Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Boogey Man
<a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny–dreamburglary0122jan22,0,5502955.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire">This story</a> sure shows the wisdom of believing your children when they say the have seen a boogey man. What I can't quite fiqure out is the timing of events. The little girl woke the parents up at 2:00 a.m. and then it is stated that they got up at 11:30 a.m. Let alone…
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Brucellosis in Wyoming
Well I see the fat's in the fire for Wyoming now. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/01/23/build/wyoming/30-brucellosis.inc">Brucellosis found in more Wyoming cattle</a> This is a very signifigant development since it will cause Wyoming cattle producers to have to test any intact breeding animal for brucellosis prior to shipping it out of state. This is a very costly and time…
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IRS Help
Montana Senator Conrad Burns is so concerned that the IRS get the money it's due he is unveiling an <a href="http://burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=1060">IRS kiosk in the Butte Public Library</a> on January 28th. Gee thanks so much Senator Burns. Wouldn't want the Federal Government to miss out on what it is "entitled" to.<br />n<br />n<b>Ninety eight percent of…
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Understanding Women
I am probably going to get tarred and feathered over this one (especially from My Darling Wife) but I just couldn't resist. <a href="http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/04-01-21-01.all.html">estrogen makes women goofy.</a> Now I admit, they didn't actually say goofy, that is just my interpretation of the announcment. I think this is why us men have always had such a…
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Common Sense
Many people have been upset with Canada over thier lack of support for some of the United States actions lately. Then there is the <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> issue which has many in the agricultural industry upset with them. While none of these things have bothered me , here is an issue where they show…
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Hug
My daughter has brought it to my attention that today is National Hugging Day. In my opinion there is nothing better than a good hug. In honor of this day I offer everybody a big hug. <br />n<br />n<br />n<b>A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.<br />nBil Keane</b>
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Lost Revenue
<i>SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio. This Cleveland suburb is suddenly much poorer. </i><br />n<br />nThis is the town where the winnner of Mega Millions, a lottery, lives. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/01/20/lottery.tax.ap/index.html">City misses out on lotto windfall</a> What I don't get is how the city can be suddenly poorer? They never had the money in the first place.<br />n<br />n<i>"It's…
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Double Standards II
You could call it a double standard. You could call it hypocrisy. Whichever you call it, I believe it to be wrong. We Americans believe in the rule of law but allow people to be held with no law. We believe in the right of a speedy trail but allow people to be held with…
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Double Standards
This editorial from the <a href="http://www.montanaforum.com/rednews/2004/01/19/build/ag/export-oped.php?nnn%20=%202">Missoulian </a>hits the nail on the head. It points out the double standard that the beef industry wants to work under. They want to ban beef from countries that have <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> from coming into the U.S. but want our trading partners to take our beef because we…
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Efficiency
I bet the residents of Billings thought that City hall was more effecient than normal <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/01/20/build/local/45-telephoneoutage.inc">yesterday</a>. Until 2:30 rolled around and they were able to use the phones again to interfere with people's life. Better luck next time.<br />n<br />n<b>today's government uses computers which are capable of cranking out millions of documents per day…