Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

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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…

  • 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…

  • Drought And Despair

    Farmers and Ranchers are the same all over the world when it comes to drought.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,20860040-5006029,00.html" >Drought, despair and the farmer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Behind us is a tin shed with bales of feed piled to the roof. There's little left for the stock, and he's forked out $8000 for the hay, the first time…

  • 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…

  • 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>

  • 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…

  • Baucus Stands Up

    A little more information on my rant yesterday about <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2252-South-Koreas-Trade-Barrier.html">South Korea's unofficial, official</a> trade barrier to US beef.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/04/news/state/50-baucus.txt" >Baucus sets condition to support pact</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The next chairman of the Senate Finance Committee sliced into a T-bone steak here Sunday and said he cannot support a free-trade agreement between the United…

  • 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>

  • South Korea’s Trade Barrier

    I posted a while ago that South Korea had <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2036-Good-News.html">opened up its market to US beef</a> and how the news made me happy. It turns out I was wrong. While <strong>technically</strong> opening its market to US beef, South Korea has has rejected almost every shipment of beef into its country for one reason or…

  • 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>

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