Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • True Colors

    <a href="http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/3212" >Colorado Governor: PETA “A Bunch Of Losers,” “Frauds”</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>As many as 340,000 cows and steers have been left stranded by southeastern Colorado's most recent snowstorm, and National Guard units are helping ranchers in a frantic bid to save the freezing animals. Faced with 15-foot snowdrifts, rescuers are airlifting bales of hay and…

  • Ethanol Board SB 122

    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/SB0122.htm">SB 122</a><br />n<br />nEstablish ethanol education board<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The…

  • Security Freeze SB 116

    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/SB0116.htm">SB 116</a><br />n<br />nSecurity freeze authority for consumer credit…

  • Legislative Veto SB 7

    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/SB0007.htm">SB 7</a><br />n<br />nLegislative veto of administrative rules<br />n<br…

  • Yearlings

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/yearlings01042007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/yearlings01042007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The yearlings eating their hay on a nice morning. We had a touch of rain earlier but the sun was out now and getting nice. Taken 1/4/2007.</center>

  • Constituent Accounts SB 91

    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/SB0091.htm">SB 91</a><br />n<br />nRegulate constituent accounts<br />n<br />nThis is…

  • Committee Proposal

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/05/news/state/67-panel.txt" >Rehberg seeks creation of Indian affairs panel</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The U.S. Senate has one, and now Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., sees the need for a permanent committee on American Indian affairs, too.<br />n<br />nOn Thursday, Rehberg asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to consider an amendment to the House Rules package that would create an…

  • Overturn I-153 Lobbying Prohibition SB 86

    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/SB0086.htm">SB 86</a><br />n<br />nRepeal restriction on former legislators lobbying<br…

  • Paper Towels SB 2

    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/SB0002.htm">SB 2</a><br />n<br />nRequire availability of paper towels in…

  • Rising

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/cake12302006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/cake12302006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The sun rising over the backs of the cows eating their cake. There is steam rising off the cows causing the diffuse effect. Taken 12/30/2006.</center>