Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • Confusion

    I just don't get it. I'm probable going to get people jumping in the middle of me, but I just don't get this Veterans Day thing. Don't get me wrong, I thank everyone who appreciated my military service and thanked me today, but why do we have this day? I've heard/read that we need to…

  • Drugs

    When Brian Schweitzer got elected Governor I made the prediction that prescription drugs would come pouring over the border from Canada thanks to his <s>hare-brained scheme</s> <a href="http://www.brianschweitzer.com/drug_plan.html" target="_blank">prescription drug plan</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Schweitzer's plan calls for allowing local Montana pharmacists to re-import safe, affordable prescription drugs from Canada, where American made, U.S. taxpayer subsidized medicine…

  • Worm

    I read the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/11/10/build/business/30-have-uheard.inc" target="_blank">Have you Heard</a> column by Jan Falstad this morning and was as puzzled as she was about the Pay-Pal E-mail she mentions.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A telephone operator named Vicky, who declined to give her last name, says the scam started about 8 a.m. Tuesday morning and the calls were coming in…

  • Libertarians

    Do you remember the <a href="http://www.freestateproject.org/" target="_blank">Free State Project</a> where a bunch of Libertarians were going to move to a state and change the whole political system to their point of view? You might remember Montana was in the running but finally lost out to <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34874" target="_blank">New Hampshire</a> in the voting. Well I run…

  • Memory

    Sometimes my memory doesn't work, I could say like it used to but it never was great, and when I saw a news headline this morning it pinged my memory but I can't remember all the details.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=237824" target="_blank">Bottom-Dwelling Marine Life Found in Ga.</a><br />n<br />nThis headline brought up in my mind an…

  • Do Over

    My Darling Wife calls today a do over day. I am not to sure if I agree. It finally got dry enough and the buyer was finally able to get a truck so we managed to get our scrub calves out of here today so something went right. Between the steers and heifers both they…

  • Coyotes

    Maybe the wolves will follow these <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/life_coyotes_dc" target="_blank">coyotes</a>. It's kind of funny how people talk about wolves being such intelligent critters when they were almost hunted to extinction and no matter how hard we try we've been unable to do the same thing to coyotes. I have always said the coyote is one of…

  • Truth

    I normally don't watch Andy Rooney but my family was waiting to watch Cold Case and he came on at the end of 60 minutes. He was yabbering about the election when he said something that really caught my attention. I don't have the transcript of his statement it is coming from my memory so…

  • Opinion

    <a href="http://www.guru-international.com/gday_mate/archives/2004/11/07/us-election-final" target="_blank">Ozguru</a> has a very insightful analysis of our recent election. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>Whether you are pro-Bush or anti-Bush or even pro-Kerry or anti-Kerry (I&acirc;

  • Advice

    If you can't beat them, eat them. This is the advice the UN is giving <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1236364.htm" target="_blank">African farmers</a> to cope with the locust plauqe they are currently dealing with. Real damned helpful they are, aren't they?<br />n<br />n<b>Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Erica…

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