Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Armed
Actually so far it has been a very good hunting season with very few problems around here. I've complained about the few problems, gates left open and alike, and talking about it helps reduce the anger. I've always had people tell me that I should be out aggresively running unwanted hunters off. It would take…
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Business
A couple of notes of interest out there for the cattle industry today.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>An effort to reverse mandatory country-of-origin labeling, or <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>, also failed Saturday; <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> is scheduled to become mandatory in September 2006. The mandatory labeling provisions require that U.S. consumers be notified of the…
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Snow
The <a title="Snow on the Swing" href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/snow11202004.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/snow11202004.jpg','popup','width=660,height=500,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">first snow</a> of the season fell last night. There is still a little chance this morning but I don't think we are going to get any more. It won't take too much of the white stuff and I will have to start feeding hay to the…
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Heart
<b>Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. Oscar Wilde</b><br />n<br />
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Common Sense
OK, what would I comment on this morning? If you know me it's real obvious.<br />n<br />n<a title="Mad cow test scares U.S. beef industry " href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/11/19/build/nation/25-mad-cow.inc" target="_blank">Mad cow test scares U.S. beef industry</a><br />n<br />nTo start with I think "scare" is an awful strong term to use. Concerns or uneasy would probably be better descriptions…
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COOL
<a title="GOP working to repeal label law" href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/11/18/build/nation/30-label-law.inc" target="_blank">GOP working to repeal label law</a><br />n<br />nI don't see a big surprise here. This has been coming for a while and isn't it just par for the course that we're hearing about it after the election? I could rant and rave about it but what's the…
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Garbage Men
I see Governor-elect <acronym title="Brian Schweitzer">BS</acronym>'s transition team is working hard on thier jobs by <a title="Trash triggers tiff, trite talk" href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/11/17/build/state/48-capitol-trash.inc" target="_blank">rooting through trash</a>. So the most efficent way <acronym title="Brian Schweitzer">BS</acronym> can find to get ready to lead our great state is to dig in the garbage? Lord help us all.
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Helmets
<a title="Aussie cowboys may be required to wear helmets" href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/11/17/build/world/25-cowboy-helmets.inc" target="_blank">This</a> will go over like a lead helmet. Where does personal responsibility enter the equation?<br />n<br />n<b>When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. George Pataki</b>
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Responsibility
Now I understand that Indian legislators have thier own <a title="Indian legislators set goals for '05 session " href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/11/17/build/state/55-leg-goals.inc" target="_blank">agenda</a> for thier constituents. That's the whole idea of drawing district lines to ensure a minority group canadate can win an election. Those of us who have the misfourtune of being included in these districts are…
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Lost
Only me. I contacted the Navy for some records that I don't have and they informed me I don't exist in thier records. So what did I do for 6 years, imagine I was in the Navy? The IRS sure knows I exist so whats the deal?<br />n<br />nReasearching what I need to do, I…