Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Thought
Ed, of <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/h/blogs/citylights/">City Lights</a>, met up with his favorite person, the sage, again and had an <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/24/news/local/50-lights.txt">interesting conversation</a> with him. It all boiled down to a merry Christmas wish but there was another statement in the article that really caught my eye that was more worth noting than the Christmas wish.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>"Why…
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Looking
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/looking12192006?full=1'><img width='480' height='640' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/looking12192006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The cows looking for a better bale of hay early in the morning. Taken 12/19/2006.</center>
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Cattle Herd Contraction
<a href="http://www.agriculture.com/ag/futuresource/FutureSourceStoryIndex.jhtml?storyId=76600218" >DJ OUTLOOK 07: US Cattle Herd To Be Thinner In New Yr</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The nation's beef cattle herd, both in number and by<br />nweight, will be thinner in 2007, say some analysts, with high corn prices seen<br />nas a major deterrent to expansion.<br />n<br />n Analysts used current 2007 corn futures values in…
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Some People Are Idiots
I can not believe the stupidity of some people. Latest on my list is Todd Shriber. Who is Todd Shriber you may ask. Todd Shriber was, he has since been <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/22/news/state/23-rehberg_x.txt">fired for his antics</a>, a press secretary for Rep. Denny Rehberg, Montana's lone Representative. <br />n<br />nIt appears Todd was a little embarrassed by…
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Cowed Out
<a href="http://americancowman.com/ranching_over_50/men_midlife_transitions/" >Are you cowed out?</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Many ranchers, when they hit middle age, reach a point where they can hardly stand to look after cattle another day. I've heard it referred to as being "cowed out." Some friends told me about a ranching couple in Montana who sometimes talked about divorce when they had…
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Mean Mom Coven
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/22/news/local/35-lorna.txt" >Reporter's Notebook: Mean mom spreads her anti-cheer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Grinch has nothing on me.<br />n<br />nI'm surly, cranky and mean, and I certainly don't understand how hard it is to be 10 years old with a houseful of toys and somewhere upward of 1 million Pokemon cards.<br />n<br />nJust ask my son, Stephen.<br…
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Very Damn Mad
Does anybody out there know why the Montana Department of Health and Human Services felt it necessary to call me 3 times between 9:30 and 10:00 at night? Each time I asked them to leave me alone and not to bother me again and I get more calls. If the State of Montana wants to…
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Footprint
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/footprint12192006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/footprint12192006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Humanities never ending, ugly footprint on the beautiful world we live in. Taken 12/19/2006.</center>
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The Gods Are Smiling
You reap what you sow and the Gods smile about it.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=133480&src=gennews" >Beef Prices In South Korea World’s Highest</a><br />n<br />nServes the bastards right for not letting US beef into their country. Maybe once the consumers figuyre this out they will revolt and overthrow their oppressive government.<br />n<br />n<strong>Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance –…
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Cedars
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/cedars09182006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/cedars09182006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Cedar trees growing in the bottom of a draw. This one draw grows a lot of cedar trees for some reason. I've always enjoyed looking at them. Taken 9/18/2006.</center>