Wally McRae packed The Roxy and brought a little EOB to Missoula, Montana last week for a fundraiser for Rosebud Protective Association. It was spectacular show.
Our eyes met from across the pen. Challenge accepted. It was on. I was alone and had to treat an eye infection in a 45 lb goat kid before it spread to the rest of the herd. And, let me tell you, this one was wild. Acting as if I wasn’t interested in her, I was able to walk within about four feet of her and then I threw myself in her general direction and grabbed a leg. The first rule of catching a goat is to never hesitate….
Yesterday, a man named Norm Asbjornson gave $50 million to Montana State University to build a new engineering and innovation center. That was a very generous contribution. However, I feel the need to point out that Mr. Asbjornson was also the largest contributor to Western Tradition Partnership (WTP) aka American Tradition Partnership (ATP), the organization that successfully overturned Montana’s century old ban on corporate spending in elections. A ban that Montanan’s overwhelmingly support. Asbjornson gave $50,000 to WTP in August 2008. His heating and cooling company in Tulsa, Okla., gave $20,000 to them in…