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Re: NFC: Envirocrats and science ..a funny :)
In a message dated 00-10-26 16:44:25 EDT, you write:
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> >For those who have never traveled to the great West, cattle guards are
> >horizontal steel rails placed at fence openings on highways to prevent
> >cattle from crossing. For some reason the bovines will not step on the
> >guards, probably because they fear getting their feet caught between
> >the rails. I need to make that clear in order for everyone to
>appreciate the following TRUE story:
> >
> >President Clinton received a report that there were over 100,000
cattle
> >guards in Colorado. Because Colorado ranchers protested his proposed
> >changes in grazing policies, he ordered Secretary of Interior Bruce
>Babbitt to fire half of the guards immediately. Before Babbitt could
> >respond, and presumably straighten him out, Colorado's congresswoman
>Pat Schroeder intervened with a request that before any were fired they
>be given six months of retraining.
> >
> >- Mark Shoup, associate editor, Kansas Wildlife and Parks magazine
> >
>And we thought Gore was the only dummy in Washington................
> >>
Ah, yes, don't you just love the high degree of competency in high places,
especially with the Colorado congress person? Yuck.
Bruce Scott
Smack dab in the middle of God's country - Idaho