joke du jour - politico's again deomo ignorance

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Mike in VA

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[pardon the typo in the title - I meant demonstrate)
I know that many of you, being from the western cattle states won't need this explanation; but for you who have not had that privilege, cattle guards are horizontal steel rails placed at fence openings on Hiways to prevent cattle from crossing (we have 'em in VA, too). For some reason the bovines will not step on the guards, probably because they fear getting their feet caught between the rails..I say this so that everyone will appreciate the following true story. Ignorance is bliss, and they be a happy bunch!

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.
M2


[This message has been edited by Mike in VA (edited September 25, 2000).]
 
Mike in VA,
Please tell me that this is a put-on.
Can these people really be that stupid?

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"Lead, follow or get the HELL out of the way."
 
They could just go out and shoot the guards. Bwahahahahaha!

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"Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain that build it:
except the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain." (Psalm 127:1)


"Freedom is given to the human conditionally, in the assumption of his constant religious responsibility."
(Alexander Solzhenitzyn)
 
This from http://www.urbanlegends.com/politics/clinton_fires_cattle_guards.html

"Cattle guards of the West - unite. Your jobs are in jeopardy.

A story is circulating in these here parts that President Clinton was shocked to learn that there were 100,000 cattle guards in Colorado. Since the prez is unhappy with ranchers, the story goes, he ordered Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to fire half the cattle guards immediately.

According to several published reports, before Babbitt could terminate the 50,000 cattle guards, Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder stepped in to request the cattle guards should receive six months of retraining.

KOOL-105's Rick "The Coach" Marshall came upon this story last week. He figured no one could be this stupid, that everyone knew a cattle guard is a device set in the ground that vehicles drive over, but cattle can't cross. But Coach talked to newspaper people who swear this is all true.

We bet it's an urban myth. Babbitt, for one, is a rancher and has to know that you can't fire a cattle guard.

"It's apocryphal," says Schroeder aide Dan Buck with a laugh. "In cowboy jargon, it's a stretcher. But the story's worked its way through several small newspapers."

And besides, I think cattle guards have a union.

(cite provided by snopes)"

Damn!
 
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