Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Premature Proclamation
I've been waiting for this. I knew somebody was going to say it, the question is, are they right?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/1349/" target="_new">Drought? What Drought? and Big Macs on Parade</a><br />n<br />nNow I'll admit, in my area we've received good moisture this spring and in the past week have picked up probably 6-8 inches of…
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Depravity
The <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/13/build/state/60-child-porn-scheme.inc" target="_new">depravity</a> of the human race astounds me. Kind of makes me ashamed to be part of it.<br />n<br />n<b>Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the arts, indifference to science, and injustice in all its…
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Pictures
Just a couple of pictures.<br />n<br />n <a class="block_level" href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/943-Pictures.html#extended">Continue reading "Pictures"</a>
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Neighboring
<blockquote>Jerry Johnson, a political scientist at Montana State University, has studied what he calls "the out-of-stater-newcomer thing" for more than a decade.<br />n <br />n"It's really easy to blame the out-of-staters for putting up 'No Trespassing' signs and wanting privacy, which is why they buy the big holdings here," Johnson said.<br />n <br />nBut he…
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Children
What do we hear, "but he did it so I can too!!!" as he runs off to the corner whining and pouting.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/12/build/state/45-budget.inc" target="_new">Schweitzer: Racicot made budget change</a><br />n<br />nNow I wasn't bloging at the time or had access to news so I don't particularly remember this incident but there is a question…
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Sickening
There are some members of the human race that are monsters and this <a href="http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/09/nslave09.xml" target="_new">sex slave story</a> highlights some of them. The story is about a girl, Elana, who was sold as a sex slave in Britain.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Elena is just one of thousands of eastern European girls smuggled into the West every year…
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Feast or Famine
The Internet has been out all last night and all day until now. My Darling Wife posted the entry this morning for me. It rained all last night and this morning and turned to snow about 10:00 a.m. and is still snowing like mad. I don't know how much moisture we've had but it is…
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Rascal Fair’s Mapping Montana
The newest issue of Rascal Fair is up over at <a href="http://gatesofthemountains.blogs.com/weblog/2005/05/the_rascal_fair.html" target="_new">Gates of the Mountains</a>. Go map out this adventure of Montana Blogs.<br />n<br />n<b>Adventure is hardship aesthetically considered. Barry Targan</b>
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Storm a’comin
<blockquote>WINTER STORM WATCH<br />n<br />n <br />nURGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE<br />nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT<br />n345 AM MDT TUE MAY 10 2005<br />n<br />n…STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND<br />nWEDNESDAY..<br />n<br />n.A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE ROCKIES<br />nWILL COMBINE WITH COLDER AIR DROPPING DOWN…
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Settle for Less
Maybe I am missing something <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050509/od_uk_nm/oukoe_australia_prison_siege" target="_new">here</a>, but if you're shooting for the moon, why would you settle for just looking at the rocket?<br />n<br />n<b>The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little. Thomas Merton</b>