Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Politics Explained
A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What are Politics?"<br />n<br />nDad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way:<br />n<br />n1. I'm the head of the family, so call me President.<br />n<br />n2. Your mother is the administrator of the money, so call her the<br />nGovernment.<br />n<br />n3. We're…
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The New All Terrain Vehicle
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060429/wl_nm/brazil_army_dc">Brazil's army drafts water buffalo for Amazon role</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Brazil's army has started drafting a low-tech but effective transporter for its Amazon operations to complement its modern military arsenal — water buffalo.<br />n<br />nThe sturdy horned animals can easily carry supplies and munitions in remote areas where there are no roads, fuel is scarce,…
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New Bulls
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/bulls04302006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/bulls04302006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The four Gelbvieh bulls I bought from Midland Bull Test arrived yesterday. It was nice to get them but it sure blew a hole in my day of seeding. Nice looking bulls if I do say so myself. Taken 4/30/2006.</center>
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Good For The Goose
I find Sen Chuck Schumer's <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/story?id=1906985&page=1">comments yesterday</a> very interesting. Why you may ask? <br />n<br />nHe states that there are five oil companies and they don't compete. That "We should do a little good, old fashioned trust busting," and that "What's good for Exxon Mobil is not necessarily good for America."<br />n<br />nFor years…
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Look Back
<center><b>FROM THE PHOTO ARCHIVES </b><br />nNew not previously published<br />n<br />nWith the nice spring weather I look back at the winter snow, I'm sure glad it is spring.</center><br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/horses/horse12192005?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/horses/horse12192005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My favorite horse Paint looking for a better chunk of hay. Taken 12/19/2005.</center>
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BSE Estimate for US
<a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2006/04/0143.xml"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> RELEASES <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> PREVALENCE ESTIMATE FOR U.S.</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>'s estimate of the prevalence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy…
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Sunrise
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/sunrise04222006?full=1'><img width='640' height='452' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/sunrise04222006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Taken 4/22/2006.</center>
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Stupid Ideas
A lot of people are complaining about the <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EARNS_OIL?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">profits the oil industry</a> is making and have all kinds of solutions as to how to help consumers past this stretch of high gas prices. The stupidest of these I've heard is a $100 fuel-cost rebate for millions of taxpayers and suspending the federal 18.4-cent-per-gallon gasoline…
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So Full Of S**t He Stinks
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/29/news/local/40-japan.txt">Consul: Japan beef deal near</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japanese and U.S. officials are in the final stages of negotiating an end to a ban on American beef imports to Japan, the Japanese consul general in Seattle said Friday.<br />n<br />n"I can't say when, but it's only a matter of time," Kazuo Tanaka said during a visit…
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Branding
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/branding04272006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/branding04272006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a><center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the neighbors roping calves for the little branding. The wind was blowing like hell making it a very difficult branding day. Ropes don't sail to well in high wind. Taken 4/28/2006.<center><br />n<br />nWell, we got them done. Overall the branding went well. We…