Okay, so here's a website, and an article that to me seems to ask the questions any reasonable person might ask about Islam, and it addresses the fears that many Americans have concerning the practice of Islam in America. It does not seem accusatory to me. It seems pretty straightforward about the questions and concerns many Americans have. (For some reason I can't paste the link in - but if you type "Citizen Warrior - A Message to Peaceful Muslims" in your search engine, you should be able to find it).
My latest post was ELIMINATED. It did not contain any profanity. It contained a reference to a website which people are free to go take a look or not. A website that also did not contain any profanities, just thoughtful and fair questions, concerns and discussions. Is censorship part of the "hope and change" we can expect to see in a "new" America? I hope not. I am pleading with the Chronicle to BE FAIR and OPEN-MINDED.
The Yellowstone Club is in court once again defending it's arse after their wildlife officer shot and killed a mother black bear on the property. It's all over the news that their first priority was to keep the incident under wraps because 1)It's illegal to kill a bear out of season, 2) It was an accident due to the fact that their wildlife officer didn't check his ammo before firing at the bear to haze it, 3) They lured the bear to their paintball field by using vegetable oil based paintballs, against good advice, and 4) They did not immediately attend to the welfare of the cubs after they killed the mother. The Club is also, as of last week, being sued for firing an under-contract black employee without cause. When is the Club going to get itself under control and stop embarrassing itself and our community with it's near-constant, painfully public blunders? Aren't the millionaires up there concerned about their own reputation, at least? I just want to go on record as saying the Club is a big...
Once again, robbing us of our money to pay for something 71% of Americans are opposed to. I find it extremely offensive. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67Q5BW20100827
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." This insightful quote is from a book written in 1935 by Sinclair Lewis titled "It Can't Happen Here." Something to think about on this fine day.
I just thought that this was an interesting story.
The other day, a woman, encircled by high-octane, sugar fueled children, screeching at the top of their lungs asked me, "Where is the big elephant?" The NASCAR kids were probably on their tenth lap around her, squealing at every turn. Obviously she was visiting Bozeman and doing the hysterical tour of homes. I stuck my thumb back over my shoulder and said, "Back up the hill on the corner of Wilson and College." The frazzled woman looking confused said, "We drove by there and all we saw was a big green house." "Yeah, that's it." I said enthusiastically, "Only we call it the "white elephant", you know, the idiom. What a waste that turned out to be! When you go there note the wall paper, it is worth something like $26,000 dollars! I guess a few people wanted to play cattle baron on the cities dime and..." Frustrated, the woman cut me off and said, "No-no! I am looking for a giant rubber elephant!" The speed racer...
I just have to get people's take on this. It looks as though the Palin family is joining the ranks of the greats--the Hogan family, the Osbourne family, the Gosselin family, the Tori Spelling family, the Jessica Simpson family--and becoming part of tv history! Now, who still wants her for president? http://www.examiner.com/x-38149-Celebrity-Headlines-Examiner
The following are headlines from today's online news from two major news outlets. I'm curious if you think that either (or both) of them appear (un)biased or if one or if one or the other seems like it promoting issues that are more important. For the sake of discussion try to not research the outcome and give your opinion. News source #1:
News Source #2
Someone please tell me: What do you do when you and a wide range of coworkers see, based on both your own and their observations, that your company’s upper management is engaging in discriminatory and unfair work practices, lying to it’s employees, and blowing mega-wads of money on frivolous items and activities while denying it’s employees raises for years? You tell it to your boss, right? What if you can’t go to your boss with it for a reason you can’t (shouldn’t) explain? You go to HR, right? What if you can’t go to HR because they're part of the corruption? When you can’t talk to your boss about it, and those who have the power to help are part of it, and talking to HR about it would only make it worse, who do you go to then?
The answer, most have told me, is to quit your job. That’s very logical. But it’s a tough economy, new jobs are scarce, and besides, you’ve put so much of your heart and soul and body ((two knee operations, one hand operation, and the other hand...
and some of the surrounding areas including Grand Isles. Just getting started today--have always wanted to visit this city with all it's history and such so pretty excited. (although saddened that it happens under these circumstances:() Anyway, any of you folks have suggestions on must sees and does in the Big Easy?
Can someone please answer this question for me? I have never been an employee of the city of Bozeman so it is possible that employee policy allows for such activity. Why has our fire chief and those above him turn a blind eye to one of our fire fighters calling in sick for weeks now and spending that time working his “primary job” landscaping? Does this leave our department understaffed or cause overtime to be paid by us? Is everyone allowed to do this in all city departments? Is this person of so little use to the fire department that his absence isn’t notices? Or does he simply have our current assistant manager in his pocket? Someone please enlighten me. All this confusion is making me ill and I know my boss won’t stand for me calling in sick to go fishing.
Are we supposed to feel sorry for the people
in pain who need/want Marijuana to deaden it.
I feel more sorry for the next generation
of children who are receiving a message
that if it hurts, deaden it. No one
seems to want to prevent children/
young people from using/abusing
drugs/alcohol for anything and
everything anymore.
There's more than one kind of
sickness/crime in the world.
Such a shame.
It seems we are slow learners, do you see any oil, I don't see any oil; it must be gone. The leak has been stopped, or has it? Are there other leaks? will the fix hold?
So, the Bush Tax cuts are scheduled to expire. These tax cuts for people in higher income brackets were never paid for by either increasing taxes elsewhere or by cutting spending. If the GOP is so serious about the debt/deficit, why are they clamoring for Obama to extend these tax cuts? (670 billion +-) And why are members of the Democratic party backing this viewpoint? After all, the debt is out of control. Or so we are told by the GOP and the Tea Party. Top Senate Republican Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) insisted on Sunday that Congress should extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans regardless of their impact on the deficit, even as he and other Republicans are blocking unemployment insurance extensions over deficit concerns. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/jon-kyl-extend-bush
GOP Sen Judd Gregg and John Kyl and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor are pushing for an extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. This is turning heads because these are the same people who oppose spending...
Governments around the country are feeling the strain of budget pressures, and in Washington, at least, that strain is producing some strange alliances. Take Congressmen Ron Paul and Barney Frank: The libertarian Republican and the liberal Democrat co-wrote a piece for Huffington Post this past week that takes aim at a longtime budgetary sacred cow: U.S. military spending. The unlikely pair want to trim the Pentagon's budget by $1 trillion over the next 10 years, significantly reducing U.S. military presence around the world, including Europe. Frank tells NPR's Lynn Neary that it's time the nation updated its military approach. "This hangover from the Cold War, when America was seen as the superpower that had to protect everybody everywhere from everything, is outdated. In fact, it's often counterproductive." If America doesn't scale back its military footprint, Frank says, the price will be cutting domestic programs and increased taxes. "That's what we're talking about," he says. "We're talking about, in particular,...
Hi guys....I am new to this site and really friendly so please don't bash me too bad, okay? lol I was wondering if anyone would give me their honest insight on some things about Bozeman. I have tried reseaching these things, but there are just so many mixed opinions out there.....I am just not sure what to think! What is the weather like each season? Also how well are the tourists received in Bozeman? Do you think it would be a nice place to retire to? Can you list both negatives and positives of living in Bozeman? I understand there was a big boom in the population over the last few years. Do you feel that is a good thing or bad? I will be staying in Bozeman for two weeks next summer while taking in Yellowstone and Glacier. I love the mountains and rivers and of course will be fishing as well, My husband tells me that I will fall in love with your beautiful town and I...
Like soda machine out of change, Oil-bama keeps spitting the dollar of responsibility back. When will this man truly become a President? I mean this is getting ridiculous! With ears like that he should be able to hear. I guess he is just not listening. He goes out to support Robin Carnahan of Missouri for Senate. What do we get? The same old song and dance from the Presidential campaign, 18 months ago. While Congressionally grilling Goldman Sachs, a partner in the 10 trillion dollar Chicago Climate Exchange, on an unlit BBQ for appearances sake. While pushing the farce of Global Warming under the guise, "for the good of the environment" not the enrichment of the likes of Al Gore, Oil-bama, it seems, is deliberately ignoring or failing on stopping gushing oil by spending time partying at the White House or joking with sports teams at photo ops instead of taking advantage of...
Hi all, I'm appealing to the community here because I will soon be moving out of town and I need a good property management company to manage my townhouse while I'm out of town. I've already got renters moved in and I basically just need someone to collect rent and handle any emergencies that might come up while I'm gone. I'll be in Portland, OR, so it will be a little tough for me to be a landlord from that far away and I don't really want to rely on my friends to manage it for me. I've heard so many people complain about property management companies in this town both as renters and as owners, I just don't know who to go with. Does anybody have any good suggestions or companies that you've worked with who have been good and reliable?
NASA Chief: Next Frontier Better Relations With Muslim World
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/05/nasa-chief-fronti This is more than a little confusing, but at least it wasn't an interview w/ Rolling Stone.
This article made my jaw drop this morning. Denny Rehberg and his Wife are suing the city of Billings and the Billings fire dept. for what they say was breach of duty in 2008 during a wildfire that "burned property and equipment."
"The Plaintiff, Rehberg Ranch LLC, is accusing the Billings Fire Department of breaching its duty of care during a wild-fire that burned more than 1,100 acres in the subdivision in July of 2008. According to court documents, the plaintiff said the Billings Fire Department negligently or intentionally left the fire scene without notification- leaving the plaintiff and adjacent homeowners vulnerable to catastrophic damage. Court Documents state the fire caused irreparable damage-scorching trees and ground-cover on a large section of land intended for development. (italics mine for emphasis) Rehberg Ranch LLC claims the city is liable for monetary damages because of the fire department's negligence. The company is asking a dollar amount to be established at trial. ... |
