tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59906302011-04-21T14:03:09.291-06:00Thoughts from the Middle of NowhereRandom Musings of a Montana Cattle RancherSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1071694937992105932003-12-17T14:02:00.000-07:002003-12-17T14:03:13.153-07:00Moving On
Well I like the home place right now but like a tumble weed I feel like moving on. Whether the change is for the better I will have to wait and see. Come see me at my new homestead which is located here. You can sit down and have a cup of joe with me while we chew the fat.
Good-bye my Fancy!
Farewell dear mate, dear love!
I’m going away, I know not where,
Or to what fortune, or Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1071665196367626952003-12-17T05:46:00.000-07:002003-12-17T05:47:38.600-07:00Brucellosis
I have been watching the reports out of Wyoming about Brucellosis since it was first reported in the Billings Gazette. The first question I asked myself was if this herd was vaccinated? Well this report this morning shows that it is a vaccinated herd that has been struck with this disease. This is going to be a very troubling to many people in the cattle industry including me. I Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1071618149510370352003-12-16T16:42:00.000-07:002003-12-16T16:42:43.280-07:00Presidential Candidates
Here is a site that sees how your opinions matches up with Presidential candidates. It is quite funny to see how they stack up.
Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone, and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns. Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1071577513772760662003-12-16T05:25:00.000-07:002003-12-16T05:25:27.486-07:00Holiday Cheer
Well it's that time of year and my favorite Christmas carol is Tis The Season To Be Surly. Yes, surly. You go out to do some shopping and store clerks and other shoppers all have scowls on their faces and mayhem in their hearts. At least this is the way it seems to me. I always try to maintain a smile and good cheer while I am out at this time of year but that just seems to Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1071491832741615992003-12-15T05:37:00.000-07:002003-12-15T05:37:26.176-07:00Going Postal
I was very glad to see this opinion piece about the postal service. I have my share of trouble with them but I can't seem to ever find anyone else that has any trouble so this makes me feel better knowing that they just aren't targeting me.
Living in the Middle of Nowhere we don't have any mail delivery. My wife goes to town once a week to get groceries and picks up the mail. Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1071321003602954232003-12-13T06:10:00.000-07:002003-12-13T06:10:16.740-07:00Running Scared
As the flu grips the nation this year people appear to be panicking and throwing out accusations left and right as for who is to blame. This story though really takes the cake in my opinion. To blame President bush for the lack of flu vaccine is ludicrous.
“The determination of supply is a market issue” says Bill Pierce, spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1071234346766944462003-12-12T06:05:00.000-07:002003-12-12T06:05:59.723-07:00Gotta Have Hope
I found this article very interesting from my standpoint. The specter of BSE in the U.S. is something that scares cattle producers to no end. What I find interesting is the statement “if we ever have something here.” Maybe I am more pessimistic then they are but I feel that it is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when a cow is found to have BSE in the U.S. With all the Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1071147851745043052003-12-11T06:04:00.000-07:002003-12-11T06:06:43.563-07:00Little Girl With A Big Heart
Here is a very heart warming story about Makenzie Snyder. This 13 year old girl has started an organization, Children to Children, to help kids that are in foster care. People say that children don’t care anymore. I contend that many kids do care and are good kids they are just under reported. Makenzie Snyder is proof of this. This story at this time of year Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1071060367777949612003-12-10T05:46:00.000-07:002003-12-10T05:46:19.640-07:00Arm Twisting
I wonder if sometime in the future Congress will consider letting people exercise personal responsibility or if they will continue to legislate the ‘nanny state’ to protect us from ourselves. Now there is a bill being introduced in Congress to make seatbelt use a federal issue instead of a state issue. If states don’t enact a primary seatbelt law the federal government will Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070972873735058262003-12-09T05:27:00.000-07:002003-12-09T05:31:12.443-07:00Make Up Your Mind
Wind power always made environmentalists happy but now they are going to oppose them. It appears they kill too many birds for their tastes so they think that maybe wind power isn’t all that great. Wind farm operators have been working on the problem but it isn’t enough for the environmentalists. They are demanding an environmental review on them. We all know that an Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070938401265511232003-12-08T19:53:00.000-07:002003-12-08T21:11:10.266-07:00Prize Received
David over at Better Living Through Blogging! Recently had a fun little contest called "Title The Ultimate Chick Flick." Well surprise of surprises I won. I just received the prize in the mail today. A beautiful Better Living Through Blogging mug. Thanks much David. I appreciate it.
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070937567156931892003-12-08T19:39:00.000-07:002003-12-08T21:11:44.200-07:00Bull Wreck
Well did I ever have a big surprise this morning. We were going over to feed the critters when we saw a yearling standing by herself on a hillside. We drove up to see what the problem was, since a yearling by itself is extremely odd, and to our surprise there sits a newborn calf at her feet. Now I had noticed one starting to get heavy, but I didn't think she was that heavy. All I Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070882521480036732003-12-08T04:22:00.000-07:002003-12-08T04:22:13.133-07:00The Competition
This story to me shows the value of a ‘can do’ attitude. A strategy many people use when a big chain store moves in is to try to get their local government to pass some ordinance that hinders them or to try to tax them out or some other such useless garbage. Instead of running around like a chicken with his head cut off complaining, this man figures out a strategy to deal with Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070845511209850312003-12-07T18:05:00.000-07:002003-12-07T18:13:44.880-07:00OOPS, Wrong Movie
A German Vicar ordered and gave out to his parishioners a video he thought was about the life of Christ. Well it turns out the movie was a porn video. He then had his staff round up all the videos he had handed out which I can understand. The question I have is was it really necessary for his staff to "established in a viewing session that night that 200 of the videos were Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070801579112216722003-12-07T05:52:00.000-07:002003-12-07T05:53:59.106-07:00NRA a News Organization?
When I was a child and believed in fairy tales I might have bought the concept of the NRA as a news organization but now that I am an adult the whole idea is ludicrous. I have seen the type of information that they put out and to call it news would be a stretch of the imagination. The whole reason they want to do this is so they can put out their ‘information’ just Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070713129841177942003-12-06T05:18:00.000-07:002003-12-06T05:19:21.646-07:00Taking a Stand
I applaud the USA Track & Field's Athletes Advisory Committee (AAC) for its recent stand on steroid use. Steroids and other drugs are major problems in our sports world and someone needs to be the first to take a stand.
I realize that track and field is not a ‘big money’ sport like professional sports in the U.S. but maybe some of these will take to heed the stand they have Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070628820489431432003-12-05T05:53:00.000-07:002003-12-05T05:53:51.740-07:00Spend That Money
I see here that the President and his so called advisors are looking for ways to spend more of our hard earned money. They are said to looking for “ideas for a fresh agenda for the final year of his term.” In my humble opinion it will also give him more campaign issues and deflect public attention from the debacle that is currently going on in Iraqi.
It looks to me like all Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070542408098600942003-12-04T05:53:00.000-07:002003-12-04T05:53:38.283-07:00Help Arrives
Well ever since I have been writing this I have been looking for a hired hand to help out around the place. Finding and keeping someone to work on the place is a nightmare. I can never seem to find anyone that is competent and willing to stay on any length of time. Hell, even if they aren't competent they don't stick around.
Just before Thanksgiving I hired a guy from down southSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070455896755945542003-12-03T05:51:00.000-07:002003-12-03T05:56:52.106-07:00Polygamist Attacks
Well this story is no surprise. It was expected after the Gay marriage ruling in Massachusetts. This guy has enough strikes against him though I don't know why he is bothering. You know now that I think about it I can see where he is going with this. Since he is charged with rape for his 13 year old 'wife', if he can prove that she was legally his wife he might get out of Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070455372467600852003-12-03T05:42:00.000-07:002003-12-03T05:56:09.060-07:00Undeclared War
Well it looks like either some person or group that sends out all those unwanted e-mails that we get is going on the attack against organizations that try to stop spam. This story talks about how the spammers have released a new virus that is set up to create a denial of service attack on anti-spammers so to cripple there efforts to stop spam. The spammers that are suspected of Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070406240932943282003-12-02T16:04:00.000-07:002003-12-02T16:04:11.433-07:00Start Feeding
Well I have started feeding hay to the calves, yearlings and bulls since they don’t have much grass left in the pastures that they are in. I noticed while I got them in that the calves looked like they could use the extra groceries. The calves are the only bunch I plan on full feeding. The other bunches I am giving some extra to but not enough to satisfy them. They can graze Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070369647909348442003-12-02T05:54:00.000-07:002003-12-02T12:00:37.823-07:00Dog Attack
Well I see a local boy was attacked and mauled by a pair of Rottweilers over the weekend. I know any dog can attack a person but it always seems like it is a Rottweiler or a Pit Bull that is doing these things. Don't these people that have them know they are dangerous animals. I realize that they love their dogs but precautions should to be taken with such dogs and care needs takenSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070278992104214192003-12-01T04:43:00.000-07:002003-12-01T04:44:21.000-07:00Weapons For Peace
I know this sounds like an oxymoron, weapons for peace, but this is the way Alfred Nobel, of the Nobel Peace Prize Fame, thought about his invention of dynamite.
My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world
conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies
can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.
—Alfred Nobel
Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070195072525525622003-11-30T05:24:00.000-07:002003-11-30T05:25:10.730-07:00Trapping Mice Illegal?
Well it now appears that the state of California has made it illegal to trap mice in your own home without a trapping license. Now "Scott Paulsen, chief of law enforcement for the Department of Fish and Game, said the law would not be enforced for personal use. " I know that eventually some nut will be in office that will decide to enforce the law for personal use and Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070192000776903942003-11-30T04:33:00.000-07:002003-11-30T04:43:54.996-07:00Tattoos
This story reminds me of when I went into the Navy and my grandmother stood in front of me and gave me a lecture about how I had better not come home with a tattoo or I would have to face her. I didn't really plan on getting one but that made sure I wouldn't since I didn't want to have to face her wrath.
In all seriousness though I am always telling my children today that when it comesSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070115666747917672003-11-29T07:21:00.000-07:002003-11-29T07:23:37.056-07:00COOL Delayed
Well it appears that the safety of the American public is being sacrificed on the alter of political expediency. The purpose of Country Of Origin Labeling (COOL) was to help the American cattle producers sell there product in the U.S. but after the BSE scare in Canada the food safety issue of COOL was shown to be an issue also. I have talked about this before but I will say it Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070064387734487422003-11-28T17:06:00.000-07:002003-11-28T17:07:01.310-07:00The Crush
The day after Thanksgiving seems to be the start of Christmas shopping for many people. All the retail stores seem to run sales and open early to take advantage of the shopping season. Personally I cannot imagine going to town and shopping on this day. The crush of people that they report happens on this day would drive me crazy. Working out in the open and by myself much of the Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1070020089706088492003-11-28T04:48:00.000-07:002003-11-28T04:48:18.610-07:00Unintended Consequences
The BSE (mad cow disease) scare in Canada this last year has not only devastated the commercial cattle industry in Canada but it is also going to cause problems for the Canadian rodeo stock contractors too. The National Finals Rodeo (NFR) is going to be getting underway in Las Vegas next week and the stock contractors are getting the short end of the stick. This story Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069935079989107242003-11-27T05:11:00.000-07:002003-11-27T20:51:29.523-07:00Thanksgiving
Today on this day of Thanksgiving in the United States I wanted to share what I am thankful for.
As with the first Thanksgiving I am thankful for the bountiful harvest the land has bestowed upon me. I work hard at being a good steward of the land and it has rewarded me in turn.
I am thankful for my wife and children. They stand beside me in my troubles and celebrate with me inSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069847420779450842003-11-26T04:50:00.000-07:002003-11-26T04:52:04.680-07:00Weather Modification
We have been experiencing quite a few years of drought now and I am getting very tired of the dry weather but I am not very sure schemes like this are going to do any good. I have never been very sure that cloud seeding is effective. In this case though, if it is, it will maybe deprive us in Montana of moisture that we need. That is the main reason I do not like it Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069801387389825972003-11-25T16:03:00.000-07:002003-11-25T16:03:16.050-07:00Winter has Arrived
I have been busy the past few days getting the cattle where I want them for winter. The recent snow storm only put about 4 inches on the ground but I decided it was time to get the cows in out of the pine needles, since they can cause a cow to abort her calf, and start feeding them some protein. I got all the little bunches moved around and opened the gates to let the cows Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069759476293577352003-11-25T04:24:00.000-07:002003-11-25T04:35:37.546-07:00New Disease
Well we have a new disease we have to deal with now, as if our country doesn’t have enough problems, and it is named affluenza. This newly diagnosed illness, discussed in this article, affects the well to do in our society and is characterized by "a dysfunctional relationship with wealth, or the pursuit of it."
I guess since I don’t have this problem I don’t understand it, I Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069709216339957192003-11-24T14:26:00.000-07:002003-11-24T14:29:43.056-07:00Montanans Future
Arnie Sherman has an excellent piece on thinking about Montana's future. Arnie makes the point that an election year is coming up and states:
We Montanans need to ask hard questions to those who aspire to serve our state and carry out its constitutional charge of providing for the heath and well being of all Montanans.
What exactly will you do to create not just more jobs Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069677863514103882003-11-24T05:44:00.000-07:002003-11-24T05:44:31.380-07:00Shades of 9/11
I am so used to hearing, and seeing, our government wasting money that I am not sure it really needs commenting on. By pretending it is not there though does not make it go away so maybe it does need a comment.
This article talks about how immediately after 9/11 congress approved emergency funding to help communities gear up for protection from terrorism but now it turns out, inSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069587416755924352003-11-23T04:36:00.000-07:002003-11-23T04:37:04.256-07:00Wolves Around the World
There has been a lot of resentment from ranchers and some hunters around the area about the re-introduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Here is an interesting story about the increasing numbers of wolves in Spain.
They are having the same controversy we are here about it. Farmers whose animals are being killed by them are upset about them. The article states Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069502310509945352003-11-22T04:58:00.000-07:002003-11-22T05:06:53.683-07:00Terrorists
Michelle Malkin has a good opinion piece that is worth reading about the Eco-Terrorists in our society and how they endanger us all. Good read if your worried about the terrorist among us.
Terrorists often claim to be fighting wars, and to be doing no more than is necessary in war. This is nonsense. His feelings towards the individual are abolished by his loathing of the group, Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069500731230665352003-11-22T04:32:00.000-07:002003-11-22T04:32:18.540-07:00Intelligence
I saw this headline, “Congress Approves Intelligence Bill “, and for a second I got very excited that finally our Congress was doing something right and was mandating that there be some intelligence shown in our hallowed halls of the Capital.
Of course I realized right away what this story was about. It is a simple funding bill financing the CIA, NSA, parts of the FBI, State, Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069419499862900152003-11-21T05:58:00.000-07:002003-11-21T06:00:05.546-07:00Billy the Kid
To me this illustrates government at its finest(worst). The New Mexico Governor has announced that they are going to reopen the case of Billy the Kid and have even got him representation of a lawyer. Now I do not know much about the pressing issues in the New Mexico but I am sure the Governor has much more important things to do with his time than to run an investigation and Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069331082703181402003-11-20T05:24:00.000-07:002003-11-20T05:27:17.820-07:00Drunken Firefighters?
I don’t know how widespread the problems in this article reach but it doesn’t sound like a good deal to me. I know that nowadays police, military, and many other jobs don’t allow people to drink while they are on duty so maybe firefighters need to modernize and adopt this practice voluntarily before the government does it for them. If they don’t they might tarnish there Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069328522996134982003-11-20T04:42:00.000-07:002003-11-20T05:33:40.156-07:00Blind Criminals
Sometimes I really have to wonder about the intelligence of people as shown by this story. But by the same token being a criminal isn't the smartest career move in the world to make unless you are a politician, whom some people consider to be a criminal by definition.
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069242794809351952003-11-19T04:53:00.000-07:002003-11-19T05:13:51.356-07:00Running Scared
According to this story the President of the United States "GEORGE Bush was last night branded chicken for scrapping his speech to Parliament because he feared being heckled by anti-war MPs." He fears he will be heckled like he was recently in Australia while giving a speech to its MPs. The way I feel is that you would not be afraid of being heckled if he was proud of his Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069240940534029232003-11-19T04:22:00.000-07:002003-11-19T04:22:27.286-07:00Important Announcement
Here is some vital information I am sure you really need. Today is World Toilet Day. Yes believe it or not, somebody has designated today World Toilet Day. I just thought this information was vital so you could plan your celabration on this vital day.
Please don t squeeze the Charmin.® Mr. WhippleSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069181802951571672003-11-18T11:56:00.000-07:002003-11-18T11:56:48.980-07:00Guilt
I find it amazing that something as big and impersonal as a cow can make a person feel guilty but mine have managed it. I took the main bunch of cows “out in the hills” after I weaned the calves and worked them. There was, and still is, plenty of grass out there to last them for quite awhile. But they have decided that they need something better to eat and are walking the fence trying Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069159711097296272003-11-18T05:48:00.000-07:002003-11-18T05:49:06.403-07:00Conservatives Pitch a Fit
I sometimes wonder what “conservative groups” are thinking. Here is a story about how they do not like the recent decision that removed Mr. Moore from the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice position when he would not remove the ten commandments monument he had placed in the rotunda of the state courthouse. They are also upset about the removal of the ten commandmentsSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069070166519055942003-11-17T04:56:00.000-07:002003-11-17T05:19:17.580-07:00Montana Football News Goes National
Front page news in the Washington Post is a story out of Montana. Do not let the title fool you that it is only about football, it is also about the decline of the small eastern Montana towns. The Washigton Post needs to consult a map though. They have the story listed in the Minnesota state news section. I guess this just shows you that anybody left in Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069068070312128932003-11-17T04:21:00.000-07:002003-11-17T04:21:16.483-07:00Economic Upturn
Here is an interesting take on the "upturn in the economy" by columnist Paul Craig Roberts. He points out that in the recent unemployment report "All of the new jobs are in services. None of the new service jobs are capable of producing export earnings to bring balance to our massive trade deficit."
I agree wholeheartedly with what he is saying. Service jobs do not "create" anySarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069018376210639822003-11-16T14:32:00.000-07:002003-11-16T14:33:02.073-07:00Blogs Boring
Jennifer Howard started out liking blogs but now says "I'm feeling betrayed -- and a little bored. " The more blogs she reads the more she feels "burned out on cronyism and negativity." I guess we need to be more upbeat and exciting in our blogging to satisfy her.
Critics generally come to be critics not by reason of their fitness for this, but of their unfitness for anything Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1069017718565706822003-11-16T14:21:00.000-07:002003-11-16T14:22:04.580-07:00High Priced Ranch Land
There was an interesting article in the Gazette yesterday about how prime ranch land is selling for such high prices that a average Joe cannot afford to buy it just to raise cattle. This has been talk in ranch country for quite a while now. Year after year we see rich men and women come along and buy ranches up for outrageous prices that you could never make work just by Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068900806258467022003-11-15T05:53:00.000-07:002003-11-15T06:15:31.060-07:00A Hug is Valuable
Here is a story with a happy ending. Imagine, a business man who gives a piece of property back to an old widow and says that it "was a no-brainer, a moral issue, not a legal one. The property should be returned to her." Then he says. "I got a hug from a little old lady. That was worth more than anyone could imagine." Taking the moral high road over the legal one and takingSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068897527536390622003-11-15T04:58:00.000-07:002003-11-15T05:08:36.876-07:00Beef Prices at Record High
I wrote recently about the high cattle prices I sold some cattle for and now I find two articles, one local and one national, about the same subject. They both point to the recent increase in cattle prices are due to a combination of factors in the industry. These factors being:
1. Long term increases in the demand for beef in the U.S. due to the protein rich Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068809300249629042003-11-14T04:28:00.000-07:002003-11-14T04:28:25.703-07:00Names Have Meaning
The latest campaign against hostile forces in Iraqi has been dubbed "Operation Iron Hammer". This name was obviously chosen to make the American people feel that the military is taking firm control of the situation in Iraqi. This is understandable since the administration feels that tough steps need to be taken about the guerrillas that have been attacking coalition forces, Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068726811385478212003-11-13T05:33:00.000-07:002003-11-13T05:40:04.330-07:00TV Network
Former Vice President Al Gore announced quite awhile ago that he planned on starting a liberal TV network to combat the conservative voice in the media. Well according to this article now he says "The "quasi-hypnotic influence" of television in America has fostered a complacent nation". He also states "Our democracy is suffering in an age when the dominant medium is not accessible Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068639042217498902003-11-12T05:10:00.000-07:002003-11-12T05:13:42.146-07:00Montanans Don't Deserve Scholarships?
When I first saw this article it did not sound too bad. But I couldn't believe it after I read a little more. I was under the impression our Montana university system was here to educate Montana children. Well I guess it appears not.
These new scholarships are such that the number awarded will be limited to residents of Montana but there is no limit Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068595588594801522003-11-11T17:06:00.000-07:002003-11-11T17:06:33.623-07:00Hunters
I always dread hunting season around here with all the hunters roaming around, leaving gates open, shooting livestock, stealing anything that isn't tied down and otherwise creating havoc on a ranch. So far I have been lucky and besides leaving tracks all over because of the light mud here it has been fairly calm. Well today was a waste of a day. Some inconsiderate hunter decided to Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068553082847860172003-11-11T05:18:00.000-07:002003-11-11T05:18:07.590-07:00Protest Suppressed?
Our President and his security forces now want an allied foreign country, Britain, to suppress its residents rights to gather in legitimate protest. I understand that the British people are not governed by our laws and Constitution, which by the way includes a "right of the people peaceably to assemble" (Amendment I to the Constitution), but it seems to me like if the Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068548803016311752003-11-11T04:06:00.000-07:002003-11-11T04:06:47.896-07:00Spam is a Problem
Well not only is spam annoying to us now experts say its economic concequences are greater than that of hackers. Whether or not it costs me money or not I am sick and tired of all the annoying emails. What I would like to find is someone who will admit they answer one of them. They would not keep sending them if they did not work but you can never find someone who admits to Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068467490940580862003-11-10T05:31:00.000-07:002003-11-10T05:31:35.250-07:00Expanding Democracy
Well here's a good one for you. The U.S. government is frustrated with its hand picked Iraqi's Governing Council. It seems "they have spent more time on their own political or economic interests than in planning for Iraq's political future" and "they just don't make decisions when they need to". So lets see there politicians spend too much money, use public office for Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068409653235404852003-11-09T13:27:00.000-07:002003-11-09T13:44:34.256-07:00Funny Money
I thought the whole idea of spending all that money by our government for the new $20 was to make it safer from counterfeiters. Well go here and find out it is not working very out very well. I haven't even seen one of these new bills yet and it is already being counterfeited.
Our truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call “money” not Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068378563210887742003-11-09T04:49:00.000-07:002003-11-09T04:49:27.026-07:00Police State
I know many people out there will not agree with me but this just sounds like a police state on its way to future atrocities. There are ways of checking for drugs without waving guns in children's faces and telling them to lay on the floor while you search for drugs. So that the police can intimidate them is sure not the reason I send my kid to school. I send them there for an Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068346413857678542003-11-08T19:53:00.000-07:002003-11-08T19:53:37.516-07:00Liberation
Altered States, Mind Contracting
False Hope, Soul Dying
Spirit Failing, Numbness Expanding
Problems Forgotten, Vitality Ending
Son's Watching, Understanding Given
Hands Reaching, Spirit Forgiving
Love's Offered, Soul Helping
Ear Hearing, Heart Surrender
Approach Forgivness, Pain Ahead
Responsibility Taken, Amends Made
Redemption Offered, Love's Given
Eyes Opened, Sadness Ends
Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068293401439346272003-11-08T05:10:00.000-07:002003-11-08T05:10:05.556-07:00Jessica Lynch
I know this subject has been talked about ad nauseum but I have to throw my two cents worth in. Everyone seems to be acting surprised that Jessica Lynch was raped while held captives by the Iraqis. This is what you get when women are near the front lines of a military conflict. War is ugly and brutal and our fairer sex has no reason to be near it. You had Iraqi men, full of Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068207709116730532003-11-07T05:21:00.000-07:002003-11-07T05:21:52.903-07:00Ash Fields
Here's a story about how farmers have been affected by the California fires. I was lucky during our big fire this summer and only lost about 2000 acres of grass. The effort, agony and despair that I felt while fighting the fire and saving as much grass as I could is hard for me too describe. So much of a farmer/ranchers soul/life gets tied up in trying to save, and losing crops or Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068168998587052702003-11-06T18:36:00.000-07:002003-11-06T18:36:42.116-07:00Metrosexuals?
Well I have heard of heterosexual (which I understand), and homosexual (I know what it is but don't understand it) but metrosexuals? The article explains it but it brings to my mind something not very pretty. I guess Howard Dean feels that he needs to out himself on this issue. If the Democratic candidates make this a campaign issue it must be pretty important to them.
What do Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068167496426773692003-11-06T18:11:00.000-07:002003-11-06T18:11:40.200-07:00Market Highlights
I had a semi truckload of cattle at the auction market yesterday. Just some old cows, odds and ends calves that didn't go with the rest when I shipped and the dry yearlings I mentioned in a previous post. Everything sold extremely well but I could not believe the amount the yearling heifers brought. They averaged 975 lbs. and brought 97.75 cwt. That is an unbelievable Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068121095391465972003-11-06T05:18:00.000-07:002003-11-06T05:22:22.836-07:00Bull Riding
I know I said I don't follow sports much but one that I do is PBR (Professional Bull Riding). They are having there World Finals in Las Vegas starting today and lasting through Sunday. I personally am rooting for Wiley Peterson to win the Million dollar prize but I don't think he can overtake Chris Shivers. All the action can be caught live on the OLN Network. Enough for the Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068081349930584812003-11-05T18:15:00.000-07:002003-11-05T18:15:53.410-07:00Toothpicks?
One of the mysteries of the universe has been solved. Did Early Humans Use Toothpicks? Why this is a question that has plaqued me for years. I will sure sleep better at night knowing the answer to this.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Alec Bourne
Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1068036835469356912003-11-05T05:53:00.000-07:002003-11-05T05:53:58.213-07:00Bliss Legislation Disapproved
Well the voters of Denver are fairly intelligent after all.
The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.
Robert J. Shiller, Irrational ExuberanceSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067994209608246572003-11-04T18:03:00.000-07:002003-11-04T18:03:32.933-07:00Replacement Heifers
Well despite the snow and cold weather I got the replacement heifers worked today. The vet was here to Bangs vaccinate them and we wormed them and gave them a vaccination that covers quite a few respiratory ailments and some venereal like diseases. Normally I would also put a year brand on them but with the snow they were to wet to do that. It always seems like it has to Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067982204400949392003-11-04T14:43:00.000-07:002003-11-04T14:43:27.100-07:00Who's The Child Here
I sometimes wonder about American people as evidenced by this article. Just because somebody failed to give his child Halloween candy he decided to become a one man wrecking crew on her home. This is something i would expect a child to do, not a grown adult. I will give him credit though since he did give the woman his name and address before he started so that he could Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067895588448082222003-11-03T14:39:00.000-07:002003-11-03T14:39:50.946-07:00Seeds of Hatred
This whole wave of Anti-Semitism that is sweeping the globe is enough to make me sick (Oldest hatred makes a comeback). I agree with President Bush for condemning Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad for his recent remarks about Jews. I just wish I knew how to combat this insidious spread of racism, especially on the European continent. These feelings of anti-semitism Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067814042047879592003-11-02T16:00:00.000-07:002003-11-02T16:18:56.896-07:00Bliss to be Legislated
Well Denver voters are going to vote on an initiative that is designed to reduce stress in the city. Well how legislation can reduce stress and tension is beyond me. Some of the suggestions put forward by the author of the bill on how to accomplish these things are:
1. yogic flying: "Outwardly, it looks like a bunch of people hopping around on a foam mat, but inwardly, Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067728891427628132003-11-01T16:21:00.000-07:002003-11-01T16:21:33.766-07:00Disappointment
Today we pregnancy checked the coming 2-year old heifers as part of getting the cattle ready for the winter. Out of 111 head we checked, 16 of them were dry (without calves in them). This works out to about 15% drys. This is an absolutely horrible number of drys to have. We have been as poor as 10% before but usually the numbers are even better than that. There are many thingsSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067689665211972832003-11-01T05:27:00.000-07:002003-11-01T05:50:45.890-07:00Wolves on the Loose
Many Ranchers in Montana and the surrounding states have been championing this for years (The case for wolves – in Central Park). I for one have to agree. Let the residents of the fair states east of the Mississippi experience the wolves too.
It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while theSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067688781590158382003-11-01T05:13:00.000-07:002003-11-01T05:52:27.406-07:00Honesty and Integrity Prevail
At times I, like many other people, worry about how our younger generation is growing up and the values that they appear to lack. Well today I run across a story that makes me feel better about the younger generation today (High school QB says record pass tainted).
Here is a young man with the integrity and honesty to request that his passing record in football be Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067601863712655662003-10-31T05:04:00.000-07:002003-10-31T05:04:25.813-07:00Whatever your opinion of our fair Senator Max Baucus may be he is at least asking some very good questions that many cattle producers are asking (Enzi, Baucus attack latest USDA estimate of meat labeling costs).
Many Cow-Calf operators feel that COOL(Country of Origin Labeling) will have a positive effect on cattle prices and will help there bottom lines and positively help the economy of Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067552511966535532003-10-30T15:21:00.000-07:002003-10-30T15:21:53.680-07:00Well the first snow and really cold weather of the season has finally arrived today. Some people see this event an ending. The end of the growing season, the end of the good weather, the end of all the outdoor warm weather fun. Other people see it as a beginning. A begining of a new cycle of seasons, the begining of a moisture year, the begining of all the outdoor cold weather fun.
For Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067438632154345782003-10-29T07:43:00.000-07:002003-10-29T07:47:52.666-07:00Tears of God
By Sarpy Sam
Tears of God our souls conspire
Attempts to quench the inner fire.
Despair fills the hearts of many
Crushing the spirit, felling like a penny.
Tears of God wash us clean
Our innermost being, make not so mean.
Remind us in despair so great
Not to fold and feel the weight.
Tears of God fill up our souls
Lighten our tremendous load.
Brighten our ghostly conscious Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067372921818316192003-10-28T13:28:00.000-07:002003-10-28T13:28:42.900-07:00It was reported today (Scotsman.com) that the Atkins Diet followed by many people could lead to depression in them in the winter months. This protein (meat) rich diet removes most carbohydrates (grains, potatoes,sugars,etc.) from there diet. the claim is that the lack of carbohydrates leads to lower levels of seratonin in the brain which is the chemical that makes us feel happy.
In another Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067299637218967602003-10-27T17:07:00.000-07:002003-10-27T17:07:18.370-07:00I see today on World Net Daily that we are now trying to blame the California wildfires on al-Qaida. It sure seems to me like we need to concentrate more on putting the fires out and saving lives and property than we should be laying blame on how they started.
Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067276608220805272003-10-27T10:43:00.000-07:002003-10-27T11:24:25.413-07:00The world and our lives sometimes moves too fast and we need to consider that at times we need to stop and smell the roses.
I had to do a little riding today and move a yearling back to the pasture she belonged in. Normally in the press of time to get things done this would have been a hurry up and get it done job so that I could get on to the next project. Well as is my goal my work is mostly Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067190529467593562003-10-26T10:48:00.000-07:002003-10-27T11:10:07.893-07:00I see today in the paper that there are some tremendeous fires in California and some people are losing there homes. I have great sympathy for these people and what they are going through.
I had a large fire on part of my ranch this year and a special fire fighting team from California was brought in to fight it. It was just a managment team and they were the most stupid, incompentent bunchSarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067174740802881592003-10-26T06:25:00.000-07:002003-10-26T06:25:41.330-07:00Well I see the Marlins have wom the World Series. I do not pay attention to sports and don't even know who the players are in the game but I am glad to see the Yankees lose. My limited understanding is that they are a arrogant "big money" team and I always like seeing that type of team lose.Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990630.post-1067122111018792502003-10-25T16:48:00.000-06:002003-10-25T16:48:31.063-06:00After reading some Blogs and thinking about it I have decided to try my hand at it. This will be a new experience for me and I will see how it goes for now.
Today I attended a Memorial Service for a neighbor. Boy nothing makes you think about your life more than one of these situations. The thinking can be sad but for now I am happy with where and what I am doing with my life so I should not Sarpy Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100525264343125824noreply@blogger.com