Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • New Years Resolutions

    I am not one to make New Years Resolutions so I am not going to break my perfect streak this year and start. What caught my eye though was <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/01/03/build/state/55-delegation.inc">this article </a>on Montana's congressional delegation and there plans for the New Year. Now it might seem like this blog has turned into a bash…

  • Child Endangerment

    I just can't believe it. Steve Irwin of the Crocodile Hunter thinks its appropriate to hold his son while <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3859536/">feeding a crocodile</a>.<br />n<br />n<img src="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/Irwin.jpg"><br />n<br />nNow I have worked with animals long enough to know that this is stupid. You can always trust your own skills, but you can never be 100% sure…

  • Proclamation

    I received this in the e-mail today. I thought it was quite interesting. I receive in my e-mail all official government pronouncements for the State of Montana so this is real.<br />n<!–more–><br />n<b><i>Proclamation <br />nAMERICAN BEEF WEEK<br />nJanuary 4-10, 2004<br />n<br />nWHEREAS, the U.S. beef industry forms the largest part of the nation's food and…

  • Public Relations

    I decided to e-mail Senator Conrad Burns after my tirade about his press release and let him know my thoughts about it. This led to me getting mad all over again and it took most of the day for me to calm down again. You can&acirc;

  • Simple Economics

    I read <a href="http://burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=1046">this press release </a>from our Senator Burns and could not believe what I was reading. According to our Senator the price will drop on beef because packers are taking advantage of the beef producers not due to a loss in our market share. I think Senator Burns needs to take a class…

  • Pay Raise

    This is one of those things that always annoy me. A <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43085-2003Dec30.html">yearly pay raise </a>just because a person works for the government. As long as you are breathing you get more money. If you are a congressman you get more money. It even works this way if a person is on social security. Now…

  • Reporting

    It always seems interesting to me the stories that get reported in the media. You get a blizzard in Montana and unless you live here you would never know it happened. This just points out another example of this phenomenon. In the state section of the Gazette is <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/12/30/build/state/44-hardinwinterstorm.inc">this story </a>about how Hardin put…

  • Bash Bush or Bash Beef

    <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36940-2003Dec28.html">This Washington Post article </a>is very interesting. All of a sudden issues of food safety are taking the front agenda of the Democratic race for the President. My question is are they bashing Bush or are they bashing beef.<br />n<br />n<i>Several Democratic candidates said they plan to make beef safety a major issue as…

  • Economic High

    I had to laugh and cry at the article in the Gazette this morning. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/12/29/build/nation/40-econo-signs.inc">Better economy in &acirc;

  • Snow Continued

    Well like <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/12/29/build/local/30-snow.inc">everybody else </a>I am digging out from the blizzard. Got a start yesterday and will be done with the majority of it I hope tomorrow. It doesn't help that the NWS is <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/12/29/build/local/50-moresnow.inc">forcasting more snow</a>. Nowhere near as much but worrisome since I haven't finished digging out from this one yet.…

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