Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Drought Aid Dead, For Now
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/06/news/state/55-drought.txt" >Drought aid derailed again</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Congressional efforts to provide billions of dollars in agricultural disaster aid were thwarted again Tuesday, leaving the issue to languish until Democrats take over both chambers in January.<br />n<br />nNorth Dakota Sens. Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, both Democrats, attempted to attach $4.8 billion in aid for struggling…
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Viewpoint
You can approach <a href="http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=89dc6f31-2b09-445f-945e-d701f077ecf9&k=56014">this story</a> about contaminated feed in Canada in two different ways.<br />n<br />nEither it shows that Canada still doesn't have the feed situation under control to help prevent <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> or it just shows how hard they are working to fix the problems in their feed system and admitting…
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A Disturbing Problem
<a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/01/africa/web.1201madagascar.php?page=1" >Sex abuse of girls is stubborn scourge in Africa</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Thirty miles outside this down-at-the-heels seaside town, Justin Betombo tends his vanilla plants and cheers the local soccer team as if he had not a care in the world. And in fact, what was once his greatest worry has been almost magically lifted…
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Colorful Travels
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/morning12012006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/morning12012006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Yearlings coming into feed on a colorful morning. Taken 12/01/2006. </center>
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Different Doctors or Different Attitudes
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/04/news/local/20-back.txt" >Montanans work hard, play hard; area leads nation for back surgeries</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Bill Renney blames most of his back trouble on a rock.<br />n<br />nRenney's wife spied the lichen-covered stone last summer while the couple was hiking near Cooke City.<br />n<br />n"She found a real nice rock," Renney said. "She encouraged me in…
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Soaking Up The Sun
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/bull12012006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/bull12012006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A bull enjoying the early morning sun. All the black critters really enjoy the sun on these cold mornings. It freezes them in place while they soak it up. Taken 12/01/2006.</center>
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BRRRR
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/brrr11292006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/brrr11292006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Do you know how hard it is to get a picture that says cold? This was my attempt. It was below zero when this was taken. Taken 11/29/2006.</center>