Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • Mercy

    Crisp Air, Lungs Burn<br />nBleeding Noses, Tender Feet<br />nWinters Fling, Mercury Down<br />nTests All, Mercy None<br />n<br />nSun Shines, Effects None<br />nTears Freeze, Laughter Dies<br />nMetal Fails, Liquid Solid<br />nTime Stands, Mercy None<br />n<br />nSuffer All, Time Short<br />nRemember Trees, Breezes Blow<br />nTides Turn, Air Moves<br />nThings Change, Mercy All

  • Call

    Have you ever had one of those really strange phone calls from family members that confuse you? I did last night and I am still trying to figure it out. What did she want? What did I say wrong that she hung up so suddenly? I admit that I sometimes don't communicate real clearly but…

  • Attitudes

    <blockquote>"As long as university and K-12 are trying to get money, we might as well try and get some for ourselves," Keane told the House Appropriations Committee.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWe poor simple tax payers are just a money machine for those with their hand out. This time it's the legislators themselves who <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/13/build/state/68-fund-bill.inc" target="_new">want more…

  • Leader

    I have a question. Leadership, how do you define it and what makes a good leader? I see a good leader as somebody who leads from the front, who does what needs done without worrying about how they look. Somebody who stands up and makes the tough decisions whether they like them or not and…

  • Thought

    Maybe <a href="http://billingsgazette.com/blog/politics/index.php?p=19">this</a> is just God's way of protecting us from the ravages of those out to "help" us. We can hope.<br />n<br />n<b>Politics are such a torment that I would advise every one I love not to mix with them. Thomas Jefferson</b>

  • Canada Cattle Update

    First another <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> case in <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/01/11/build/world/20-madcow_v.inc" target="_new">Canada</a>. Then the rumor that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was going to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7294419" target="_new">cancel the rule</a> allowing Canadian Cattle to come in the US. An interesting day.<br />n<br />n<b>It's interesting-the way in which one has to balance life-because you have…

  • Logic

    <blockquote>Rep. Gary Branae, D-Billings, is sponsoring the legislation at the behest of the state Office of Public Instruction and introduced the bill at the first meeting of the House Education Committee. The bill calls on the state to send schools $1,000 for each certified staff member.</blockquote><br />n<br />nCan somebody explain to this dumb cowboy why…

  • Jobs

    The Democrats in our state our touting good-paying jobs as their top priority this legislative session. So how do they go about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/11/build/state/65-costco-bill.inc" target="_new">doing this</a>? <br />n<br />n<blockquote>The bill, sponsored by Sen. Ken Toole, D-Helena, would impose a 1 percent tax on gross retail receipts between $10 million and $20 million; a 1.5 percent…

  • Canada Cattle Update

    <blockquote>R-Calf Cattle Update: Second Lawsuit Filed Against <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym><br />n<br />n (Billings, Mont.) &acirc;

  • Media

    According to <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42308" target="_new">Barbara Simpson</a> nobody is talking about the whole <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>-border opening with Canada thing. I guess I should be more specific, Major news outlets aren't talking about it. I would have to agree. I have been seeing a lot of discussion on the issue in out of the way…

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