Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Outrageous
It's always interesting to see what is coming out of the Montana Stockgrowers convention. They at times have some of the strangest proposals for cattle producers but the one I read about in the paper today takes the cake. <a title="Landowners discuss pros, cons of outsiders buying Montana property" href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/12/11/build/state/25-mt-property.inc" target="_blank">"Keeping Montana Montana"</a> was a…
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Calves
Tried to get some pictures today of the cattle. The light wasn't good enough and most of them didn't turn out. I did get a good one though of the replacment heifers eating cake.<br />n<br />n<img src="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/calves12102004.jpg"><br />n<br />nSome people have asked what "cake" is and you can see it laying on the ground in…
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Wind
Oh, did the wind blow yesterday. This gives me good cause to say, I HATE THE WIND!!! I guess it's good we didn't have any snow on the ground to drift when the wind blew or there would really be a mess. Speaking of snow, where is it. Normally we have some on the ground…
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Beware
Another danger of the computer age has become known to men. <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/oukoe_health_laptop" target="_blank">Hot laptops could cook men's fertility</a>. Dangers lurk everywhere in the world and for computer geeks another one has reared it's ugly head. Glad I don't use a laptop, it's a little hard to use when horseback so I don't have these…
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Aliens
Subject: Illegal Aliens in Canada<br />n<br />n"The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The re-election of President Bush is prompting the exodus among left leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray…
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Liberty
<blockquote>Ron Paul Denounces National ID Card <br />n<br />nCongressman Ron Paul today denounced the national ID card provisions contained in the intelligence bill being voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives, while urging his colleagues to reject the bill and its new layers of needless bureaucracy.<br />n<br />n"National ID cards are not proper in…
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Checkoff
Today's the big day for the <a href="http://www.beefboard.org/dsp/dsp_locationContent.cfm?locationId=1055" target="_blank">beef checkoff program</a>. Today the Supreme Court is going to <a title="Next on Supreme Court menu: beef and free speech" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1208/p03s01-usju.html" target="_blank">hear the case</a> on the constitutionality of the program. The particular article I linked I found humourous on many levels.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>For years, beef was considered…
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Truth
I have a little story to tell on my oldest daughter, 14, that I just couldn't resist. My Darling Wife and I have made a habit of being honest with our kids when they ask questions even when they are uncomfortable and about sex. Most of the ground has been covered by now but she…
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Understand
<blockquote>The 14- and 16-year-old boys were bouncing the golf ball in a shopping center parking lot Sunday afternoon when it went astray and struck the SUV driven by 47-year-old Kathy Feaganes Allen, sheriff's Deputy Greg Suchy said. <br />n<br />nNo damage was done, and the boys apologized and began to walk away, Suchy said. Allen…
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Sad Statement
I read a couple of different stories this morning that piqued my interest and really made me wonder. Neither story was worth thinking about on its own but together really made me wonder about mankind's motivations. The first story deals with <a title="Mistrust hampers Afghan opium battle" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4066525.stm" target="_blank">opium production</a> in Afghanistan and the other…