A heavy preponderance of calves including recently-weaned steers. A lot of these little ones are still sucking.
Will Blog for ISP Time, Glaucoma Meds, or Cheap Booze.
Free! (and worth every penny)
Scary Manifesto that keeps getting pushed down on the sidebar by filthy capitalism!
They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
Our Founder
Our Late Editor
Little Bear 2009-2018
Our Late Cattle Wrangler
Laddie the Amazing Torso Boy 2011-2020
Blogroll
- 357 Magnum
- 5 Acres and a Dream
- 90 Miles From Tyranny
- A Day in the Life of a Talk Radio Blogger
- Adaptive Curmudgeon
- Armed & Non-Violent
- Bayou Renaissance Man
- Bill St. Clair
- Borepatch
- Carl Bussjaeger
- Claire Wolfe
- Commander Zero
- Dio's Workshop
- Eaton Rapids Joe
- Forgotten Weapons
- Freeholder
- Home on the Range
- Instapundit
- Irons in the Fire
- James Zachary
- Kent McManigal
- Nails and Sawdust
- Never Yet Melted
- Resistance Library
- Say Uncle
- The Price of Liberty
- The Smallest Minority
- The View from North Central Idaho
- The Vulgar Curmudgeon
- The War on Guns
- The Zelman Partisans
- True Blue Sam
- View from the Porch
- Weer'd World
- Wendy McElroy
- You will shoot your eye out
- Zendo Deb
Previous OPSEC Violations
I’m always amazed when cattle are kept on desert land like that. Doesn’t look as if there’s enough grass to keep mice alive… All the while we have millions of square miles of grass, hip deep now, with almost nothing eating it. Why not raise cattle where there IS lots of grass? Must be government bungling and theft involved, you think? 🙂
Just on general principles I wouldn’t be very surprised, ML. Though around here it seems as much tradition as anything else. When I worked at the saw shop I met a number of shoestring cattlemen and they all complained about going broke. None complained about their federal subsidies, though that doesn’t mean the subsidies weren’t there somewhere.
Indeed, but lots of ranchers going broke here too, in spite of the record high price of beef in the stores. The taxes, regulations, EPA and so forth outweighs the subsidies, often by an insane margin. Most couldn’t begin to make it without the subsidies now, even the big operators, and that’s exactly how it was planned.
Boy and I thought I had issues with some deer that occasionally graze on my wife’s flowers and the odd black bear that wanders through. Your area sure doesn’t look like good country to raise cattle.
And now for a silly question…
Since the owners of the cattle let them be free range what is their liability should an accident take place that involves their property i.e. at night when a cow wanders onto a road and is hit by a jeep? Up here when a deer gets hit by a car it is nobody’s fault and the driver has the right to keep the carcass for the meat. Would it work the same way in your neck of the woods, er, scrubs?
I don’t know exactly but think not. As far as I’ve ever been able to determine I could get sued for damages if I sneeze on one and give it a cold.
You really don’t want to hit cattle! If you think a deer can tear of your vehicle, you ain’t seen nothing compared to the damage a cow can do to your vehicle, if, you live to tell about it. Don’t know about AZ but in KS you are obliged to contact the owner, let them know you hit one and the meat is not yours.
The cows are generally insured to some extent. In the open range sections here in S.E. AZ the best way to deal,with cattle that get into places they don’t belong is to call the insurance company. They will give the rancher a hard time about the cattle being endangered.