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Going Rogue

2 December 2009
This was a fun book to read. Especially if, like me, you were alive and paying attention to the peculiar presidential political melee during the summer and fall of 2008. There were a lot of dogs that didn’t bark and thus the whole thing was more than a little puzzling. This book appears… »

Fun In Our Capitol

I can’t resist clever signs, on bumper stickers or in demonstrations like this one in Washington DC yesterday September 12th. It’s hard to believe ordinary people could pull this off. They must have had some help from their Leftist friends or the media, sorry for the redundancy there. There is an excellent series of pictures… »

The Return of Dr Muskett

I was getting worried when I hadn’t heard for what seemed like months from my favorite cardiac turned plastic surgeon, Billings’ own Dr Alan Muskett. I know I’ve blogged about him in the past but I couldn’t find the entries, though I did find in back pages of the Gazette a number of other good… »

Political Speech on Broadwater

I guess you could buy a lot of bath tubs cheap here. And maybe a lot of new and used junk and antiques too.
Just to make sure the proprietor of this place has posted some nice notes on his fence, short and to the point. Good for him or her as the case may… »

Do We Still Call This Black Humor?

What will be the average age of those who understand or not the above cartoon? Who remembers Dinah Shore? See the USA in your Chevrolet. Black humor? Dark humor? I think gallows humor might be better but then there are probably many who would not know what a gallows was… »

What’s Going On at St Thomas’ Playing Fields and Dog Run?

Some new development going on here? Or what? Does this sign apply to the football and other nearby fields? Enquiring minds want to… »

Oh No I May Be Becoming An Obamaniac

Is this an infectious disease, perhaps spread by reading far left blogs? I occasionally do such treacherous things, to see what they are up to. I think the Obama administration found my only weakness and is shamelessly exploiting it.

I mean, of course, the suggestion that high-speed rail, as in Europe, mentioned by our President when… »

Thanks Heavens Dissent Is Patriotic

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”—Mark Twain
I thought this was a quote from Kurt Vonnegut but I was wrong. I’m sure I read it in something Mr Vonnegut wrote but perhaps he borrowed it from Mr Twain. Maybe this will lead to some traffic in the other direction south of the… »

The Second Sunday in Lent (B): “holocaust”

I heard this word—holocaust— a couple of times this morning in the first reading about the patriarch Abraham getting ready to offer his only son Isaac as a sacrifice, and wondered what I had missed in my reading on European history. My immediate thought was something like this railroad into the concentration camp at Auschwitz.
I… »

Sleepless In Southern Montana

OK then, two nights, or more accurately, two early mornings in a row I’ve been up and reading the Gazette practically before it hits the driveway. The lead stories grab your attention: 3 newsworthy disasters, only one death, not bad, huh? If it Bleeds it Leads: 1)Baucus bleating about healthcare, apparently his assigned part of… »