Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Don’t Get It
How does <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PEOPLE_COUCH_POTATO?SITE=MTGRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-09-16-22-15-16">sitting in front of a TV</a> for 69 hours and 48 minutes raise awareness of suffering children? I know most shows on TV are that bad that letting kids watch it ensures they suffer but I am not sure I get the connection otherwise.<br />n<br />n<b>The connection between our knowledge and the…
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Simple Solution
<a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.jpg'><img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /></a>Now maybe I'm overusing this image but, those <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/16/build/state/70-sex-charges.inc">evil people</a> out there that abuse our children don't deserve any better.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The documents also state Carpenter appeared in some of the pictures with the girls, and admitted taking some of the pictures and having sex…
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One Thing After Another
First its <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/09/02/build/state/90-vs.inc">vesicular stomatitis</a> now its <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/16/build/state/30-anthrax.inc">anthrax</a>. What's next in line for us cattlemen, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1129178&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312">bubonic plague</a>?<br />n<br />n<b>In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. Francis Bacon</b>
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Waiting
Well, I'm waiting for the legions of enraged individuals to start crawling out of the wood work to protest the decision by the California Judge <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/15/build/nation/46-pledge-ruling_v.inc">ruling the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional</a>. I thought I would throw my two cents worth into this situation before it's drowned out by the cries of the masses.<br />n<br…
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Future Energy Producer
It appears I might be sitting on a gold mine as a future energy producer.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0915/p14s02-stss.html">If you wonder what might power fuel cells for personal use, think cow manure.</a><br />n<br />nEnough power to charge AA batteries doesn't make the whole thing sound very promising though but who knows where it might lead. Now…
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Good Idea
Now I might not always recognize a good idea when I see it but <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/15/build/state/30-mercury-controls.inc">this</a> definitely is a good idea that needs pursued. I'm afraid I am a little confused by one thing.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>David Hoffman, manager of PPL Montana's external affairs department, said that while he agreed power plants need to limit mercury…
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Taxes
A little boy wanted $50 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing<br />nhappened. Finally he decided to write God a letter requesting the $50.<br />nWhen the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God, USA, they<br />ndecided to forward it to the President of the United States as a joke.<br />n<br />nThe President was…
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So Mad
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050913/ap_on_re_us/caged_children&printer%3D1">Scum, masquerading as humans</a> make me so mad I want to get my rope out again.<br />n<br />n<b>He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping. Thomas Brooks</b>
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Katrina and the Economy
<blockquote>Americans eventually could be faced with higher interest rates, more expensive imports and either higher taxes or fewer government services to make up for Katrina's impact on the U.S. Treasury.</blockquote><br />n<br />nYes, Katrina will have a large affect on the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/11/build/business/45-fed-deficit.inc">federal deficit</a> and we will all pay for it in the long run but…
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Farm Boy?
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/10/build/local/25-copter.inc">Farm boy</a>? Yea, all he knows about farming is how to fly over them.<img src="http://www.sarpysam.com/templates/default/img/emoticons/smile.png" alt=":-)" class="emoticon" /> He's been in the seat of a plane since before he could walk. I understand playing up an image though. All I have to say is good publicity for the Blains and a damn good job…