Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Heart in my Throat
You want to talk about a headline jumping out at you.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/05/build/local/35-chopper.inc">Billings chopper wrecked while delivering relief supplies to Gulf</a><br />n<br />nLuckily the crew was all right.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The helicopter's two crew members, Al Blain and Ebert Stanton, were not injured in the wreck, except that Blain suffered a cut to his face,…
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Katrina Affects More Than the Big Cities
Away from New Orleans and other major cities small towns are dealing with the same disaster with a lot less help.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/12555422.htm">Away from the coast and cameras, victims cope without much help</a><br />n<br />nThe lens of the media and the public always seems to focus on the big cities, remember though, rural areas…
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I Can Hear it All Ready
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/04/build/nation/25-rehnquist.inc">Chief justice Rehnquist dies of cancer</a><br />n<br />nI can hear the hue and cry now from certain people in politics. Either it's going to be;<br />n<br />na. The death of Chief Justice Rehnquist is a Bush conspiracy to take the eye of the public off the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.<br />n<br />nor <br />n<br…
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Reminder
Boy, I need to wake up and smell the roses. Another edition of <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/the-rascal-fair/">Rascal Fair is due</a> and I haven't posted a reminder about it. Well, I guess I have now. <br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.sfolife.net/">The Secular Franciscan</a> will be hosting the event so send your entries to <a href="mailto:rascalfair@mtpolitics.net">rascalfair@mtpolitics.net</a> by Monday night so that…
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Pictures Galore
I was poking around and discovered how many pictures My Darling Wife and I have uploaded over time and decided I needed to do something about it. I have opened up a <a href="http://sarpysam.net/gallery">photo gallery</a> with pictures from the blog and some other pictures My Darling Wife has taken (check out the flower and sunrise/sunset…
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Laugh Line
The headline for a story out of India really made me chuckle. The way things are going we all need a laugh. <br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4764">They Call It PMS Because Mad Cow Disease Was Already Taken</a><br />n<br />nIf you have a sense of humor that is funny.<br />n<br />n<b>A person without a sense of humor…
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Blog Relief
I missed yesterday the Blog for Relief day but I see it has morphed into the <a href="http://truthlaidbear.com/katrinarelief.php">Blog for Relief Weekend</a> so I wanted to throw my 2 cents worth in. The disaster down on the Gulf Coast is just astounding and our help is currently needed. There is an excellent list of charities <a…
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What a Day
I started the day fully expecting <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1182-Let-The-Games-Begin.html">a fight</a> but the school took a look at the blank form, said OK, and that was that. You could have floored me since I was all ready for a fight. I decided it must going to be a good day.<br />n<br />nWe had to go to Billings…
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What a Waste
<blockquote>A team of school finance experts hired by the Legislature earlier this year presented several school funding proposals to the committee Tuesday based off research from the past few months.<br />n<br />nThe proposals – which suggested spending no additional money to up to $200 million more per year on schools – are meant as a…
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Scamming Katrina
The lowlifes of the world don't take long to take advantage of a situation.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2141705/scammers-jump-hurricane-katrina">Scammers jump on hurricane Katrina</a><br />n<br />nJust a friendly warning, donate to reputable orginizations. Thank you.<br />n<br />n<b>Class isn't something you buy. Look at you. You have a $500 suit on and you're still a lowlife. Roger Spottiswoode</b>