Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Success and Failure
Success: Finished seeding the barley, had just the right amount for a change. I always have a hard time setting the drill.<br />n<br />nFailure: Lost one of the heifers calving. Managed to save the calf but lost the cow. Besides the indignity of losing the cow, I now have a bum calf. Damn the bad…
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Real Growth in the State
<blockquote> Montana's economy continues on a hot streak, with the state adding almost 14,000 jobs in the past year and hitting the lowest unemployment rate for January in 35 years.</blockquote><br />n<br />nAmazing, all this <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/11/build/state/30-job-growth.inc" target="_new">job growth</a> and creation and <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> can't take credit for it since it happened during the…
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Stupid Post Office
Do you know what I hate more than going to the dentist? ( I am not fond of the dentist.) Dealing with our post office. Today when I went to get the mail we had a notice that we have to reapply for the PO Box. My FIL has had that PO Box since before…
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Taking Action
If you remember I was complaining the other day about it being so nice and wanting to get out and work. Well I have been busy the past few days. It finally got the frost out of the ground and it was time to <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/pics/seed03092005.jpg" target="_new">seed the hay barley</a>. 120 acres this year. It…
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Silliness
I reluctantly support Country Of Origin Labeling on a national scale even though I know it will cost me more than I will gain from it. For <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/10/build/state/60-origin-labels.inc" target="_new">Montana alone</a> to do it is the height of stupidity. The big food companies could care less whether Montana has a law saying the food needs…
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Temper Tantrum
Do you want to know what happens when you elect a man with no previous political experience to an important office? <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/10/build/state/25-schweitzer-meeting.inc" target="_new">Temper tantrums</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Senate Minority Leader Bob Keenan, R-Bigfork, said, "We went down there for 25 minutes and listened to him rant and have a 10-year-old temper tantrum. To me, it's sad.…
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Ownership
It has been pointed out to me by some of my Canadian readers, with proof, that some members of R-calf own cattle in Canada. I see the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/09/build/state/35-rcalf.inc" target="_new">story</a> is in the Gazette now also. I present this here because the Canadian readers feel this fact damages R-calf's credibility. I'm not sure how since…
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End of The World
This is something that scares me to death. Governor Brian Schweitzer being mentioned for President. Yes, of the USA, can you believe it? This comes from <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/8/94216/29875" target="_new">The Daily Kos</a> via <a href="http://leftinthewest.com/index.php?p=422" target="_new">Left in The West</a>. I about dropped my jaw when I read this. The Kos Quotes the story about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/03/07/build/state/35-taxcheats.inc"…
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Threatening
<b>Speak softly and carry a big stick. Theodore Roosevelt</b><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/08/build/state/64-gov-accused.inc" target="_new">Gov. Schweitzer's corollary</a>:<br />n<br />n<a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> has been threatening and intimidating freshman GOP lawmakers when they vote against his legislation. Schweitzer has been telling new Republican legislators that he will personally campaign against them during 2006 election season and will veto…
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Bare Necessity
Wow, I can bare-ly wait. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/07/build/state/45-cancercalendar.inc" target="_new">This Montana</a> calendar is going to be a bare necessity for me. They're out to raise a barre-l of money to support breast cancer issues. Out on these barre-n plains of Montana, beauty will unfold with this calender. Don't avert your eye from these bare-legged beauties. Support them…