Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Ephiphany
I have had one of my revelations. I've finally figured it out. The Good Book tells us; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as yourself. I've tried to live my life that way and feel I have mostly been successful. Sometimes it is really hard to do this when one of your neighbors just hates you…
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Hypocrisy
US foreign policy and hypocrisy seem to go hand in hand. The latest example deals with its <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050209/WORLD09-3/TPBusiness/International" target="_new">objection over members</a> of a UN rights panel <br />n<br />n<blockquote>The U.S. State Department denounced yesterday the selection of Cuba and Zimbabwe for a panel that will set the agenda for a meeting of the UN…
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BSE Warning
I have said more than once that I think the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym></acronym> is controlled by the big meat packers for their benefit and the detriment of everyone else. I know you think this is the ravings of…
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Advertising
There has been <a href="http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20050208GoDaddySuperBowlAdControversy.html" target="_new">some buzz</a> about one of the Super Bowl commercials this year. Some people say it's a controversy but I think the company, <a href="http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp" target="_new">GoDaddy</a>, is just playing up the hype to increase it's advertising effect. I hadn't seen the commercial but I did find a link for it and…
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Trade
I see we are maybe a little closer to resuming <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=ajmNrQOgBQ9w&refer=asia" target="_new">beef trade with Japan</a>. There has been some contrevorsy over the way to age the cattle and now it seems like Japan is going to accept the way the US does it. I hope we can get this trade opened up again. It…
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Excitment
I read the headline this morning and got real excited wondering if it was really true. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/08/build/state/50-workers-week.inc" target="_new">Federal workers considering 4-day week</a>. Fewer hours of work for government employees means less time to bother us trying to get something accomplished. What a deal. Then I read the story and find it only applies to…
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Eye Sight
I can't figure out if Governor <acronym title="Brian Schweitzer">BS</acronym> has eye sight like an eagle or blind as a bat. While flying to meet with other Governors about the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/07/build/state/23-missouririver.inc" target="_new">Missouri River</a> he states:<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Montana <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> said the lack of mountain snowpack was obvious as he flew to the meeting.</blockquote><br…
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Sensibilities
It just occurred to me while listening to my daughter complain about the lame halftime show. We managed to get through the Super Bowl without seeing a basic piece of human anatomy (i.e. a female breast) that somehow offends the tender sensibilities of the majority of the American public. How the breast offends people I…
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Sins
Everybody at least one time or another has come across the seven deadly sins. Anger, gluttony, sloth, envy, pride, lust and greed. This list has been around for about ever so somebody in Britan <a href="http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=142672005" target="_new">did a poll</a> to see what the seven sins in today's society should be. The answer was; cruelty, adultery,…
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Wheat
I sometimes wonder if the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php" target="_new">Billings Gazette</a> tries to time their stories so that they run on the same day. I was struck by this fact when I read the article about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/06/build/state/50-seed-liability.inc" target="_new">wheat seed liability</a> and organic farming in the state section and then down in the business section there is…