Friday, December 02, 2005

Quick Stuff

Boat Owners need validation to launch. This was in yesterdays Outdoors section. Any of you have boats? Did you go down and get the perm decal? Paid extra, never do it again? Well, that's not good enough for the feds. Once again, federal law overrides and virtually blackmails state law. "Montana must comply to recieve federal money" Yeah, I know, it's free, just more paperwork. Give me one legitimate reason for this.

Letter to the editor in todays paper, a gentleman suggest leaving a store if you are greeted with anything but "Merry Christmas." He has a right to his opinion, but so do the store owner & employee. This is absolute B.S.! Consumer blackmail?

The whole issue over what to call a Christmas tree? It's a damn Christmas tree! has it ever been anything else? I believe this whole issue is to get around the religious aspect. If it is a "holiday tree" or "seasonal tree" it can be put up in a place that should not promote one particular religion? Bull, it is still a Christmas tree.

Casino says it may sue over county planning error. OMG someone really screwed up! Can these people not measure? "Nerud said the planning department used a map and a ruler to determine how far the casino was from the city. The liquor control division used GPS mapping for a more precise measurement."
The casino is in Ulm. I think there are two liquor licenses in Ulm. This is .14 miles inside the G.F. donut. I think Ulm has a right to its own little zoning donut.
It has I believe, been in business for several years. They noticed this in October of last year. No, wait, Chuck, the owner of the business noticed and told them. He will now be punished for being an honest person.
Ya know, if you go to a restaurant and order a steak, and the waitress writes Steak on her little pad, then brings you chicken, and you say I ordered steak, she looks at her little pad, where it says you ordered steak, and she apologises and runs back to the kitchen to get your steak, that you ordered, you get your steak, after everyone else has finished, you eat alone, the restaurant is out the cost of the chicken, and most likely the steak, if they want you to come back, since they messed up, and you go home knowing a mistake was made, but that kind of thing happens, it was made right, not that big a deal.
Now if the gov't ran the restaurant, I think it would go something like this. You go to a restaurant and order a steak, and the waitress writes Steak on her little pad, then brings you chicken, and you say I ordered steak, she looks at her little pad, where it says you ordered steak, and she tells you she knows that is what you ordered but they are serving chicken tonight. Steak, that you ordered, is on the menu, but only because someone made a mistake when they were printed, and they are trying to fix it, but they still have a committee working on what color it will be, and most likely the steak, if you want it, will be in the restaurant across town, they will give you directions on how to get there, but you still have to pay for the chicken, because the restaurant does not take responsibility for their mistakes.

3 Old Comments:

Oh, I am so sorry to interrupt your rant, and what a most excellent rant it was.

Your source, however, being the Tribune, it is certainly forgiveable that your facts are slightly wrong. The casino you are talking about was actually hotly contested when it went in, because everyone knew that Niswanger was trying to get it just outside the 5-mile 'donut' in order to take advantage of the step up in value as soon as the city annexed a little more property. And, in fact, at the protest hearing, at least one person loudly argued that he was not outside 5 miles and, therefore, should not have been entitled to the license. He is nowhere near as innocent as he acts, and this is why there is a good chance he will lose his threatened license.

Also, Ulm can have its own little donut as soon as it incorporates. Until then, they're stuck with ours!

By Blogger GeeGuy, at 8:40 PM  

Oops, that should have said "threatened lawsuit."

By Blogger GeeGuy, at 8:41 PM  

I didn't know Ulm was not incorporated. It's been there so long...

As to the rest. I don't particularly care if there is a casino in Ulm. But I do care about the governments right to change it's mind. And accountability for it's actions. They gave him the license. It sounds like someone should have measured a little better. Maybe our leaders should listen a little better at those PUBLIC hearings?
And in all fairness, you didn't interrupt my rant, I was done and I always enjoy hearing from you.

By Blogger a-fire-fly, at 9:40 AM