> On Oct 19, 5:46 pm, Ted hotmail.com> wrote:

>> On Sep 23, 3:38 pm, Tim Campbell sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>

>>> "The rancher (with a few honorable exceptions) is a man who strings
>>> barbed
>>> wire all over the range; drills wells and bulldozes stock ponds;
>>> drives off elk
>>> and antelope and bighorn sheep; poisons coyotes and prairie dogs;
>>> shoots
>>> eagles, bears and cougars on sight; supplants the native grasses with
>>> tumbleweed, snakeweed, povertyweed, cowshit, anthills, mud, dust, and
>>> flies. And then leans back and grins at the TV cameras and talks
>>> about
>>> how much he loves the American West."

>

>>> 'Suppose, by some miracle of Hollywood or inheritance or good luck, I
>>> should acquire a respectable- sized working cattle outfit. What would
>>> I
>>> do with it? First I'd get rid of the stinking, filthy cattle. Every ...