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An international travel publication has named Bozeman one of the “10 Best Small Towns in America.”

Fodors.com last week ranked the best cities based on population (all under 50,000), draws like great local food, interesting museums and cultural points, and noteworthy natural attractions or outdoor adventures.

A college town with an artsy vibe, Bozeman “is a nature-lover’s paradise, no matter the season,” the website states.

The article cites Bozeman as a base for fly-fishing, skiing, rafting and exploring Yellowstone National Park. In addition, the Bozeman Symphony and Shakespeare in the Parks are mentioned as popular activities.

Other towns that made the list were Sedona, Ariz., Heraldsburg, Calif., and Walla Walla, Wash.

Large cities may get the most media attention, Fodors.com said, but for savvy travelers, small towns are the best-kept secrets.

“In a time when ‘authentic’ is a travel buzzword, these hamlets are attracting visitors with an often unexpected – and surprisingly sophisticated – array of independent and locally-minded cultural, outdoor, and culinary offerings, all minus the urban price tags,” the article states.

clicking Like is not activism,

clicking Like is not activism,

it does not change a thing..

you have to throttle the problem

with your own two hands.

Get down in the trenchs

and bleed for the cause.

If you are not willing

to suffer nothing will get done .

Clicking like does not absolve the sin

Remember Duck and Cover ?

  Back in the 50's  and 60's duck and cover meant hiding from a nuclear bomb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbtsiMb64zM

  Now it means hiding from the crazy guy with all the guns

I wish they'd go back where they came from

Enjoying this false spring I went out past the Crazy mountains and drove the scenic road between Ringling  and Two Dot. you need to do it some time if you have an urge to see beautiful country.

I stopped for a beer at the Stop and go in Two Dot Mt. As I waited in line the woman behind the counter closed the register and frowned at the Mexican couple and their three kids left the store with several bags of groceries.

“ I wish those people would go back where they came from. “

The tall Indian in front of me, With PROUD TO BE CROW embroidered on the back of his jacket

said to the woman

“ My Grandad used to say the same thing all the time about you people.”

Water Boarding your kids as a learning exercise

HELENA, Mont.

 A Montana man accused of waterboarding four 

children as a learning experience for them has reached a

plea deal with prosecutors in which he will receive 

probation.

Court records say the children were the Jefferson 

County man's 9- and 12-year-old sons and two neighbor 

kids, ages 13 and 15.

The 42-year-old man was sentenced to two years' 

probation after pleading guilty Friday to four 

misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child

.

Court records say the man's girlfriend at the time told 

authorities she walked in on him Dec. 5 as he simulated 

drowning his sons by pouring water over their faces.

while little Goat takes a bath

 Watching my three year old Daughter,

while she takes a bath on a snowy march day,

I imagine a young Grizzly trying to catch her first trout

in a high mountain lake.

Listening to the Prairie Prophets

Got to stop listening to Militia radio late at night ( everything  from Fox to  the Flathead self defense  family time ). It just amazes me how they twist , tweak and  project quotes and stories to remind the listener about the evils that lurk in the world out side the perfect world of the homestead . I often puzzled about the  goals of these broadcasters. I guess a small part of them (2 .m.  to 4 a.m.) want donations to their church.  Or buy our end of the Days monthly food supply program ( payment requires in  advance of course ).b The other night I listened to a business offering to take care of you Pets and horses  if you are taken up by the Rapture. ( again for a small monthly insurance plan )
      But the majority of these  Tea Party, biblical , doom and Gloom , anti spics and Indian radio guys are pushing Gold on the listener. Buy gold now , prepare for the end of civilization!




The Money that is made off of touting gold to the low browed  and paranoid is Amazing. For the most part the hype and product is all made up. If the economy and world goes to hades do you think the  machine will just hand you the gold you think you own ?If you are playing with lunch money sure buy some GLD or gold futures, but  If you dream about the colapse of western civilization buy your wife a gold necklace. you  can trade it for a goat herd when society colapses


Today Fox News provided more evidence for why the odious relationship between the right wing media and gold sellers deserves some serious investigation. Despite endless shilling from Glenn Beck, it seems that even Fox doesn’t know if gold is a safe investment. Over the course of two different programs Fox said that gold will collapsed but also promised a 30% increase. Way to play both sides, Fox News.

Here is FNC’s Jonas Ferris predicting a collapse in gold via Media Matters:

Ferris said, “Have I been a little off on gold for the last 5 years sure, but let me tell you something, gold is my super bubble this week, and I can prove it. The US dollar is up, inflation’s down, those are things that should be bad for gold, yet gold is up every day, because it is in a crazy insanity mode just like the NASDAQ in early 2000. It’s going to collapse and it’s going to collapse big time, 50% or more.

Eric Bolling on FNC’s Bulls and Bears offered the exact opposite prediction:

Bolling said, “I like gold. States are going to get bailed out. Gold’s got to go up. You have to have to print currency…gold’s going to go up 30%.”

The conflicting predictions on Fox News run counter to what Glenn Beck has been telling his viewers and listeners. At various times Beck has said, “I’m not recommending gold as an investment strategy. I am recommending gold because when this country falls apart, gold will be the only thing worth anything.” He also urged his listeners to, “think like a German Jew” during the period of Nazi ascendance. “I think people are running out of options,” he said, “of something that could be worth something at all.”"

If Beck’s urgings sound a lot like endorsements from a paid pitchman, that’s because they are. Beck is helping to fuel this gold bubble with his dubious claims about the safety of gold. Bolling’s analysis is either wishful thinking, or he owns a whole lot of gold that he plans to be selling soon. Contrary to all claims of the paid right wing media, nobody knows what gold is going to do, and historically speaking when gold goes on a run during a recession, when the economy gets better, the bubble bursts. That is the part that Beck and Bolling tend to leave out.

Beck has been using scare tactics to get his audience to buy gold, while he is getting paid to convince people to buy gold. This is not only a conflict of interest for Beck, but he is also misusing his position in the media to help inflate a market.