Mary Anne Simpson
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October 01, 2007
As some of you may have read about the Urban Death Warrants in Helena, Montana, I am happy to report that the Fish,Wildlife & Parks Commission couldn't come up with the number of deer kills. The result is the deer executions scheduled to take place at Midnight on some day is off. The deer are free...
August 19, 2007
Much a do has been made of the referendum of heretofore "red states" switching to "blue state" politics in the last election. On the color wheel of politics what has actually emerged is a number of state and locals in shades of purple. By example and there are others check out the politics of Mont...
July 19, 2007
Today, July 19 at 9:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, NYMEX Crude is $75.52. NYMEX Heating oil futures is $211. 09. NYMEX Henry Hub futures is $6.56. Electricity in the three main markets range from $54.50 to $71.93 a megawatt hour. These are verifiable facts.
A report entitled, "The Hard Truths Abo...
July 06, 2007
I have a long standing love for the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. In 25 words or less the drafters of the constitution provided a means to ensure the free flow of ideas, items and intercourse among all the states,foreign governments, and Native Americans. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 ...
June 05, 2007
I am a California Native. In the early 1980s my knowledge of Montana came from a landmark Supreme Court case which said in essence it's okay to charge tourist hunters higher fees than residents. In class we called it the "Elk can't swim case." The reason for the distinction is that there is a huge ...
April 24, 2007
It was a week like any other week. Responding to enticements by Dell and Hewlett Packard for a laptop I clicked through the features. Yes, I want a processor and oh yes I want good memory. Sometimes I wish I could fore-go the memory, but often times it is necessary. After clicking through all the...
April 14, 2007
I expect Kurt Vonnegut will show up at the end of some future academic treatise on George W. Bush: Policies & Politics. Unless of course we've all been imploded into the center of the earth by the policies.
For many Kurt Vonnegut will be remembered as college reading material. Slaughter House F...
March 26, 2007
Getting paid to do what you like to do is a lifestyle that cannot be beat. Over the past years I have produced various pieces of written content. If I were to estimate the number of lines of words I produced as a lawyer the number would be over a million.
In my employment position as a medic...
March 17, 2007
The six member, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, China, Japan and the U.S. talks are set for Monday, March 19. Ahead of the talks, North Korea has asked for the 25 million dollars seized by the somewhat independent Chinese territory of Macau to be returned to them.
In return North Korea has agr...
March 15, 2007
The Chinese official news source, Xinhua reports that political leaders have reached a final proposal for ensuring the individual property rights of Chinese citizens. The law proposal is the result of years of negotiation and now sits with the National People's Congress, (NPC). The law proposal 's m...
March 15, 2007
The Denver Post reports some tough days ahead for the proposed 700 mile fence along the Southern border of the United States with Mexico. Apparently a new cottage industry has been developed South of the border knocking out re-bar ladders sold on the open market for $5.
The ladders provide a qui...
March 15, 2007
According to the Great Falls Tribune in Montana, the million dollar clean up of PCBs in the Lewistown fishery system still needs further work. PCBs were found some years ago in the region due to paint laced with PCB material.
The Montana Fish Wild life and Park's system along with various conser...
March 03, 2007
Some events this week ending on March 2, 2007 begs the question, "Does your dog bite?" The Chinese New Year concludes with the Lantern Festival, and the world financial markets, political and media circles are all a flutter. A sell off in the Shanghai Market overnight brought a "Topsy Turvy" sell of...
February 22, 2007
There are many times when you may decide that cooking that night is ho hum. Sometimes the family or you may just need a little pick me up and for whatever reason nobody wants to go out to eat. I first used a courier service in San Diego over ten years ago.
The courier service had a menu of about...
February 17, 2007
As the lunar New Year, February 18 approaches in China and around the world families are preparing for the celebration of the Year of the Fire Pig. The New Year's Eve celebration which is the highlight of the season will take place in cities and villages around the world. This is a time for families...
February 11, 2007
Reuters reports that Sir Richard Branson owner of Virgin Atlantic has announced a 25 million dollar challenge to individuals and groups to come up with a method of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by one billion tons per year for ten years. Accompanying Sir Richard during the announcement was Al Go...
February 06, 2007
Today marks the beginning of a nationwide call to action for consumers in the United States. The motto this year is: "Read Up and Reach Out."
The governmental consumer group, "consumer dot gov," has partnered up with numerous consumer advocates to provide useful and informative information to c...
February 01, 2007
In response to Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Peregrine and some of the biggest accounting firms playing a shell games with the corporate books, Congress enacted The Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002.
Today Siemens, based in Munich, Germany is being eyed for over 500 million dollars worth of bribes to public o...
January 19, 2007
There are rare films that encapsulate the emotion of discovery and drama with humor. Particularly on the sensitive subject of genocide and the Holocaust. "Everything is Illuminated" is such a film. The illumination takes place in the facial expressions of the characters. The dialogue while poignant...
January 19, 2007
All taxpayers need to be aware of various issues involving the popular franchised tax preparers doing business in some states. Some of the most heavily marketed tax preparers, H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt are in hot water for offering loans against tax refund checks and for some practices in promoti...
January 18, 2007
Today, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez published his remarks to the American Enterprise Institute on his website: http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2007/html. He does not like what he refers to as "judicial activism." One hears that term a whole lot today. So, it is nice to find out a what cr...
January 17, 2007
The Fairness Doctrine got its start in 1969 when a court case said in essence, your media is so strong and has such a great influence on the public, you need to provide time for divergent opinions on matters of public interest.
The case Red Lion Broadcasting vs FCC stated in regards to the licens...