Dr. Doom's Fancy Saddle Stampedes the Herd

Posted Fri, 10/10/2008 - 05:35 by rba
Image: Stampede on the Pecos @ Wyoming Tales & Trails :: :: :: As suggested by McCoy, the slightest thing might set off the stampede. Jacob Bennett recalled a stampede from when he was riding for Tom Curry's TC, southeast of present day Waco, Texas: There was another stampede I saw while on the TC, and it was sort of a freaky one. After a hard rain, the cattle'd all been standing up and it looked like we were going to ride it out without them critters stomping, but a fellow rode up on his hoss and got down to talk to another of the boys that had built a small fire to make a little coffee. Well, he had one of them fancy saddles with conchas all around it, and his saddle rattled. An old steer snorted right loud; another took it up, and in less time than it takes to tell it, the whole herd was on the stomp, running just as hard as it could go with a deep draw right in front of them about two miles away. Well, you know a herd can run for 20 miles. Not likely to, but they've been known to run that far, and lots farther. We knowed if the herd ever reached this draw, they'd plunge on over and most of the herd would be crushed to death, or kicked to death by those who fell in on top. There was only one thing to do, and that was to out run the herd and mill it. :: :: :: BBC: Fear grips global stock markets If the allegory fits, you're stepping in bullshit.

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Maybe this is finally the slippery slope

by avahome - 10/10/2008 - 06:33
we have been hearing about but never believing. But was this slippery slope a myth....a boogey man? BTW...I love this cowboy/steer story!

Was it . .

by rba - 10/10/2008 - 06:49
It's both, and neither. Trillions of dollars are changing hands, much of which "inures to the benefit" of people who have bet heavily on the slide down. The mythical boogey man is fear, now fed well by those whose grasp of the facts fails to reach beyond the headlines.

Listening to Rush Limpbag today....

by avahome - 10/10/2008 - 10:32
Rush stated that people were pulling their money out of the stock market because of the anticipation of Obama aka liberal democrat for president and would tax the hell out of you...and your state income tax would also go up. So the conclusioon was that the drop in the market lays at Obama's feet. I had to turn the radio off when he began talking about Obama and his association with Farrakhan and Rev. Wright. I have been told in my small town of Alvin, TX by a sweet Hispanic lady that people don't trust Obama...that what you see is not what you will get. I nicely responded that I felt the same way about McCain....

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