Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Tagged
<a href="http://www.dmerriman.dyndns.org/blog/" target="_new">DMerriman</a>, who's been having computer trouble so we haven't heard much from him lately, has tagged me for a meme so here goes.<br />n<br />n1) What got you started blogging?<br />n<br />nShortly after Ed started City Lights in 2003 I stumbled onto it and was intrigued. He linked to a couple of other…
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A Good Idea
Part of the conversation about Country Of Origin Labeling (<acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>) on a national level has been what the costs would be to the producers in the US. I have never been able to figure out why we have to pay for it and what our costs would be. I've always asked…
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Big Picture
Quite a confluence of individuals <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/16/build/state/96-power-plant.inc" target="_new">here</a>. New York bankers, members of an environmental group and <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> all together to break ground for a power plant. I first saw that <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> and big New York bankers were together and scratched my head about what the Gov. is trying…
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The Way Things Are
I thought about talking about how upset I was that the consumers of Montana are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/15/build/state/68-energy-plan.inc" target="_new">getting</a> <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/15/build/state/64-ethanol-bill.inc" target="_new">screwed</a> <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/04/14/build/state/66-meat-labels.inc" target="_new">over</a> but decided it just isn't worth it. I've said my piece many times and nobody cares but me. So onto what I can control, until the politicians of both stripes take…
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Funding
I see the Legislature finally decided on some kind of <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/14/build/state/25-schoolfunding.inc" target="_new">school funding bill</a> knowing it doesn't meet the mandate from the courts. They're going to "study" the issue some more, that means spend more money and time deciding. <br />n<br />nSo with all this fuss about funding Montana schools going on a new…
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Perspective
I found <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/13/build/state/33-firewarning.inc" target="_new">this</a> interesting.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Last year's grasses are cured and ready to burn, and in many areas of southern Montana, this year's grasses have not emerged. Some areas may not green up at all, he said</blockquote><br />n<br />nIn this part of southern Montana there is no cured grass. Never grew very much…
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Grass Growing
Still busy <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/out04122005.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/out04122005.jpg','popup','width=1120,height=540,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">kicking cows out to the hills</a>. We took a few days off during the wet weather, yes I am smart enough to come in out of the rain, and should finish today. Finished getting the renovator ready to go and when I am finished riding on the cows today…
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Confusion Solved
Last week I talked about how <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/869-Confusion-Reigns-Today.html" target="_new">I was confused</a> about the State's policy on raising property taxes to fund a liability in a pension fund. I was so confused I made it my entry into this week's <a href="http://goatopolis.blogspot.com/2005/04/rascal-fair-volume-2.html" target="_new">Rascal Fair</a>. I see my <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/04/12/build/state/67-retirement-bailout.inc" target="_new">confusion has been solved</a>. The legislature is…
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Competition
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/12/build/business/52-mcds-coffee.inc" target="_new">McDonald's brews up Starbucks competition</a><br />n<br />nSo, McDonalds is going to try to take on Starbucks in the coffee biz. Sorry, ain't going to happen. While I think Starbucks is an over-hyped, overpriced piece of garbage its Legions of devoted followers who bow down before it with money will never deign to switch…
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Suing Everyone
I have always thought we had a very litigious society in the US but I think Canadian cattlemen are topping us. First they sue the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/03/23/build/state/30-ca-cattlemen-suit.inc" target="_new">US for the border closing</a> due to <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> and now they are <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050411/MADCOW11/TPNational/Canada" target="_new">suing their own government</a> over the handling of the <acronym title="Bovine…