Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Defense
It doesn't seem like the US gets much respect these days on the world stage. Kind of reminds me of Rodney Dangerfield. Somebody is on <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12100697-2,00.html" target="_new">our side though</a>. Not that it is what I would call a stirring defense.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>JOHN Howard has lashed out at "old Europe", describing criticism of the US…
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New Year
Well by my standards a New Year is about here. We brought the 2 year-old heifers home today to calve them. I'm mean and make them walk the 5 miles home. It's good for them. It has been so warm lately that the horses have been rolling in the mud and are <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/horses1312005.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/horses1312005.jpg','popup','width=790,height=520,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0');…
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Ironic Truths
COWS:<br />nIt is amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington. They also tracked her calves to their stalls … but they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we…
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Unbelivable
The <a href="http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/26/wexp26.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/01/26/ixnewstop.html" target="_new">system out of control</a>. At least it's in Europe, at the moment, and not here. I guess if you use the Al Capone example it could be extended here.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A bank robber has been allowed to claim the £1,400 cost of the gun he used as a legitimate business expense.</blockquote><br />n<br…
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Victims
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=457156" target="_new">Victims to Face Former Crematory Operator</a><br />n<br />nThat headline really took me back for a minute. I remember the case. The thing that run through my mind though was "who was the victim?" Was the victim the dead person who wasn't cremated or was it the family? Reading the headline I got a…
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Inventory
The latest <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=3779" target="_new">cattle inventory numbers</a> for the US are out. They show the herd size bottomed out last year and is showing small gains in numbers this year.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Total cattle inventories on January 1, 2005 were 95.8 million head, up one percent from 2004. This is still the lowest total U.S. cattle…
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Stress
I received this in an e-mail yesterday and thought I was going to die laughing. Thought I would share. The emphasized ones really apply to me.<br />n<br />nYou Know you are a Stressed-Out Rancher When:<br />n<br />n*You start talking to your dog in the front seat — asking for advice.<br />n<br />n<u>*Somebody mentions drinking from…
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Unbelivable
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/29/build/state/30-asbestos-suit.inc" target="_new">Students sue school over asbestos cleanup</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Five Bridger High School special education students who allege they were required to remove cancer-causing asbestos materials, mouse feces and a dead cat from buildings are suing Bridger school officials in federal court.</blockquote><br />n<br />nExactly why I want my boy at home being home schooled. Being…
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Exceptions
It always seems like there are exceptions to rules. The one that comes to mind is i after e except before c. I know stupid language rule that isn't even complete but it illustrates my point. I read an interesting article yesterday that made me think of this. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41897-2005Jan27.html" target="_new">Fidgeting Helps Separate the Lean…
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Crime
I so thank <a href="http://wulfgar.typepad.com/a_chicken_is_not_pillage/2005/01/logic_gone_terr.html">Wulfgar</a> for bringing <a href="http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/20/opinion/opinion5.prt" target="_new">this</a> to my attention. I didn't think a newspaper, especially one from Missoula, could print such common sense.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>What we hate is unequal protection – Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005<br />n<br />nSUMMARY:Legislators ought to repeal, not expand, law protecting some crime victims more than others. <br…