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Cowboy Culture – ATV’s Ain’t Good for Roping

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By Clay Reid 

Alright folks, here we go again, late as usual and praying I don’t get fired. It’s hard enough to be dumb, but to be dumb and tardy is a whole another level of stupid. Thank goodness I’m thick skinned. (Like really thick skinned…fat).
Anyway, while I was sitting here thinking about my level of dumb, I thought well I might just share a few of my episodes of ignorance and my list of things not to do again.

No.1. Never rope anything off an ATV. Back in the day my old man had a preconditioning yard near Mankins, Texas. It was run by a good friend, Doug Dunkel, who now has taken it over and does my custom farming at the ranch. On this day me and Doug were hustling our butts off to get the pens rode and the sick doctored and put up before the rain that was expected to come set in on us. This feat we did accomplish, and I was like “Whew that was close” because no sooner had I rode under the barn the hole fell out of the bucket and it began to pour straight down.

After getting my pony unsaddled and put up, I walked into the office and realized I did not check the wheat pasture cattle south of the pens. Well, son of a gun, I thought to myself.

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Lacey’s Pantry: Beef Chimichangas

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By Lacey Vilhauer

Ingredients:
1-2 cups vegetable oil
½ cup diced white onion
2 tsp minced garlic
½ TBSP chili powder
¼ tsp oregano
½ tsp ground cumin
1 lb. ground beef
1 tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
½ to a full can of Rotel tomatoes and green chilis
8 (burrito-sized) flour tortillas, warmed
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Toppings: salsa, sour cream, guacamole, queso

Directions:
Brown hamburger meat and onions in a large skillet until onions are slightly softened. Add in garlic chili powder, oregano and cumin. Stir and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in Rotel. Cook and stir another five minutes. Set aside.
Warm tortillas in the microwave. On each tortilla, place about ½ cup of meat mixture. Do not overfill. Top with shredded cheese. Fold sides over the meat and cheese, then fold bottom over the sides and roll up. Place all folded chimichangas, seam side down, on a large plate and repeat with remaining tortillas.

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Does John Wayne Have the Answer to Our Discourse?

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By Dal Houston

I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.

To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.

With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one

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While We Were Sleeping

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By Martha Crump

That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.

To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.

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