Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Originality
Can Hollywood not come up with an original idea for a movie?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060314/en_movies_eo/18561">Sweathogs Rule! Cube Welcomes Back "Kotter"</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> Bring out the Welcome wagon. <br />n<br />nIce Cube has signed on to play the title role in a film adaptation of the classic 1970s TV series Welcome Back, Kotter, it was announced…
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Assurance
How do we assure South Korea and Japan we take <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> seriously and want to ship out beef products to their country? At the same time we announce a <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> case in the US, we also announce that we are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/14/news/state/31-madcow.txt">cutting back on <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> testing</a>.…
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Last Light
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/lastlight03102006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/lastlight03102006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Last light of the day after a beautiful day. Taken 3/10/2006.</center>
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Memory Hog
I hope you have lots of memory in your computer if you plan on upgrading to Microsoft's new system Vista when it comes out.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30128">Vista set to swallow 800MB of RAM </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A chap who managed to sneak a peek at the Vole's internal beta version 2 of Windows 53xx informed us…
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Damn
<a href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/content/2006/03/bsestatement3-13-06_vs.shtml"> Statement by <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford (DVM) Regarding Positive <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> Test Results</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>
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Black Cattle
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/red03102006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/red03102006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a><center><br />n<br />n<center>One of the Two-year old heifers with it's baby calf. It's RED baby calf. Where the h**l the red color came from is beyond me. The cows will throw an occasional red calf but I have never had it on a black two-year old before…
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Unfair Trade Practices
<a href="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20060312TDY01004.htm"> Bush's beef remarks show rising U.S. ire</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. President George W. Bush voiced high expectation Friday of Japan's early resumption of U.S. beef imports in a speech at a conference of media company managers that showed signs of Washington's increasing irritation over the issue.<br />n<br />nJapan reimposed the ban in January after…
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Not Necessary
We have an announcment that there is a possible new case of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in the US and now what do I see?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200603/13/eng20060313_250215.html">Seoul to reconsider imports of US beef if mad cow case confirmed: official</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea may again ban imports of U.S. beef if tests confirm a suspected…
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Cute Calf Pic
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calf03032006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calf03032006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A calf trying to wake up from his nap in the sun. Taken 3/3/2006.</center>
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The Problem is Not Cattlemen
Where does the problem lie with opening up the markets across the sea to US Beef? With the Cattleman not ID tagging their animals or the big meat packers who keep shipping meat overseas that doesn't meet the standards for importation into other countries?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/11/content_4290885.htm">HK suspends beef imports from U.S. processing plant</a><br />n<br…