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Exciting times in Wyoming

Since Wyoming is a small state population wise, it is always exciting to hear someone as brilliant as Justice Scalia was here. Here is just a sample of what he spoke of:

“What gives the Supreme Court the right to announce that the Constitution has changed?” Scalia said.

Scalia went on to predict that the Court’s trend over the last 50 years toward the living Constitution theory will have disastrous results for the nation.

“Don’t think the country has lasted two and a half centuries playing that game,” Scalia said. “We won’t last with this change.”

Supporters of the theory of a living constitution generally believe that the progress of the society should be considered when interpreting key constitutional concepts.

Scalia also took a few questions from the audience, including one about his position on the practice of government taking land through eminent domain.

Another huge event is Sarah Baracuda coming to the state. Well, the Jackson area that is. I guess they are part of the state, the part that has most of the money.  :)

Palin, the Alaska governor who became Sen. John McCain’s surprise running-mate pick earlier this month, will meet with donors at the Teton Pines Country Club and Resort in Wilson on Sept. 24.

“It’s fair to say the response has already exceeded our expectations,” said Dick Scarlett, who along with his wife, Maggie, serves as finance co-chairman for the McCain-Palin campaign in Wyoming. “We only hope we have a place large enough to hold all the people who want to come.”

Invitations to the early-morning event will be sent out soon, and members of the public can request invitations by calling state GOP headquarters in Casper, party officials said.

Donors will have three opportunities to meet with Palin during her visit. A $2,500 donation pays for breakfast, a seat at a roundtable with Palin and a photo. A $1,000 donation pays for breakfast and a photo with Palin. A $250 donation pays for breakfast with the candidate.

The last paragraph is the reason why she’s headed to Jackson. $250 for breakfast is a little steep for our blood. Though, I’m sure worth every penny and if we had that many extra pennies just laying around, we’d go too.

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A Little Wyoming Fun

Tieki Rae and I will be heading down to Cheyenne this weekend to spend a couple days having fun. I have to admit, I haven’t been to a decent rodeo since leaving Dodge City, KS back in 1996. Being from KS makes me partial towards Dodge City Days, and honestly, that was one of the hardest things to leave behind. We had good friends that we only saw every year when the rodeo came to town, and we haven’t seen them since.

Anyway, it’s down to Frontier Days for us. We’ll be attending a couple rodeos, the Rascal Flatts concert, and one night of PBR.

Hope everyone reading this has a fantastic weekend. I’ll be back next Thursday. In the meantime, talk amongst yourselves and have fun.

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Here I sit …

In Casper, WY while Tieki Rae takes that dreaded little LSAT. I have to admit, the library is cool (temperature wise) and I’m positive other countries would not approve of how comfortable I am at the moment.

It’s kind of fun catching up on reading friend’s blogs along with a little news thrown in the mix. When summer hits, we tend to do more family activities and are not glued to the net as much as in the winter months.

In the meantime … I hope Tiek is doing well. We’re gonna have some fun once this goofy test is behind her. I hope you all are doing fantastic and having a spectacular summer.

Yeah, that’s Tieki Rae over 20 years ago.  :)

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Gov Will Campaign for Obama

Whose gov? Wyoming’s. I know, it’s a sad day when a red state like Wyoming has a moderate governor campaigning for a communist candidate with a wife who only recently became proud of her country. Ugh! Will this year ever end?

CHEYENNE — Although Barack Obama’s campaign has stumbled in recent weeks, Gov. Dave Freudenthal continues to support the Illinois senator in his quest for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

“I still believe that of the two candidates the Democrats offer, Obama has the greatest chance of changing the gridlock chemistry in Washington,” Freudenthal said in an interview Friday afternoon.

Freudenthal will speak on Obama’s behalf during the Montana Democratic Party’s annual Harry S. Truman dinner May 10. Former President Bill Clinton is also on the speaker list to support the presidential campaign of his wife, Hillary Clinton.

I hope that turns out awkward. :)

Freudenthal said he looks forward to seeing and hearing the former president.

“He’s got to be easily the smoothest, most effective political orator on the scene today,” he said.

I’m assuming he means that as a compliment? And to show that Wyoming’s DemonRat governor is just as stupid as the other 99% of rats:

“With all due respect to all of the candidates, people who have seven-figure incomes arguing about who best understands people’s problems in buying gasoline is a little hard for me to take,” Freudenthal said.

Excuse me? Is Freudenthal suggesting someone who cannot even afford to keep gas in their vehicles run the nation? No, he’s just spouting out his liberal pie hole as usual.

I cannot help but wonder how the gun clinging citizens from Wyoming really feel about this ridiculous endorsement that in no way reflects the values of Wyoming. I think it reflects the values of the California transplants quite well.

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Where’s Daisy?

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That’s Daisy on the right. If you stop in much, you’ve seen her before. She’s cute. Well, lil’ Miss Daisy disappeared this afternoon sometime before 4 and 5.  Ted and Harley went to visit some friends for an hour or two and when he returned, he asked me where Daisy was. I hadn’t really noticed her not being around, because after all, it was Sunday afternoon and Daisy is known for finding somewhere warm and soft to take a nap.

So, we called Daisy and we called Daisy some more. Nothing. Our backyard is fenced in, but she’s not too big, so it is conceivable that she could squeeze out somewhere. Well, after not finding her and just having an hour and half of daylight left, we started scouring the neighborhood, and I can’t lie, we were starting to panic. Friends and neighbors got in their cars and were driving around town looking for her. The temperature was only in the 20’s and she simply is not furry enough to spend a night out in the cold. Ted and I kept coming back to the house to see if she’d come home.

Keep in mind that Daisy has never ran off before. What would be her motive? We just spent $20 last night at Wal-Mart on an uber ultra soft pillow for her. A dog’s life is too good at our house to even consider taking off. I know you dog lovers can relate.

Well, darkness fell, and still no Daisy. We had to tell ourselves that someone felt sorry for her and let her in their house and that they’d call the vet in the morning and we’d have her back tomorrow. Nevertheless, the thought of my sweet Daisy spending a night in the cold, lost, was more than I could stand.

About 8:45, Ted sat down in his recliner. I gave him the phone numbers for the radio station, the newspaper, and the vet, so he could call first thing tomorrow to get our dog found. I was just starting to make lost posters to put up, and Ted popped up the foot rest on his recliner. Who would you guess shot out from under his chair? If you guessed Daisy, you’d be right.  :)   Yes, my friends, that little dog was trapped under the recliner for about 4 hours! She just came bouncing out like nothing was wrong. Imagine how silly we feel driving all over town looking for Daisy who is trapped in our house under the chair. You’d think she could have made some sort of noise to let us know she was trapped, but no, that’d be too easy.

The good news is, we no longer have one missing dog. There is no bad news, just a funny story to tell.

I hope everyone has a fantastic week!

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A Dem Throwing His Hat in the Ring

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From the Casper Star Tribune, I learn that a professor from UW is running against Senator Enzi. I would say, “Good luck with that.” Except for I wouldn’t mean it.

“We need a fresh group of policy makers that are willing to put the needs of their country, and the needs of their states, ahead of their personal rivalries and the desires of their political party — individuals who seek solutions through bipartisan collaboration and support, rather than through the simple tyrrany of the majority party,” Rothfuss said during his candidacy announcement.

Last I checked, the DemonRats were the tyrants with the majority.

To be clear, the good Senator Enzi has not announced whether or not he’ll be seeking reelection. Let’s hope he does.

On a personal note, is that a cute picture of Knut or what?

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For Your Viewing Pleasure :)

I won’t continue with all the lame excuses for not getting regular posts out. However, here is a picture of Harley and Daisy taken today so you can see that they are still as cute as ever. Enjoy!

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Some Weekend Fun!!!

I know it’s an election year, but a person’s got to have some fun, right? We shot the following two short videos after Tieki Rae had checked in for her flight back to school last month. We had over an hour to kill before security would be ready to harass the passengers. Oh, the rubber glove …. stolen from the doctor’s office the previous week.

I hope you’ll still respect us after watching these. :)

Part II is the best:

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Feds Consider Listing Rabbit

Ever wonder why the US isn’t producing enough energy to meet the demand or keep up with Saudis? If I had to hazard a guess, I’d guess that the status of pygmy rabbits in Saudi Arabia doesn’t slow down their drilling for oil. Does Saudi Arabia even have environmental wackos?

Well, the US certainly has our share of these wackos (not counting Ron Paul supporters). According to the CST:

Wyoming’s agriculture and energy industries have more to worry about than the sage grouse in southwest Wyoming.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it is considering the pygmy rabbit for federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.

The species — the smallest rabbit in North America — is found in Wyoming, Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Washington. It is one of only two species that digs its own burrows. During the winter, 99 percent of its diet is sagebrush.

Granted, the bunny is cute as can be, and might even taste good. However, I’m thinkingrabbit.jpg the environmental wackos care less about the bunny and more about stopping energy development:

Endangered Species Act protection for either species could lead to restrictions on livestock grazing and energy development in the animals’ habitat.

Your thoughts?

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The NY Times mentions …

Well, I can only be so famous in one day, but they do mention Fremont County GOP politics! Hat Tip again to that little Tieki Rae for giving me the heads up:

In Riverton, the Fremont County party was also scheduled to start at 8 a.m., but it did not make the target of a 9:30 a.m. vote announced by Perry Marple, the county chairman. The session was at times persnickety and at times amiable, with “Happy Birthday” sung to a Sunday school teacher who offered the opening prayer.

Delegates also spent more than an hour arguing over which alternates should replace which absent delegates. Finally, at 3 p.m., Dennis Tippets was elected a Romney delegate by one vote.

Awww… wasn’t Mr. Clymer persnickety? Obviously, President Bush and Dick Cheney don’t think of him as persnickety,clymer.jpg but as a major league ###hole. :) Did I mention in my previous post that Adam Clymer from the NY Times was there, er, I mean here in Fremont County? I have to admit, at times our Convention was a bit circus like, though Mr. Clymer fails to credit the Ron Paul moonbats for any of it.

I met Mr. Clymer, and had to chuckle at the thought of the 2000 Labor Day Weekend open mike incidence. :)

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