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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3759)	10/27/2000 10:44:47 PM
From: Frank Griffin	Respond to of 10042

A little levity but supposed to be true--------- Folks: Ya'll should take comfort in the fact that we have this caliber of people taking care of us in Washington. Thought you might find this enlightening: "Cattle Guards For those of you who have never traveled to the great West, cattle guards are horizontal steel rails placed at fence openings on highways to prevent cattle from crossing. For some reason the bovines will not step on the guards, probably, because they fear getting their feet caught between the rails. I need to make that clear in order for everyone to appreciate the following TRUE story. President Clinton received a report that there were over 100,000 cattle guards in Colorado. Because Colorado ranchers protested his proposed changes in grazing policies, he ordered Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt to fire half of the guards immediately. Before Babbitt could respond, and presumably straighten him out, Colorado's congresswoman, Pat Schroeder, intervened with a request that before any were fired, they be given six months of retraining. Mark Shoup, associate editor, Kansas Wildlife and Parks Magazine (and we wonder why the USA is in such a mess)."