginable time of death when around 800,000 people were killed they were used as sexual toys and have the children from the encounters to deal with on a daily basis.…
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Grandiose Schemes
The Presidential election sure seems to have kicked off early this year. Normally it's June or better before we start hearing the candidates on a daily bases making promises we know they can't keep. All ready I hear Bush and Kerry battling it out in the media trying to steal the spotlight and energize their…
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Early Fire
I read <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/03/26/build/local/40-rims-grass-fire.inc">this</a> story and just shook my head. It is way, way to early to be thinking about range fires. We should be thinking, not just dreaming, about green grass instead of fighting dust and fire. If this wind would ever quit blowing I would feel better. It has blown here for 5…