loomixguy said:
Miss Tam...I never gave you a hard time about the Bundy vs. BLM fiasco...I have a high regard for your opinion. But I have a hard time swallowing what you said concerning OT, especially after he ran off H.
Only a walking sphincter would do what he's done...and he marches in lock step with his fellow liberal sphincters. His views are indefensible, just like his actions. How many members here do you think he's either stalked or dropped a dime on?
OT never chased H off anymore then most of the rest of us could be accused of chasing anybody else off that got mad and left of their own decision. :? :?
H wants to defend ranching as we all do but stomping your own hat into the ground doesn't show well.
For 8 years I sat at the table in meetings for the Stockgrowers at Crown land stake holders meetings, Wildlife advisory Meetings and the Prairie Conservation Action Plan PCAP and Chaired it for three years.Think I didn't get frustrated? Would it have helped if I thrown a fit and went home?
We had our wins, my friend found the passage in the "Big Book" of the Lands Act that kept ranchers able to renew their leases during the Treaty Land entitlement battle.
I was Chair of the PCAP for 3 years. We promoted grazing and converted many environmentalists into conservationists that supported grazing. "Better cows that plows"
Do you think we would have had the success we had if we had gone and sat in the corner and not talked to anybody we disagreed with?
Since my terms on the SSGA three of us like minded ranchers have started the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance Inc (RSAInc)
We have applied for grants and had a study commissioned to show how much well managed grasslands contribute to society. We have held workshops to develop a Payment for Ecological Services to pay ranchers for the habitat they provide for species at risk.
We don't always win, but I think we have won many small battles. Will we win the war?
It won't be for lack of trying. :cowboy: