Comments on: Tarred with the same brush. http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/ I'm physically incapable of making a long story short - and I've been making short stories long for years. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Karbon Kounty Moos » Blog Archive » Talk, talk, talk http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-25916 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:08:11 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-25916 [...] I understood on May 18th that I was losing my heifer pairs. I read the law. I am not the only person who questions the scientific basis of that law. If livestock considered exposed to brucellosis must be slaughtered, so be it. But wildlife considered exposed to brucellosis are not slaughtered. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or an epidemiologist to see that this does not make sense. [...] […] I understood on May 18th that I was losing my heifer pairs. I read the law. I am not the only person who questions the scientific basis of that law. If livestock considered exposed to brucellosis must be slaughtered, so be it. But wildlife considered exposed to brucellosis are not slaughtered. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or an epidemiologist to see that this does not make sense. […]

]]> by: Karbon Kounty Moos » Blog Archive » Brucellosis Revisited http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-23905 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:18:20 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-23905 [...] I will be in Helena to meet with the Executive Branch. Does anyone have any questions (regarding brucellosis, please) that they’d like me to ask? [...] […] I will be in Helena to meet with the Executive Branch. Does anyone have any questions (regarding brucellosis, please) that they’d like me to ask? […]

]]> by: Corruption and Politics - Like peanut butter and chocolate |CorruptPolitian.com http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-19821 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:24:34 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-19821 [...] President Stalin, your beef is ready Posted By: Mark  Published in government, Rural issues 13Aug http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/ [...] […] President Stalin, your beef is ready Posted By: Mark  Published in government, Rural issues 13Aug http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/ […]

]]> by: michael erickson http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-19595 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:46:42 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-19595 This is a good case of the government overstepping their boundaries once AGAIN !! To let the source of the problem continue to roam free does little to solve the problem of the ranchers let alone their cattle..... This is a good case of the government overstepping their boundaries once AGAIN !! To let the source of the problem continue to roam free does little to solve the problem of the ranchers let alone their cattle…..

]]> by: ReAnn Rothwell http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-19462 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:40:43 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-19462 Dear Karen: In the early 70’s our family's large commercial herd here in Cascade County was found to have brucellosis. We were forced to quarantine then test and retest and retest at our own expense - then sell at 'market' to a packing plant the animals that were found positive. (This of course was virtually nothing considering that they were considered diseased and so worth zilch.) Eventually my grandpa and dad could not afford to keep going - they just sold the entire herd to the packing plant – again at market or almost free. You can imagine what that did to finances. The family finally ended up having to sell virtually all of the land/ranches except for the one small mountain place that I have retained and now use recreationally. No government help at all in those days. Our family thanks God that grandpa had the insight to have had another business going that kept the family afloat and still does. Bangs darn near bankrupted us and certainly killed a lot of the heart in both grandpa and dad. It was an awful time for our entire family. Not that I am saying that you all have had it easy...however I would like to point out that it could have been worse. I have raised registered Red Angus and know the joy and heartbreak of a valued line and years of selective breeding. Of falling in love with the beauty of your girls and their babies! (soft smile) Please find strength, hold your head up, let others think what they will and know that this too will pass. Perhaps your loss will make a difference and a change for others down the road. I hope you will pass this on to the Morgans any others who have been affected by the entire fiasco. I wish you and yours the very best, ReAnn Rothwell Dear Karen:
In the early 70’s our family’s large commercial herd here in Cascade County was found to have brucellosis. We were forced to quarantine then test and retest and retest at our own expense - then sell at ‘market’ to a packing plant the animals that were found positive. (This of course was virtually nothing considering that they were considered diseased and so worth zilch.)
Eventually my grandpa and dad could not afford to keep going - they just sold the entire herd to the packing plant – again at market or almost free. You can imagine what that did to finances. The family finally ended up having to sell virtually all of the land/ranches except for the one small mountain place that I have retained and now use recreationally. No government help at all in those days.
Our family thanks God that grandpa had the insight to have had another business going that kept the family afloat and still does.
Bangs darn near bankrupted us and certainly killed a lot of the heart in both grandpa and dad. It was an awful time for our entire family.
Not that I am saying that you all have had it easy…however I would like to point out that it could have been worse. I have raised registered Red Angus and know the joy and heartbreak of a valued line and years of selective breeding. Of falling in love with the beauty of your girls and their babies! (soft smile)
Please find strength, hold your head up, let others think what they will and know that this too will pass. Perhaps your loss will make a difference and a change for others down the road. I hope you will pass this on to the Morgans any others who have been affected by the entire fiasco.
I wish you and yours the very best,
ReAnn Rothwell

]]> by: don olson http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18922 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:22:21 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18922 I got brucellosis from a packing house i worked at for 28 years,in 2005.Have since been fired for not being able to work,am sueing workmans comp.which is a joke,gotten no help from the government,although i have sent letters to them all,am still unable to work,our governement is not government of the people anymore,it is a faction of the modern moffia.hate to see them do it to you too.They could at least kiss us before they do this kinda thing to us. I got brucellosis from a packing house i worked at for 28 years,in 2005.Have since been fired for not being able to work,am sueing workmans comp.which is a joke,gotten no help from the government,although i have sent letters to them all,am still unable to work,our governement is not government of the people anymore,it is a faction of the modern moffia.hate to see them do it to you too.They could at least kiss us before they do this kinda thing to us.

]]> by: Todd HellsKitchen http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18556 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:57:31 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18556 Peace. Peace.

]]> by: Patia http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18453 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:55:32 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18453 Karen, I'm sorry I'm late to add my comments, but just wanted you to know my thoughts are with you. Karen, I’m sorry I’m late to add my comments, but just wanted you to know my thoughts are with you.

]]> by: Jane Ellen+ http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18258 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:07:12 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18258 I know very little about ranching, and I wouldn't presume to pretend otherwise. However, I can do basic math; and even setting aside the years of sweat and care you've invested, offering payment of slightly more than half the value of the herd does not seem close to adequate compensation, and there was simply no reason for the officials responsible for all this not to have been in better contact with you. My heart just aches for you over all this. You and the Morgans have been and continue to be in our prayers. I know very little about ranching, and I wouldn’t presume to pretend otherwise. However, I can do basic math; and even setting aside the years of sweat and care you’ve invested, offering payment of slightly more than half the value of the herd does not seem close to adequate compensation, and there was simply no reason for the officials responsible for all this not to have been in better contact with you.

My heart just aches for you over all this. You and the Morgans have been and continue to be in our prayers.

]]> by: threecollie http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18233 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:25:54 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/#comment-18233 I am so sorry Karen...we were at camp, but Liz kept me informed of the things that were going on with you folks. Just horrible. I am so sorry Karen…we were at camp, but Liz kept me informed of the things that were going on with you folks. Just horrible.

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