Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Quota
It appears Montana Highway Patrolmen have to make a <a href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/automotive/4699969/detail.html">certain number of stops</a> while on duty.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>For motorists wondering whether police are working on a quota system, an answer can be found in Montana.<br />n<br />nA new policy requires state troopers to stop at least one vehicle an hour — whether the driver…
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Live at Five
<a href="http://www.sfolife.net/?p=1214">Randy</a> tagged me for this so here it is.<br />n<br />n<b>What I was doing ten years ago:</b> <br />n I don't know for sure but I was probably putting up hay on the ranch.<br />n<br />n<b>5 years ago:</b> <br />n Ditto, haying on the ranch<br />n.<br />n<b>1 year ago:</b> <br />n Last year was…
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Shocked
<img width='142' height='71' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/union_jack.jpeg' alt='' />I was totally shocked when I heard about the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/07/build/world/15-londonbombs_v.inc">bombings in London</a>. My sympathy goes out to all in this tragedy.<br />n<br />nTony Blair's comments before he left the G8 conference.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>I am just going to make a short statement to you on the terrible…
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Honor
<blockquote>"I do not view myself as above the law," Miller told U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan. "You are right to send me to prison."<br />n<br />nBut she said she had an obligation to protect a confidential source: "I do not make confidentiality pledges lightly, but when I do, I must honor them."</blockquote><br />n<br />nDuty, Honor,…
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Energy Crisis
The true energy crisis in the US?<br />n<br />nMy 3 kids have too much energy and the two parents have to little energy.<br />n<br />n<b>Truth and kindness in sweet embrace,<br />nRighteousness and peace are God's grace;<br />nFor truth out of the earth does spring,<br />nAnd righteousness from heaven ring.<br />n<br />nFaye T. Bresler</b>
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Something to Think About
As we in Montana wait for the Government mandate forcing us to use ethanol in our gas, I found this interesting.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/8353">Ethanol, biodiesel from crops not worth the energy</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Turning plants such as corn, soybeans and sunflowers into fuel uses much more energy than the resulting ethanol or biodiesel generates, according to…
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Fireworks
<img src="http://nowherethoughts.net/pics/fireworks07042005.jpg"><br />n<br />nHope everyone enjoyed thier festivites, I did.<br />n<br />n<b>Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. Henri Cartier-Bresson </b>
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Control
I have the perfect way to control oversight of the TV and it doesn't take any <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/05/build/state/70-burns-tv-ratings.inc">fancy legislation</a>. TURN THE DAMN THING OFF!!! Control what your kids watch instead of letting your kids run roughshod over you.<br />n<br />nProblem solved, legislation not necessary. Damn that's tough, isn't it?<br />n<br />n<b>The problem is that we…
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End of a Carrer
Retirements abound. I mentioned the other day that my <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1065-Retirement.html">step father retired</a> and now I read in the paper that a couple of great athletes are retiring and they will be sorely missed from the sport. These guys give their all every time they compete and are definitely at the top of their sport…
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The Religious Right Strikes Again
[sarcastic]I see those evil religious people are at it again. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/07/04/build/nation/57-resolution-passed.inc">Endorsing same sex marriage</a>? Why that is just horrible. Those evil Christians can't be doing that.[/sarcastic]<br />n<br />nBravo Zulu!!!<br />n<br />n<b>Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. John Quincy Adams</b>