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This spring in a tiny town near here, a 12 year old boy was on an ATV going out to check cattle. He dumped it and was killed. He was in the process of raising a 4-H steer for the fat stock sale at the county fair. His older brother volunteered to finish raising and training the steer to show in his brother's name.
The stock sale was held a few days ago. The steer couldn't be entered in the regular sale because of sale rules so they held a special auction afterwards. The buyer donated it back to be sold again. So did the 2d buyer. Before it was over, it had been sold 11 times plus many people made donations to the family. In all, the steer raised $63k to help the boy's family.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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Imagine a corporate oligarchy so effective, so advanced and fine tuned that its citizens still call it a democracy.
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Not a surprise, but it's always good to see things like this happen. I wonder who the guy was who finally kept the steer.
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Thank you for sharing that.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
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Not a surprise, but it's always good to see things like this happen. I wonder who the guy was who finally kept the steer. I've been at a couple of these charity resale auctions. At those, after so many sales the auction company shut it down, usually when the prices fell toward market price.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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So sorry to hear of the young man's demise, but glad to learn of the generous response.
We may know the time Ben Carson lied, but does anyone know the time Hillary Clinton told the truth?
Immersing oneself in progressive lieberalism is no different than bathing in the sewage of Hell.
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Not just "America", but country folks. City people eat their young.
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Read about that this morning. Neat.
A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
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Rock Chuck: Thanks for passing that along.
I appreciate it.
I to, am so very often, impressed by the generosity of "country folks"!
Thanks again for sharing.
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That’s the real America!!!
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