Regarding this, isn't a true "hunter" supposed to be able to define the differenses between the variations of a species?
A great examples of "trigger happy" hunters. This is as bad as when a ranchers Lama was shot, when the hunter thought it was a deer! These are not hunter's, and there needs to be more training to get a license.

Being good enough not to mention its name, I rode my bicycle to town today to drop it off for a tune-up, that was easy. I decided, since it was noon and a nice day and I was going to be walking home, it might be good to have lunch then put my feet to the ground.

I sat myself down at the restaurant, a clean empty table was available. Staff and owner walked past me several times before aknowledging me. I was handed a menu then in, now seventeen minutes of waiting for service. As I made my choice I was passed several more times, now at 24 minutes from my arrival and a bit more ready to eat (hungry), I waited a couple of more minutes, six to be exact as I started to time the intervals with my cell phones stopwatch!
I got to place my order. Of course, on her way out to other customers with cups of water, the waitress says to me, "I forgot you drink!" It would have been good to have while sitting in the Sun!
I did get my drink in 10 more minutes, my meal in another 8 minutes. The only time I was asked if I was enjoying...

Every job that I have ever worked at has told me, maybe they lied, that it was the people that made up an organization. So my question is this, why are people so willing to push the blame past the people in our correctional facility here in the Gallatin County and blame the jail. Yes, the jail might lead to dampened spirits but I think that it is the people who make up an organization. So what kind of people do we have in our correctional system that is causing people to take drastic actions in response to relatively minor crimes in comparison? You can build a fancy new jail, yet the system has already admitted that they can't fully staff the one that they currently have. In light of the recent deaths, I can't help but criticize the DA for not bring charges against the members of the jail that allowed this to happen. If there is a person in your custody that you ALLOW to die, that is what we call negligent homicide. Yet what do we get? More cover up, more lies, come on, you really believe that all the...

Regarding the article where Sen. Jent spoke on a failing mental health system, I want to share my personal experience.

As a single parent,I am very dismayed at the lack of services available for children with mental health issues. It is not to say children are crazy, but they have issues that if not treated, will complicate their life further as they become adults.

Law enforcement reacts with words like "step up and be a parent" or advises parents to "put their child away." Bozeman Schools and mental health providers are no different. They simply state that unless your child becomes violent, there is nothing they can do.

It is no wonder so many children end up in the criminal justice system. It takes the responsibility off of current ineffective and obsolete programs. How is a child to recover positively after committing a crime when incarceration is their only therapy. They need help before the situation gets to a violent point.

Anyone have any similar experiences?

Is it me or is this weather just freakin great! Ahhh go through a LONG (although mild IMO) winter, to reap the rewards by receiving Spring. Gotta love it!

Have a great day people!

First FWP told me not to feed the bear cub leave it be,we will let nature takes its course, then they said in the article they were relying on me to monitor the situation? Which is it? Leave her alone and let her die or monitor the situation for us?
Wouldnt it have been protocal to give me the number to the MWRE Center in Helena if they could NOT or would not come up to check out the situation! I was told by the wildlife Center
the Cub was on her last leg and its was a good thing we did the transfer that day!

As the 60th Anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel, maybe a new tactic should be introduced. Every person, of Palestinian blood, every Arab in the borders of Israel, Gaza, West Bank, and any other settlement within Israeli borders should be packed up and shipped off to other nations. You might think that this is harsh, however let me point out to you the Palestinian disregard for life, man, woman, or child. The whole Arab communities disregard for life. The same way we separate different gangs in prison we should separate the Israeli and Palestinians from each other. Ship all the Palestinians to other locations with in the Arab world. Nations have done it all through out time, Czechoslovakia did the Germans after WW2, Turks did to Greeks, and Greeks did like wise. The separation of certain people, even though it may be harsh at the time, ultimately leads to a safer environment. The Palestinians refuse to co-operate with a reasonable plan of co existence, then it is time for a drastic measure....

Over the past couple of years, I have heard over and over again about the energy crisis. How America needs power to run her industries. We need this power to run everything in our lives, from your refrigerator to factories that produce goods. The question is where are we getting the power for all these appliances? I will tell you, they come from a number of sources, coal, oil, and nuclear, or hydraulic. The question that I have is why haven't any of the major candidates talked about building more hydraulic damns? They are looking for a more green source of energy, what is more energy efficient than running water of a turbine? The reason that we burn coal is that is the cheapest, and very plentiful out on the east coast. The reason we burn oil, because it is convent if there is no other source. The reason we use nuclear is that it is cheap and efficient. The reason we don't run our power dams at full strength because environmentalist in the 80's and 90's said that it was harming the salmon runs up the...

I would like to know who the officer was that denied Lebrum an attorney. In my book that is a crime. Honestly, every officer that knew of the proceeding should be charged as an accessory. The way I see it, if you break the law, even in attempting to keep it, your a criminal. So Mr. Law Breaking officer, that means we have bad men, we pay to arrest worse men. Doesn't quite work out to be as nice as we thought. Why haven't we seen this officers face on the front page, why isn't the DA looking into filing charges against him? How about a arbitrator decide this officers fate. We all know how internal investigations are handled, they will put him on paid leave, then a panel of his piers will decide whether he is guilty, 80% of the time he is cleared of all charges. Like the officers in NY accused of shooting the 3 men. One officer had time to empty and reload 3 times. Come on, like the DA is going to charge an officer with something unless they feel there is public pressure to do so. The police...

District Judge Holly Brown ordered the 33 sled dogs seized in the Hessert's animal-cruelty investigation be given to the suspects father in Maine. What do you think?

Do you believe the claim by Cara Greger, who has been fostering some of the dogs, that no one can supervise the dogs in Maine?

Should dogs valued at a minimum of $33,000 be handed over to foster homes in the sled dog community?

Oh, I was so compelled to post my comments at BozemanTalks.com. I don't know why. It is almost like someone is inserting thoughts into my brain--not unlike a subliminal ad which is inserted right in the middle of a TV show, or maybe a NEWSPAPER STORY!

Chronicle, if you want to advertise your site in your newspaper, go for it. But I am disgusted that you use your NEWS platform and the news story itself to advertise. It distracts from the news, and is invasive to those of us who would like to read NEWS.

To those of you who say "Hey, it's their paper, they can do what they want with it!" I say, just because they have the ability doesn't mean it's right. I also say I have the ability to cancel my subscription.

We are [Go shopping downtown!] inundated with advertising on a [Eat at Joe's!] daily basis, even when [Support local business] we PAY for a service, such [Elect the lesser evil for President!] as a movie, an [Post a nasty reply to this message!] automobile, or a newspaper.

I have no problem with advertising...

Free breakfast at: International Coffee Traders. 720 South 10th Ave.

Here's some "live" and up to date FACTS as of May 14, 2008 in regard to Illegal Immigrants, and the impact on our society.



Illegal Immigrants in Country: 21,524,286



Money Wired to MEXICO Since Jan 2006: $30,140,929,576.00



Money Wired to LATIN AMERICA Since '01: $265,028,456,964.00



Cost of Social Services for Illegal Immigrants Since 1996:
$398,457,654,173.00



Children of Illegals in Public Schools: $4,352,938.00



Cost of Illegals in K-12 Since 1996: $14,145,482,926.00



Illegal Immigrants Incarcerated: 364,842



Cost of Incarcerations Since 2001: $1,414,666,057.00



Illegal Immigrant Fugitives: 678,630



Anchor Babies Since 2002: 1,985,653



Skilled Jobs Taken by Illegal Immigrants: 10,499,895

She must use GEICO!!!

i want to know if there is anyone that cares anymore about somone they have never seen or met but just becuase they were asked to help no strings attached. Or is it just my parents that were raised that way.
CC

What is the best/favorite bumper sticker you've seen?
To start things off:
"Smile, one size fits all."

Anyone know much about the Bozeman Symphony? I am new to town & wondering what it's like. What is the repertoire, how often do they perform, and the cost?

I remember when a Sweet Pea button was $5. Over the years I have seen the price of the addmitance to sweet pea skyrocket. For a family of four it can now cost you almost half a benjamin just to get it! There are a lot of families who can't and won't pay that much to eat a tater pig and watch an unknown band. Why is the Sweet Pea board so hell bent on keeping corporate money out of their precious little festival? There are numerous businesses that would love to sponsor the event therefore lowering the price of addmitance for everyone.

I recently went to a festival in the south that was similar to Sweet Peas and the admittance was FREE! There were so many people there and the vendors were selling merchandise left and right. People had more money to spend on food and art/crafts because it was free to get and everyone could attend. There were sponsor banners at the base of multiple stages but not enough to take away from the quality of the festival.

So tell us Sweet Pea board...why has your cost gone up....

Ok, let's get rate the mom and pop restaurants.

Stacey's: Gateway; Best new restaurant! Food and prices are awesomely reasonable! Worth the drive, if it is a drive.

The Western: Can't get better than that. Everyone is welcome, hippie to banker. That's Bozeman!

The next time you hear a politician use the

word "billion" in a casual manner, think about

whether you want the "politicians" spending

YOUR tax money.



A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,

but one advertising agency did a good job of

putting that figure into some perspective in

one of its releases..


A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were

living in the Stone Age.

D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth.

E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and

20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division . .

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number, what does it mean?

A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of

New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you

each get $516,528.

B. Or, if you...

Take a look at their website it, hopefully, will catch the interest to one of the big money people around here. Even though we like to think local,it looks like a great alternative to the fast food giants!

Hi, I am probably the primary admin/moderator on BozemanTalks. In light of some recently posted frustrations, I thought I would explain how the content is displayed, and if there will be any improvements.

First, I do watch daily and throughout the day at what is being posted on BozemanTalks. The “Featured Talk” is posts largely picked by myself to be featured. I look for interesting, potentially engaging posts or posts with interesting comments to feature. So if you want your post to be featured, make good and engaging posts, give your view point on something, don’t just ask a question, and a photo doesn’t hurt either.

The “Your Talk” section which is just under the “Featured Talk” is all the recently posted or commented on posts (that are not featured). This means a couple of older posts could sit right at the top of the list because of all the commenting that is taking place.

Another way to view the content on BozemanTalks would be to select “DISCUSSIONS” on the navigation bar. This will display all discussions...

Definitely what is needed is a Fazoli's. I wouldn't really like to see more construction, HOWEVER, Fazoli's is a great healthier-type of fast food. LOVE the endless supply of hot garlic breadsticks! They're fairly inexpensive and great food! I love the variety & salads. A great alternative to a fast-food hamburger joint.

I'd open one up myself if I had the $1,000,000 required! I know it would do well.

oops- I meant to post this to "What Bozeman Needs".. trying to figure out how to move it..

So you got this guy Murdoch callin' the gravel pit owners thieves in the night. Nice try! You go DEQ with a 10 year back log? Really! Now who is the thief in the night? Looks like DEQ is run by a bunch of eco-terrorists. THe commissioners kept draggin their feet in earnest while the came up with a plan to stop land owners from exercising their legal land use rights. Government likes 3 things, control, control and control. The commissioners are the thieves in the night and they steal land owner freedom. THese guys along with DEQ want the state of Montana to become a national park.

...has gone full circle. Since its inception it covered alot of immedite issues and had some pretty dumb discussions. But with nothing new in the passed days, it seems to be not worth checking in on anymore.

It was fun, now it's time it get's revamped or dropped,