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• Saw the picture from the ProRodeo HOF honoring the new inductees yesterday. Paul Mayo looks as though he has some health issues. He was using a walker. Any insight? -- Bruce, 11:47:00 07/18/10 Sun
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  • Haven't heard anything... I didn't see the pics yet either. (NT) -- Crystal, 07:31:25 07/19/10 Mon
    • The way he rode bareback horses, I would guess he would end up with a lot of neck and spine issues. (NT) -- Varmit, 09:47:24 07/19/10 Mon
      • Bruce I got some info for you from a cousin of mine who judges, but don't want to post it on here. You got an e-mail? (NT) -- Varmit, 13:43:19 07/20/10 Tue
  • email is leesaddle@hotmail.com (NT) -- Bruce, 09:17:08 07/21/10 Wed

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• Roper and doggers getting a bad rap in Canada -- Varmit, 06:10:43 07/07/10 Wed
  http://www.am770chqr.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1249632
  

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  • Now the Calgary Humane Society says this.............According to an information package given to the news media, the Calgary society now “has serious concerns about steer wrestling, calf roping and chuckwagon racing and recommends elimination of calf roping.” (NT) -- Varmit, 17:21:18 07/07/10 Wed

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• 4-H Steer Pics -- Crystal, 09:11:38 06/23/10 Wed
  Rylen & Bubbles at a jackpot steer show last weekend:
  
  Click here - BHW
  

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  • You will have to e-mail them to me. Don't really want to join Barrel World to view them. (NT) -- Varmit, 09:34:34 06/24/10 Thu
    • I will do that. LOL (NT) -- Crystal, 07:34:53 06/25/10 Fri

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• Those ARA's are so dumb -- Varmit, 10:05:02 06/24/10 Thu
  They put in new rule at Calgary:
  
  http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Stampede+introduces+rodeo+rule+reduce+risk+steers/3194677/story.html#Comments
  
  I bet they have actually think they accomplished something with this rule.
  
  Wonder what's next? How about turning loose of the bronc rein if you buck off? Or barrel racers must slow up if they knock down 2 barrels.
  

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• The Start of Calgary -- Varmit, 09:17:29 06/21/10 Mon
  The Vancouver animal rights activist are already starting with their complaining.
  
  http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/Stampede+rodeo+stale+myth/3180464/story.html
  

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  • Thanks for posting this! (NT) -- Crystal, 09:10:25 06/23/10 Wed

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• New to me -- Varmit, 09:19:59 11/07/09 Sat
  They have harness racing at the Calgary Stampede:
  
  http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2009/11/07/11666551-sun.html
  

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  • There is Harness Racing at Stampede Park, but it has nothing to do with the rodeo and isn't even held in the same season. If they meant to refer to the Chucks... those don't have anything to do with the Rodeo either, except that they are held at the same venue as the Rodeo, on the same day. Nothing drives me crazier than AR's spewing anti-Rodeo blither, and then citing all the horses that die at the Chucks. Get your damned facts straight! BTW, the one Chuck horse I know of that died during this year's Stampede died in the wash rack of a heart attack well after the races concluded. I swear Thoroughbred's have faulty wiring to their hearts. They kind of remind me of fainting goats, except that they don't get up after a scare. (NT) -- Albertagirl, 10:38:32 11/09/09 Mon
    • Yeah, I knew they were talking about Chuck wagon racing... just being sarcastic.... and they didn't even get the numbers correct..... You should have someone from the committee write a letter to that paper correcting the ARA's letter. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:18:32 11/10/09 Tue
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    • Yeah, I knew they were talking about Chuck wagon racing... just being sarcastic.... and they didn't even get the numbers correct..... You should have someone from the committee write a letter to that paper pointing out that the Stampede has nothing to do with harness racing in response to the ARA's letter. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:19:57 11/10/09 Tue
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• Now this is what I call animal abuse -- Varmit, 20:59:16 05/20/09 Wed
  Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464).
  
  The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis.
  
  In 2006, a U.K. health board decreed that elderly patients with macular degeneration had to wait until they went blind in one eye before they could get a costly new drug to save the other eye. It took almost three years of public protests before the board reversed its decision.
  
  Hidden Provisions
  
  If the Obama administration’s economic stimulus bill passes the Senate in its current form, seniors in the U.S. will face similar rationing. Defenders of the system say that individuals benefit in younger years and sacrifice later.
  
  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs
  

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• Gunsel Steve going after the girls now. -- Varmit, 19:31:11 09/02/09 Wed
  One person said they cried when they watched the video.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YJtvtR4f-g
  

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  • I see some more then usual video being put up lately. Maybe that is the way to go against the ara's. This girl has some nice horses... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xp56pVWUgA ....... not sure what part of the country this is. Maybe someone else recognizes it...... Also a pretty good wild horse race out of Canada...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0dxIXvdUCU (NT) -- Varmit, 19:44:54 09/03/09 Thu
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• Redding -- Varmit, 09:23:22 04/11/09 Sat
  They banning camera's, camcorders, and even video cell phones.
  
  http://www.redding.com/news/2009/apr/11/going-to-a-north-state-rodeo-dont-take-your/
  
  Maybe someday in the future, Gunsel Steve can say, I accomplished something, I got all camera's banned at rodeos.
  

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  • I saw a Steer Saver in a catalog that would get Steve all riled up. It's not the steer saver for doggers that connects to the side of a pickup, but a remote controlled shocker that velcros to the tail. If they get to dragging or not running, they can be zapped from horse back. (NT) -- Hap, 06:54:59 04/13/09 Mon
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• The Internet is busy with AR's -- Varmit, 07:30:38 04/09/09 Thu
  First you got the ABC message boards with the AR's after Ty.
  
  Then you got the www.washingtonwatch.com after the horse slaughter.
  
  And did you see Gunsel Steve got rejected at Huntsville with a no camera or video sign. He has it on his front page. Makes me wonder if he and his cult follower will stick a camera down there pants and go inside and tape each other video taping just to say they didn't ban them.
  

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  • Good ol Steve -- ZD, 16:36:36 04/09/09 Thu
    • If you want to make money, just become an activists, create a website and be sure and put a donation button right at the top of the page. I got a whole laundry basket of video tape you could sort through for a site. Not an easier way to make money then that. (NT) -- Varmit, 21:08:26 04/09/09 Thu
      • Idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- ZD, 15:04:45 04/10/09 Fri
        • If they don't you can always make one out of snow fence.... dang, I am going back to the old days on that one. Kinda like the big water tubs in the arena during the rodeo. or the corn field plowed up, with all the corn stalks still in the arena......Ahhh, the good ol days. (NT) -- Varmit, 16:31:50 04/11/09 Sat
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• PETA -- ZD, 18:22:54 06/18/09 Thu
  Did anybody notice that PETA jumped on President Obama for whackin' the fly on the National news?
  
  Well, at least they are off of rodeo and women wearing fur.
  

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  • Donations are slow..... so they grab anything so far out there that the media will grab ahold of it and put them in the spotlight..... think that is where Gunsel Steve learned his traits. He can't stand it that he can't video Cheyenne. You can hear it in his voice on his newest youtube video about Cheyenne. Somebody should give him a quarter and let him call someone who cares. (NT) -- Varmit, 07:01:12 06/19/09 Fri
    • It takes 2 quarters now... (NT) -- Crystal, 07:27:56 06/19/09 Fri
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• More ammuntion for Gunsel Steve -- Varmit, 10:00:53 03/28/09 Sat
  http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/03/28/03282009_gladewater_rodeo.html
  
  Did you see the crowds on the highlight videos of Austin at:
  
  http://prorodeo.rodeoup.com/service/searchEverything.kickActionas=3808&mediaType=video&sortType=recent&tab=yes&includeVideo=on
  
  And a left handed heeler in the 12th performance video highlight. Haven't seen a left handed heeler in many, many moons.
  

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  • I'm left handed and I heeled left handed. I think I picked up a set of doubles back in '59 or '60. Shocked me so much I made sure that never happened again. That crook is needs to move to Washington where he'll fit in. The other one didn't have anything come up. (NT) -- Hap, 21:28:40 03/28/09 Sat
    • Go to: http://www.rodeoup.com/ then click on videos and there is a list of all the highlights of the Austin performances. (NT) -- Varmit, 21:42:25 03/28/09 Sat
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• Not good -- Varmit, 06:56:40 06/30/09 Tue
  LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a 12-year-old Colorado boy died after he was thrown by a bull at a rodeo.
  
  The Boulder County coroner's office says Richard Wayde Hamar of Yuma died Sunday while competing at the Longmont Elks Little Britches Rodeo. The event was for children ages 8 to 18.
  
  The county sheriff's office says the bull threw Richard to the ground and stomped on the boy's chest and stomach.
  
  The coroner's office says Richard died after the left ventricle of his heart ruptured when the bull stomped on him.
  
  The boy's mother, Angie Hamar, says her son loved riding bulls and that no one should be blamed for his death. She says he was wearing a helmet and a vest during the competition.
  

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• I should get a job as a reporter -- Varmit, 09:31:07 09/18/09 Fri
  Title reads:
  
  Pendleton Roundup is Out of the Shoot!
  
  http://www.yournews.com/copyroom/mynews.asp
  

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• Values?? -- Varmit, 06:03:28 02/20/09 Fri
  Gunsel steve is bragging about high school rodeo not having any family values in the link I gave down below. Then he and his cult members go and do this???
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frv4iKaisFc&feature=channel
  
  I did have to wonder to a degree if this was maybe staged. The hunter did not get upset and kept setting them up. If he is doing this for real, I doubt it will last long, as he will come across a hunter who won't put up with his crap. Nothing like ticking off a person with a loaded gun.
  

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  • I would say you're thinking right about it being staged but didn't he actually do that one time and get thrown in the pokey? Sure was a silly bunch cheering him on. (NT) -- Hap, 06:30:46 02/20/09 Fri
    • Yeah, he did it one time over a big crowd at a hunting club. If he flies over a lone gunman with Mad Hunters Disease it might put an end to it. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:13:59 02/20/09 Fri
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• They have the people in there to get this done. -- Hap, 17:05:09 05/08/09 Fri
  http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=senate+Bill+%232505+rodeo+helmets&btnG=Google+Search
  
  Hope you can open this. I couldn't figure out another way to post it.
  Go to the third document, 81R21556 JSC-D, and it looks like they are trying to make all rodeo kids wear a helmet, even timed events.
  

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  • http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:TNHrcwNV0ZQJ:www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/doc/SB02505I.doc+senate+Bill+%232505+rodeo+helmets&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&ie=UTF-8&client=firefox-a .... this is the html version. They never think stuff out. I can see it for the bull riding, but its going to cause more injuries in my opinion in the other events. The way them kids today hold on that slack and get whipped down the rope, I would think it would really be hard on the neck with a helmet on. I think bareback riding would be a little tough also.,,, ain't it amazing how we survived all those years of rodeo without them. ..... on another note did you see the front page of Gunsel Steves site? (NT) -- Varmit, 07:28:35 05/09/09 Sat
    • Here is a shorter url...... http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:TNHrcwNV0ZQJ:www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs ...... and how do you carry a piggin string in your mouth with a helmet on? (NT) -- Varmit, 16:14:36 05/09/09 Sat
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• I always said I believed horses were here before the explorers arrived -- Varmit, 14:58:15 02/18/09 Wed
  Does this not prove that or am I reading it wrong:
  
  LOS ANGELES (Feb. 18) - Scientists are studying a huge cache of Ice Age fossil deposits recovered near the famous La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of the nation's second-largest city.
  Among the finds is a near-intact mammoth skeleton, a skull of an American lion and bones of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, bison, horses, ground sloths and other mammals.
  
  The La Brea Tar Pits ranks among the world's famous fossil sites. Between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, mammoths, mastodons, saber-tooth cats and other Ice Age beasts became trapped by sticky asphalt that oozing upward through cracks and fissures in the ground. The newly recovered fossils were also in asphalt.
  

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  • I've read that horses were here. In fact, they evolved here, starting out about the size of a Lab. Then they died out with all the other Ice Age animals. They were RE-introduced by the Spanish in the 1500's. At least that's what I've read and seen. Absorbed by osmosis since Rylen has wanted to be a paleontologist since he was 4. :-) (NT) -- Crystal, 07:52:52 02/19/09 Thu
    • The only thing I find hard to separate is the fact that scientist say the raptors turned into turkeys and some other creature from that age that I posted on here awhile back turned into chickens. So were they really wiped out or just evolved into something else. If the small horses all died out, where did the big ones come from?? ....... Hap you were around back then, exactly what happened?? (NT) -- Varmit, 09:06:45 02/19/09 Thu
      • For all its appearance as a ferocious predator, Tyrannosaurus rex was just an overgrown chicken, researchers have found. .... So that tells me that when I was in school many many moons ago, but not as long ago as Hap, that my teachers LIED to me when they said the dinosaurs went EXTINCT. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:48:19 02/19/09 Thu
        • Dinos were running around everywhere when I was a kid. (NT) -- Hap, 06:12:46 02/20/09 Fri
          • Dang it, I knew it, you were to young to remember what exactly happened. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:15:01 02/20/09 Fri
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• HELLLLLLOOOOOOO!!!! -- Crystal, 07:43:38 02/18/10 Thu
  Anybody out there???
  
  Roll Call! Sound off now!
  

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  • Yeah I am still around. Been wondering why there is a picture of a helicopter on a 3000 year old wall..... http://crystalinks.com/ancientaircraft.html (NT) -- Varmit, 09:35:19 03/02/10 Tue
    • I've been watching shows on the History Channel & NGC about the Nasca Lines in South America...makes ya wonder... (NT) -- Crystal, 07:56:43 03/03/10 Wed
  • Dullsville-Boredom -- Old Geezer, 16:43:55 03/03/10 Wed
    • LOL - Why don't you start publishing the Rodeo Enquirer?? You could include papparazzi style photos & everything... My problem is that I'm always the last to hear stuff, or I never hear it, so I wouldn't be able to contribute much. (NT) -- Crystal, 08:01:03 03/04/10 Thu
      • Here is something to chew on..... NFR moving to new Dallas arena??............http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/04/rodeo-rustler-nfl-boss-steering-events-big-d/ (NT) -- Varmit, 09:33:53 03/04/10 Thu
        • Click HERE for Varmit's link. Make sure you read the comments that follow the story. (NT) -- Crystal, 07:28:27 03/05/10 Fri
          • One thing about it whether it happens or not, it should be good for the prize money at the NFR no matter whether it stays or not after 2014. Who has more money Casinos or Jerry Jones? (NT) -- Varmit, 09:45:18 03/05/10 Fri

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• I know of several stories like this one. People piss away their whole life then cry about the rich boss. -- Hap, 07:21:57 02/15/09 Sun
  There have been some rumblings around the office about the
  future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As
  you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents
  many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy
  doesn't pose a threat to your job. What does threaten
  your job however, is the changing political landscape in
  this country.
  
  However, let me tell you some little tidbits of fact which
  might help you decide what is in your best interests.
  
  First, while it is easy to spew rhetoric that casts
  employers against employees, you have to understand that for
  every business owner there is a back story. This back story
  is often neglected and overshadowed by what you see and
  hear. Sure, you see me park my Mercedes outside. You've
  seen my big home at last years Christmas party. I'm
  sure; all these flashy icons of luxury conjure up some
  idealized thoughts about my life.
  
  However, what you don't see is the back story.
  
  I started this company 28 years ago. At that time, I lived
  in a 300 square foot studio apartment for 3 years. My entire
  living apartment was converted into an office so I could put
  forth 100% effort into building a company, which by the way,
  would eventually employ you.
  
  My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because every
  dollar I spent went back into this company. I drove a rusty
  Toyota Corolla with a defective transmission. I didn't
  have time to date. Often times, I stayed home on weekends,
  while my friends went out drinking and partying. In fact, I
  was married to my business - hard work, discipline, and
  sacrifice.
  
  Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week
  and made a modest $50K a year and spent every dime they
  earned. They drove flashy cars and lived in expensive homes
  and wore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting the
  Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item, I was
  trolling through the discount store extracting any clothing
  item that didn't look like it was birthed in the
  70's. My friends refinanced their mortgages and lived a
  life of luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time, my
  money, and my life into a business with a vision that
  eventually, some day, I too, will be able to afford these
  luxuries my friends supposedly had.
  
  So, while you physically arrive at the office at 9am,
  mentally check in at about noon, and then leave at 5pm, I
  don't. There is no "off" button for me. When
  you leave the office, you are done and you have a weekend
  all to yourself. I unfortunately do not have the freedom. I
  eat, and breathe this company every minute of the day. There
  is no rest. There is no weekend. There is no happy hour.
  Every day this business is attache d to my hip like a 1 year
  old special-needs child. You, of course, only see the fruits
  of that garden - the nice house, the Mercedes, the vacations
  ... you never realize the back story and the sacrifices
  I've made.
  
  Now, the economy is falling apart and I, the guy that made
  all the right decisions and saved his money, have to
  bail-out all the people who didn't. The people that
  overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same
  luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a decade of my life
  for.
  
  Yes, business ownership has is benefits but the price
  I've paid is steep and not without wounds.
  
  Unfortunately, the cost of running this business, and
  employing you, is starting to eclipse the threshold of
  marginal benefit and let me tell you why:
  
  I am being taxed to death and the government thinks I
  don't pay enough. I have state taxes. Federal taxes.
  Property taxes. Sales and use taxes. Payroll taxes. Workers
  compensation taxes. Unemployment taxes. Taxes on taxes. I
  have to hire a tax man to manage all these taxes and then
  guess what? I have to pay taxes for employing him.
  Government mandates and regulations and all the accounting
  that goes with it, now occupy most of my time. On Oct 15th,
  I wrote a check to the US Treasury for $288,000 for
  quarterly taxes. You know what my "stimulus" check
  was? Zero. Nada. Zilch.
  
  The question I have is this: Who is stimulating the
  economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying
  jobs and serves over 2,200,000 people per year with a
  flourishing business? Or, the single mother sitting at home
  pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare
  check? Obviously, government feels the latter is the
  economic stimulus of this country.
  
  The fact is, if I deducted (Read: Stole) 50% of your
  paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I
  mean, why should you? That's nuts. Who wants to get
  rewarded only 50% of their hard work? Well, I agree which is
  why your job is in jeopardy.
  
  Here is what many of you don't understand ... to
  stimulate the economy you need to stimulate what runs the
  economy. Had suddenly government mandated to me that I
  didn't need to pay taxes, guess what? Instead of
  depositing that $288,000 into the Washington black-hole, I
  would have spent it, hired more employees, and generated
  substantial economic growth. My employees would have enjoyed
  the wealth of that tax cut in the form of promotions and
  better salaries. But you can forget it now.
  
  When you have a comatose man on the verge of death, you
  don't defibrillate and shock his thumb thinking that
  will bring him back to life, do you? Or, do you
  defibrillate his heart? Business is at the heart of America
  and always has been. To restart it, you must stimulate it,
  not kill it. Suddenly, the power brokers in Washington
  believe the poor of America are the essential drivers of the American economic engine. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is the type of change you can keep.
  
  So where am I going with all this?
  
  It's quite simple.
  
  If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, my
  reaction will be swift and simple. I fire you. I fire your
  co-workers. You can then plead with the government to pay
  for your mortgage, your SUV, and your child's future.
  Frankly, it isn't my problem any more.
  
  Then, I will close this company down, move to another
  country, and retire. You see, I'm done. I'm done
  with a country that penalizes the productive and gives to
  the unproductive. My motivation to work and to provide jobs
  will be destroyed, and with it, will be my citizenship.
  
  So, if you lose your job, it won't be at the hands of
  the economy; it will be at the hands of a political
  hurricane that swept through this country, steamrolled the
  constitution, and will have changed its landscape forever.
  If that happens, you can find me sitting on a beach,
  retired, and with no employees to worry about ...
  
  Signed, Your boss
  

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• Petition -- Crystal, 16:11:27 01/11/10 Mon
  PLEASE TAKE THIS ONLINE SURVEY TO INSURE THE FUTURE OF OUR HORSE MARKETS IN THE US:
  
  http://bit.ly/6xBMHc
  
  If you cannot access it from here please go to http://www.unitedorgsofthehorse.org.
  
  Pass it on to as many people you can think of. This is critical to help in lobbying to get things changed - Thanks
  

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• Merry Christmas Everyone -- Varmit, 13:49:45 12/21/09 Mon
  The house is rockin:
  
  http://www.flixxy.com/best-christmas-lights-display.htm
  

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  • MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! (NT) -- Crystal, 07:36:40 12/22/09 Tue

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• Finially -- Varmit, 08:23:52 12/05/09 Sat
  They put the NFR on the internet, espn360.
  
  Now I can watch all 15 contestants compete in every event.
  Directv took espn classic off my package and put it in a sports package, and replay on espn cuts everything, even some events.
  
  Glad I didn't do any picking of world champions this year, cause most of those I would of picked are having a very rough finals.
  
  I take Tammy and David must of gotten divorced as she is no longer using his last name. We need a TMZ of rodeo.
  

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  • LOL - I think someone tried to start a paper or something in the 80's but it didn't fly... Last nite was the first round I have watched. Since I don't get ECL anymore. And they have decided to restrict what we can do at work. (NT) -- Crystal, 07:11:52 12/07/09 Mon
    • They got all the replays on espn360.... so sneak into the bathroom.:) (NT) -- Varmit, 20:13:33 12/07/09 Mon
      • Well after 6 rounds the most of the contestants I had thought would win the world in their events just SUCK. Somebody put a curse on them good time. (NT) -- Varmit, 07:33:49 12/09/09 Wed
  • Hey, Varmit! Check out this LINK. It answers one of your questions below... (NT) -- Crystal, 07:44:45 12/09/09 Wed
    • Don't quite understand that boy. Knew the family of his first wife and she was a hand and a looker. Thought he really messed it up. Then he finds another one just as handy if not more. Then he messes that up. Have known quite a few guys who had it made and messed it up, but think he is the first I have known who has messed it up twice. (NT) -- Varmit, 18:36:43 12/09/09 Wed

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• Women with to much free time on their hands -- Varmit, 07:30:17 11/15/09 Sun
  http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091114/rodeo_protest_091114/20091114?hub=Canada
  

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  • It was warm out, that's why they bothered to protest. If it had been -20 we wouldn't have seen hide nor hair of them. (NT) -- Albertagirl, 09:47:31 11/16/09 Mon
    • Damn that global warming!!! (NT) -- Crystal (;-)), 06:57:16 11/17/09 Tue
      • Yeah, where's a blizzard when you need one. (NT) -- Varmit, 16:29:32 11/17/09 Tue

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• Out west they play football different then down here. -- Varmit, 13:36:48 11/02/09 Mon
  http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2009/11/01/confused-player-tackles-teammate?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl5|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fbackporch.fanhouse.com%2F2009%2F11%2F01%2Fconfused-player-tackles-teammate
  

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  • Unfortunately, football season for Rylen is already over! :-( He started basketball practice last week... Football season is way too short!! (NT) -- Crystal, 07:01:35 11/03/09 Tue
    • It will be longer when he is in high school? I know the high school season down here goes to the first of Dec. and beyond that if they make it to playoffs. (NT) -- Varmit, 12:17:38 11/03/09 Tue
      • The high school plays their last regular season game this Friday. Then playoffs start. So, by the time they get thru state, if they were to win, it would probably be close to the 1st of December. (NT) -- Crystal, 07:00:02 11/04/09 Wed

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• You know those people who will say coyotes are to shy to attack humans. -- Varmit, 17:03:30 10/28/09 Wed
  TORONTO (Oct. 28) - Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries.
  The victim was identified as Taylor Mitchell, 19, a singer-songwriter from Toronto who was touring her new album on the East Coast.
  She was hiking solo on a trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia on Tuesday when the attack occurred. She was airlifted to a Halifax hospital in critical condition and died Wednesday morning, authorities said.
  

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• OK Crystal, time for you to get going on your gossip suppliers. -- Varmit, 18:28:16 10/20/09 Tue
  Not only the Brittany and Doug saga.
  
  But I just read an article dated Sept. 2009 that mentions Roy as Trevor's former father in law. So did Trevor get divorced??
  

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  • Maybe it was Roy that got divorced, since Shada is a stepdaughter. (NT) -- Varmit, 20:30:43 10/20/09 Tue
  • I just saw on Facebook that Trevor & Shada are expecting a baby girl... (NT) -- Crystal, 07:14:58 10/21/09 Wed
    • Ok... I found Roy's site and under personal he does not list a wife. Just the kids. (NT) -- Varmit, 09:12:29 10/21/09 Wed

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• NFR Contestants -- Varmit, 14:24:15 10/20/09 Tue
  Here is a list of a few guys we are use to seeing at the NFR that did not qualify this year:
  
  Rusty Allen
  Allen Bach
  Mike Beers
  Steven Dent
  Bobby Griswold
  Dusty Hausauer
  Rod Hay
  Gabe Ledoux
  Chet Johnson
  Mike Johnson
  Kory Koontz
  Jason Miller
  Cash Myers
  Tim Shirley
  Wesley Silcox
  Stran Smith
  Cade Swor
  Fred Whitfield
  

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• What has become of the world.... no hitching posts at the bar. -- Varmit, 09:17:46 10/14/09 Wed
  WORLAND, Wyo. - A northwestern Wyoming man received a citation for letting his horse wander in Worland, but not before he complained to town law enforcement officials about the absence of a hitching post in front of the local saloon.
  
  William Schellinger was cited by Washakie County law enforcement officers for allowing his horse to run at large in this city along the Big Horn River.
  
  Schellinger was apparently in a bar early Sunday when his horse wandered away, prompting police to follow it to make sure it didn't cause an accident with a car.
  
  After being confronted by officers, Schellinger contended the city didn't have any hitching posts and told them they should spend their time arresting real criminals, not bothering cowboys with wayward horses.
  

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  • LOL (NT) -- Crystal, 07:21:20 10/15/09 Thu

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• Yawzaa -- Varmit, 12:48:34 10/12/09 Mon
  This is the same part of Canada where all those animal rights people live:
  
  http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/08/google-street-view-confirms-elephantitis-strikes-deer-population/?
  

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• This must be one of the rodeo Bronc is putting on over in Spain -- Varmit, 16:45:31 10/01/09 Thu
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_dyIlBnGM
  

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  • a little story about the European rodeos........ http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/royalty/miss-rodeo-america-europe-2707.shtml (NT) -- Varmit, 10:07:42 10/07/09 Wed

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• Out of the loop -- Varmit, 07:26:39 09/13/09 Sun
  Don't see many people anymore, but Crystal can probably answer this. I see Brittany dropped her last name. Did she and Doug split?
  

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  • I haven't heard anything, but I'm kinda out of the loop too. I go to rodeos, but I have to get the gossip elsewhere. lol. I'll see what I can find out. (NT) -- Crystal, 08:03:45 09/15/09 Tue
  • Dunno, but she was entered as Pharr at the Stampede and Pozzi at the Tour Final this past weekend (which she won). Doug was entered in the Tour Final as well. Saw them walking together, but couldn't tell you if they were 'together' or not. (NT) -- Albertagirl, 09:22:41 10/06/09 Tue

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• Calf roping contestants rodeo limits raised to 100 rodeos -- Varmit, 20:27:13 09/29/09 Tue
  Don't know why, but I would guess:
  Let the man with the most money win.
  
  http://prorodeo.com/Story.aspx?xu=1791
  

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• Roper dies in practice arena -- Varmit, 09:57:27 09/26/09 Sat
  http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/local_story_269021009.html
  

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• Story of the legend roper -- Varmit, 17:34:34 09/12/09 Sat
  This is a great story. I was around him as a kid and teenager and didn't even know his history:
  
  http://www.idahopress.com/special/?sr=4&sra=4535
  

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  • Very good story. My parents used to know Dean fairly well. And, I'm as guilty as anyone about not posting! I stop by here everyday, but I haven't had a chance to post much. Life has been extremely busy at work and at home. Well, I can't AT home, because I'm never there - always at a rodeo, some other sport, or just something! (NT) -- Crystal, 07:58:36 09/15/09 Tue

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• They need some specators at Payson -- Varmit, 17:55:38 09/10/09 Thu
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0cQbe-zmQ
  

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• Tragedy at junior rodeo -- Varmit, 10:11:44 09/07/09 Mon
  A 6-year-old girl died this morning after falling off her horse, which then fell on her, at a rodeo at the Churchill County Fairgrounds in Fallon.
  
  The sheriff’s department said the girl was a contestant in the Lions Junior Rodeo, fell off her horse about 9:45 a.m. and succumbed to her injuries at Banner Churchill Community Hospital
  
  http://www.rgj.com/article/20090906/NEWS/90906021/1321
  

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• Injuries taking their toll at Caldwell -- Varmit, 07:00:46 08/22/09 Sat
  Injury update
  
  The night started with a scare when a Caldwell Night Rodeo sponsor-flag bearer fell from her horse during the grand entry.
  
  Though able to walk from the arena, she was taken to West Valley Medical Center with a concussion, a broken nose and a broken arm.
  

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  • Tough girl! Adrenaline is a beautiful thing. I had a girl come off last year when her horse fell.... she limped to the side of the arena then couldn't go any further. Turns out she had broken her leg in several places and needed plates and pins and a couple surgeries to put everything back in place. (NT) -- Albertagirl, 08:39:01 08/27/09 Thu
    • I'v always said sometimes the most exciting event at a rodeo is the grand entry watching the flag girls and barrel racers. (NT) -- Varmit, 09:44:46 09/01/09 Tue

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• Animal Rights CEO's Dog Dies After Being Left in Car -- Albertagirl, 13:07:32 08/26/09 Wed
  Hmmm... I work for a rodeo which, in an AR's eyes, makes me a monster. Yet I would never, ever, leave an animal in the car for even a minute if it was 91 degrees outside. If I get out, my dog gets out. Every time.
  

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  • Here's the link: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090826/world/us_dog_death (NT) -- Albertagirl, 13:09:47 08/26/09 Wed
  • Idiots...she more or less blamed it on her husband. (NT) -- Crystal, 08:32:25 08/27/09 Thu
    • Sounds like the husband covered for her to me. How would you not know a scurry little animal is in the car anyways, whether you loaded it or not? (NT) -- Varmit, 14:01:24 08/31/09 Mon

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• Help Paycen Win! -- Crystal, 16:00:58 08/07/09 Fri
  Time to start the college savings account! Vote for Paycen!
  
  Click Here!!
  
  He really appreciates it!
  

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  • Never mind! The voting process is SUCH a PAIN IN THE ASS! :-( (NT) -- Crystal, 07:48:42 08/17/09 Mon
    • I thought maybe they worked for the goverment.... I went on there for quite awhile and they just kept asking more questions. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:55:28 08/18/09 Tue

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• atheistism and animal rights must go hand in hand -- Varmit, 08:15:59 08/03/09 Mon
  Or am I reading this blog title wrong:
  
  http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/godless-in-chicago/2009/08/rodeo-apologists-attempt-to-smear-steve-hindi.html
  

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• Rodeo visitors say RV park conned them. -- Varmit, 09:54:20 08/01/09 Sat
  http://www.daily-times.com/ci_12971638
  
  If I was going out there with a grandkid, I would just park at Hap's place. Stir him up a little....lol
  

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• Muslims in Dearborn -- Varmit, 15:00:31 07/31/09 Fri
  Worth watching:
  
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• Whew!!! -- Crystal, 07:36:25 07/27/09 Mon
  Rylen's Babe Ruth baseball team ended up 2nd in state this year. The championship game was a close one, 6 - 6 in the 6th inning. The other team from the Portland area ended up winning in the 7th 9 - 6.
  
  Now we can focus on the 4-H steer. Fair is just two weeks away. If they had won, we would have spent the week before fair in Bozeman at regionals. If they had won there, we would have gone to the World Series in Utah 2 weeks after fair. Then baseball would be conflicting with football - and we can't have that! lol
  

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  • Congrats I think..... I take it you don't let him read this board....lol. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:46:42 07/29/09 Wed
    • He knows exactly how I feel. LOL He is bummed because there is an awesome dinosaur museum in Bozeman. So, we'll end up there anyway, but NOT the week before fair. (NT) -- Crystal, 07:38:41 07/30/09 Thu

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• Mind Boggling -- Varmit, 14:54:51 07/29/09 Wed
  So Gunsel Steve is going against Cheyenne's rule of no video taping for commercial gain. Then this site gives him a plug:
  
  http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2009/07/165.shtml
  
  Yet they praise their steeplechasing sport. Which I found to be a little more dangerous for horses then rodeo with this video:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0jQ1SjFO1U
  
  And I bet you could find a percentage of people who enjoy this sport would say rodeo is cruel.
  

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• Calgary -- Varmit, 07:00:57 07/07/09 Tue
  They changed things to satisfy the AR's. Now they just coming back stronger. Put in the jerk down rule plus a roughing the calf rule, plus not having to stay tied for 6 seconds. Then they did some more rules in the chuckwagon races.
  
  Now the AR's want those 2 events banned and are protesting and now peta has joined in.
  
  Albertagirl, if your still around the boards, this is what happens when you start giving in to the AR's. The oommittee's need to start getting a backbone no matter what rodeo it is. Once a committee gives in they are like a target. Look what happened at Cheyenne once they banned the hot shot. Now they after the calf roping. Calf roping wasn't even being mentioned at Cheyenne until they gave in on the hot shot.
  
  I suppose by next year, Gunsel Steve will be there video taping.
  
  We all know what happened over in British Columbia when they gave in. Now they are in Calgary helping out.
  

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  • I found one person who wrote a stand up article..... http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1754127 (NT) -- Varmit, 18:42:24 07/07/09 Tue
  • I don't see the rule changes that Calgary made as bowing to the AR's, but rather streamlining the event for the benefit of both the cowboys and animals. Nobody wants their stock hurt, and nobody wants to be waved out because a calf kicked free at 5.9 seconds either. Those new rules were made by the cowboys and approved by the committee. We won't see a repeat of Cloverdale here, the AR's don't have a chance in cowboy country. (NT) -- Albertagirl, 14:59:02 07/20/09 Mon
    • Did they change the roughing rule a little in the calf roping. I thought I saw a few calves get jerked down on their side and was given a time, where last year they were flagging them out. I did see they flagged out one roper when he figurated the tail. But in the Final 4 Tyson was not flagged out for figurating a tail, which I thought he made a heck of a run with an 8.3 with that kind of catch. (NT) -- Varmit, 10:05:40 07/25/09 Sat

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• Calgary -- Varmit, 15:48:14 07/04/09 Sat
  If you want to watch 3 or 4 contestants from each event from each days highlights click the link below:
  
  http://www.cbc.ca/sports/calgarystampede/
  
  Last year they streamed the final Sunday performance live on the Internet, so they may do that again this year.
  

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  • I had it on live last year. I didn't get to actually watch much of it because work got in the way. lol But, it was nice to listen to, and if I wanted to see what was going on, I just changed windows. :-) (NT) -- Crystal, 07:41:53 07/06/09 Mon
    • http://www.cbc.ca/sports/livevideo/?n=cbcsportsca_1&p=calgary_stampede_on_cbc_streaming&dt=2009_07_06|15_20&s=http://authmfile.akamai.com.edgesuite.net/akamai.stream.auth/35018/wm/cbcwm.gen/v001/reflector:19688.js try that link and see if it tells you its not available in your area?? (NT) -- Varmit.... they better not black up out, 13:40:23 07/06/09 Mon
  • Thanks for the link! I hadn't had time to check out any of the highlights yet. If anyone's curious, I'm the tall redhead in the straw hat right behind the gate that the timeys bring their horses through.... usually standing right in the way of the cameras. LOL (NT) -- Albertagirl, 15:01:40 07/20/09 Mon
    • I went on the blog around the end of the week and found out they had a different link for us down here. So got to watch the last 3 days. They did confuse us by changing the link from the Sunday Finals of the 10 to the Top 4. Finally found it about halfway through, but the highlights showed the same exact thing, so didn't miss nothing. (NT) -- Varmit, 10:02:04 07/25/09 Sat

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• At one time it was a very thriving popular place -- Varmit, 19:53:02 07/09/09 Thu
  Nice video of the history of the beginning.
  
  http://www.savehialeahpark.com/VideoGallery.html
  

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  • Yeah, I was sad to hear about it. That track was featured quite a bit in THE BLACK STALLION series, which I read voraciously in my younger years... (NT) -- Crystal, 07:57:16 07/13/09 Mon

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• Would any of us get off that easy??.... Don't think so. -- Varmit, 06:33:13 07/02/09 Thu
  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6507347.html
  

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  • My thief got defered adjudication, 5 years probation, a slew of fines and community service. It boild down to the fact that I made a 5 year loan of $8,500.00 that she has to repay over the next 5 years. Law enforcement recovered NOTHING. I recovered 3 items and have a private investigator trying to get more. (NT) -- ZD, 09:07:03 07/03/09 Fri
    • Montana man just got 4 years in prison for stealing 39 head.... http://www.topix.com/city/wolf-point-mt/2009/06/cattle-rustler-gets-prison-sentence (NT) -- Varmit, 14:42:47 07/03/09 Fri

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• Humane Society wants Calgary off the airwaves. -- Varmit, 09:25:26 07/01/09 Wed
  http://www.canada.com/Sports/Humane+Society+wants+Stampede+rodeo+airwaves/1749255/story.html
  

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• They don't make them like they use to -- Varmit, 20:41:18 06/25/09 Thu
  This is a good story:
  
  http://growingbolder.com/media/technology/vehicles/romancing-the-road-259598
  

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• Never know who you might see -- Varmit, 15:50:52 06/23/09 Tue
  Was watching some of the team roping going on at Reno at:
  
  http://lazye.com/webcast.html
  
  The guy who hazed for me and occasionally I rode his doggin horse in college was on there.
  
  Technology does has it good points.
  

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• Dang its been hot -- Varmit, 19:20:01 06/22/09 Mon
  We had the hottest day on recorded record today of 101 with a heat index of 108.
  

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• Next Year -- Varmit, 06:58:07 06/19/09 Fri
  I guess the Southeastern Circuit will have a bunch more contestants putting the Southestern Circuit as their region.
  
  They made an agreement with the Seminoles who are putting up over $100,000 in prize money and awards at the circuit finals.
  
  http://prorodeo.com/Story.aspx?xu=1663
  

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