Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Gather
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/gather05202006?full=1'><img width='427' height='640' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/gather05202006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Early morning gather at my branding last week. Yes, there is cows in front of me, they might be hard to see but they are there. Taken 5/20/2006.<center>
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Montana History
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/05/28/features/magazine/20-history.txt">Milestones in Montana history discussed</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>If you thought Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's voyage of discovery and the Battle of the Little Bighorn were about the only significant events in Montana's history, guess again.<br />n<br />nFor Memorial Day, The Billings Gazette asked historians and political-science professors from Montana colleges and universities to talk…
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Dreary
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/clouds05232006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/clouds05232006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I've been getting a lot of low, heavy clouds lately but no rain. Some rain would sure be nice. Maybe I should put in an order for some. Taken 5/23/2006.</center>
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Rest In Peace
<center>The LORD Is My Shepherd<br />nA Psalm of David.</center><br />n<br />n1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.<br />n2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:<br />n he leadeth me beside the still waters. Rev. 7.17<br />n3 He restoreth my soul:<br />n he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for…
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Gambling
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 167px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/drill05252006?full=1'><img width='167' height='250' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/drill05252006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Drilling a new well to replace a well that isn't pumping very much any more. Taken 5/25/2006.</div></div>One of the biggest Gambles out there is farming and ranching. Gambling on the weather, markets, nature and whatever else comes your way. I call…
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How To Commit Crimes And Get Away With It
The answer is simple, be a short person.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JUDGES_SENTENCE_HEIGHT?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Sentence for short sex offender draws fire</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A judge's decision to sentence a 5-foot-1 man to probation instead of prison for sexually assaulting a child has angered crime victim advocates who say the punishment sends the wrong message.<br />n<br />nBut supporters of short people…
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Child Abuse in India
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060524/wl_csm/oyoung">India tackles child marriages</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Shanta was only 13 when her parents forced her to leave school and married her to a man twice her age. At 15, while most of her peers were in school, she gave birth. Now 17 and emaciated, Shanta is back in her parent's home after her marriage collapsed:…
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Get Up And Go
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/go05202006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/go05202006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>This calf had enough of being branded and is not wasting any time leaving the scene. Taken 5/20/2006.</center>
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Lottery
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/23/AR2006052300244.html">Ariz. Measure Would Give $1M to a Voter</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>An Arizona political activist is placing his bets that a proposal to pay one lucky voter $1 million will drive people to the polls.<br />n<br />nDr. Mark Osterloh, a Tuscon ophthalmologist who has run unsuccessfully for governor and the Legislature, filed paperwork Monday to put…
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Evil Exposed
Talk about cold, cruel, evil people.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/22/AR2006052201359.html">Two Elderly Women Jailed In Deadly Insurance Scam</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two elderly women devised a complex plot in which they befriended homeless men, took out life insurance policies on them, and then killed the men in hit-and-run accidents in alleys around Los Angeles to collect $2.2 million in…