Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Math
<blockquote>A 10-year-old dairy cow from Alberta has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, as mad cow disease is formally known, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The results confirmed preliminary tests released earlier this week.</blockquote><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Authorities said cow was born in Alberta in 1996, prior to the introduction of the 1997 feed ban.…
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Purple
There is a very interesting article in the New York Times this morning about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/magazine/02WWLN.html" target="_new">Montana and it's politics</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>In Montana, the new Democratic governor, a beefy-looking rancher named Brian Schweitzer, challenged what had become over the years a smug and clubby conservative power structure by choosing a Republican running mate who showed…
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Duh!!!
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/02/build/state/35-ethanol-bill.inc" target="_new">Ethanol bill would boost use in state</a><br />n<br />nIt isn't rocket science to see when the Government brings down it's jackboot and tells you the only thing you can but is ethanol based fuel that the demand for ethanol will go up. How stupid does the Gazette think we are.<br />n<br />n<b>Stupid is…
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Excuse me?
<blockquote>"I want to give Montanans a sense of pride again about their state and about their leadership," he told the Gazette State Bureau. "That sense of pride will equate to Montanans being more likely to stay in Montana, Montanans more likely investing in Montana, Montanans having a better capability of attracting new investment in Montana.…
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Justice
<blockquote>A judge has refused to grant a divorce to a pregnant woman trying to leave her husband two years after he was jailed for beating her, ruling instead that she must wait until the child is born.<br />n<br />nShawnna Hughes' husband was convicted of abuse in 2002. She separated from him after the attack and…
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Resolutions
The New Year begins tomorrow and I am starting to see a lot of resolutions and predictions for it. So the question could be legitimately asked, what are your resolutions or predictions? Absolutely none. I am not into doing these thing for the New Year. I don't even really celebrate New Years. I don't understand…
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Relief
I would like to point out <a href="http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PX3BEL97U9A4I/103-2014437-9400630" target="_new">Amazon's</a> site to donate to the Red Cross to help tsunami disaster relief victims. Whatever you might feel about the Red Cross they are very good about getting relief efforts rolling and could use some help.<br />n<br />n<b>I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.…
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BSE
I just mentioned last night the news reported that the border is going to open with Canada. Now what happens? Canada reports another case of <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/12/30/mad-cow-border041230.html" target="_new"><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a>. They are very quick to point out that it is in a 10 year old dairy cow which means it would not be able…
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Border Opening
We all knew it was going to happen and the time is coming soon. The <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/12/29/build/nation/37-us-canada-madcow.inc" target="_new">border is going to reopen</a> to allow Canadian cattle to come into the US. You might remember I discussed that Canada still has problems with their <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/index.php?p=652" target="_new">feed production</a> and could still be feeding animal parts to…
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Understanding
Again I fail to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/12/29/build/state/25-budget.inc" target="_new">understand</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Schweitzer proposed spending $2.96 billion on his general fund budget over the next two years, for an increase of $45 million over the total general fund budget proposed by departing Republican Gov. Judy Martz. The general fund is like the state's checking account, with most of money…