Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • Expand Gambling on Indian Reservations HB 146

    Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here is one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0146.htm">HB 146</a><br />n<br />nExpand class III gambling on reservations<br…

  • Perspective

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/perspective12302006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/perspective12302006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The way the sun was slanting down casting shadows from the grass was interesting to me. The picture worked out better than I expected. Taken 12/30/2006.</center>

  • Candidates Live In District HB 103

    Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here is one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0103.htm">HB 103</a><br />n<br />nAmend constitution to revise qualifications for…

  • Name Calling

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/06/news/state/35-maker.txt" >Lawmaker apologizes for comments</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Rep. Ed Butcher, R-Winifred, was made to apologize Friday on the House floor after referring to an American Indian lawmaker as "chief" and asking the lawmaker if a committee chairman's gavel wielded by Butcher constituted a "war club."<br />n<br />n"It was meant as a compliment," Butcher said to…

  • Interesting Phone Call

    I got an interesting phone call from my banker yesterday. He informed me that he was <strong>dropping</strong> the interest rate on my loan by 1.25%. He said "Your putting as much money in your business as we are putting in ours." I was quite shocked by all this but glad to hear it. Any way…

  • Headlights SB 194

    Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here is one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0194.htm">SB 194</a><br />n<br />nRequire driving with headlights on at…

  • Water Adjudication Fee

    Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here are some.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0016.htm">HB 16</a> Eliminate water adjudication fee<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0093.htm">HB 93</a>…

  • Nylon

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/horses/nylonlp01032007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/horses/nylonlp01032007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My youngest daughter took this picture of Nylon the other day and I just loved it. The way she framed it and with Nylon looking back, I was really impressed. Taken 1/3/2007 by my Youngest daughter.</center>

  • Restrictions SB 147

    Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here is one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0147.htm">SB 147</a><br />n<br />n<strong>Authorize restrictions on fire hazard area…

  • Storm Cattle Update

    <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=95397" >Colorado Blizzard Could Top ’97 Storm’s Livestock Death Toll</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Colorado Agriculture Commissioner Don Ament told Meatingplace today that he expects a Dec. 28 blizzard that hit the Rocky Mountain state will be a crueler killer than a 1997 storm that claimed 30,000 heads of livestock in the same region.<br />n<br />nAment said…