Wyoming, Still Untamed Thankfully

 

The feud between Gov. Mark Gordon and Secretary of State Chuck Gray boiled over Thursday when Gordon asked Gray, “Do you want to step outside” near the end of a marathon Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners meeting in Douglas.

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A state representative from Casper wants to keep people from being charged with drunk driving if they're drunk while riding a horse, mule or donkey. The bill made one defense attorney laugh and left prosecutors wondering if a specific case inspired it.

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Citizen Disarmament Flourishes in Blue State Colorado

That pesky 2^nd Amendment keeps getting in the way of the Liberal’s dream of disarming all citizens. OK, they say, we will make it expensive, inconvenient with many “gotcha” laws to entangle you in legal trouble. You should just give up.

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I have a strategy in place. To all questions, “I plead the 5^th”. “I don’t agree to any searches”. “I won’t have any conversation without counsel present”.

I’m generally pro law enforcement and don’t want to make officers jobs any harder. That said, I’m protecting my ass first.

Car Story

Charles Sampson

He was a 5’ something Los Angeles kid who became the first modern era black World Champion Bull Rider in 1982. He and Little Hitler, who spent years riding bulls, were friends. Charles had a long term gig with Wrangler clothing but decided to try selling cars. After floundering for a couple of weeks, he asked my help and I started training him in the “Tank” way.

Among used trucks, Kias, and used cars we sold stock and utility trailers. We had a 40’ tilt bed gooseneck trailer with a truck on it, tilted, out front one winter and we needed to clear snow. The trailer had a wood deck but metal over the wheels. I stepped on the metal and feel off on my ass. Charles found this amusing until he did the same.

After that I enjoyed pulling his chain with, “Yeah, Charles and I both got bucked off at the same event, but I had the tougher draw”. 

Charles lost an ear in Reno when a bull stepped on his head and had two prosthetic ears. One was darker for summer time. He and Sisty were good friends and she enjoyed telling him when it was time to change ears. One time when she was on her way to Reno to see her daughter and grand kids, she asked him if he wanted her to look for his ear.

Fame can be a burden. Charles learned quickly how to sell cars. His problem was people stopping just to meet him who didn’t have the means to buy anything.

Many people called him Charlie, which he tolerated. I called him Charles, which he preferred.

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As always, YMMV