Moral Delema Monday, May 21st, 2007

Ok... I have a long time client who has always had very fine bucks on their site. They have always had good looking stock to sell. They sent me a photo of a piece of !@#$ buck and they want me to remove all of the bucks on their site and feature him as their "new herd sire". Am I strong enough to do as they...
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READ THE FINE PRINT Friday, Feb 9th, 2007

We were watching the NBC evening news yesterday and, as sometimes happens, the family banned me from the TV room. Ok... once in a while, maybe every other day, I get a little miffed at the writers and editors of the various "journalism" companies. Then I go ballistic. What right do they have to mislead the public...
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Heart Help Wednesday, Jan 24th, 2007

I don't usually hang my star on any "pet project" or bandwagon but I received the following from Jennifer Hawthorn concerning a friend of mine. I'm reprinting it here because of the Taylors. Don't think that I'll post just any show y'all send me! Many of you know Peggy Taylor. She is a member and serves on the...
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Illegal Aliens Monday, Jan 15th, 2007

Yes, you read that right. Not "undocumented worker". Not "immigrant". Not any other politically correct term. This is going to be a bit disjointed. It's just a collection of thoughts on the subject - try to keep up, OK? Am I a xenophobe? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! Do I resent having rights as a U.S. citizen claimed by...
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National Animal Identification System (NAIS) Tuesday, Jan 9th, 2007

I don't know enough about the subject to write many facts. So here's my current uninformed opinion. There are valid reasons to have such a program and there are some possibly valid fears being expressed about it. When I first heard about NAIS I was told that it was needed by officials to rapidly identify the...
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My Addictions Friday, Jan 5th, 2007

Tobacco smoke I've probably "quit" smoking cigarettes fifty times for varying periods since 1959. I happen to be in one of those "smoke-free" periods right now. When I was smoking, though, I felt I was being considerate of non-smokers around me... I always insured that there was plenty of...
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Prognostication Thursday, Jan 4th, 2007

I visited via email with an old friend yesterday and we cussed/discussed the outlook for the Boer goat industry in 2007. The members of this 13-year-old industry acted like 13-year-old children in 2006 and we don't expect much improvement. Our prognostication for this year... more lawsuits; breeder vs....
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Welcome to Frank Pinkerton Wednesday, Jan 3rd, 2007

Mr. Frank Pinkerton, a.k.a. The Goat Man, will be joining the BoerGoats.com list of contributing authors. His first offering, "So You Want To Do Meat Goats", an updated version of his landmark 1990s piece, is pubished as today's Feature Article on BoerGoats.com. Frank's current article provides breeders, new...
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New Year resolution Tuesday, Jan 2nd, 2007

I have only one New Year resolution. I'm going to try to be more tolerant. It occurs to me that, though I may be right based on my experience, not everyone has had those experiences and may have had exactly the opposite experiences in some matters. "Why only one resolution?", you ask. That way I only have one...
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Welcome to BoerGoats.com's BoerBlog. Monday, Jan 1st, 2007

This page is be a running commentary by the editor of BoerGoats.com (Keith Smith) covering his day-to-day thoughts, or lack there-of. The only "planned" use of this site is as a repository for editorial comment and for articles that are too short for the article section. Subjects presented will probably cover...
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