Maureen on KGWN-TV re lotteries

As Maureen explains in this KGWN interview, government is addicted to spending and a lottery won't solve its spending woes.

http://wyliberty.org/videos/maureen-bader-talks-lotto-addiction-on-kgwn/

Gas tax attack

I'm sure my Canadian comrades will be shocked but even in the U.S., the government engages in a gas tax grab. I've been attacking the myths behind the call for a gas tax increase and both the Casper Star Tribune and the Wyoming Tribune Eagle covered my comments. Be sure to check out my gas tax talk on Glenn Wood's Bold Republic radio show, KIML Gillette, Wyoming.

Art Show in October

Be sure to come to the opening of the Halloween Show at the Artists Guild in Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1701 Morrie Ave., on October 1 at 7:00 pm. I have two paintings for sale there. If you can't make it to the opening, the show runs the entire month of October so please check it out. 

Lothar Kurt Bader

b. December 31, 1929

d. August 9, 2012

Painting the smokey sunset

I drove through the Wind River canyon on my way to the dinosaur dig (see below). Wyoming has had a bad fire season this year, but on the plus side, all that particulate matter in the air means fabulous light effects. These are four paintings taken on the drive through the canyon late in the afternoon.

Fire Canyon
Oil on Board
20x16

Fire Canyon

 Fire Walker
Oil on Board
16x12

Fire Walker

River Ruin
Oil on Board
24x20

River Ruin

 Smoke River
Oil on Board
28x22

Smoke River

Painting - SOLD

One of the paintings I have posted here on this blog has sold!

Winter Loneliness

If this keeps up, I'll have to set up my art website again. I'll be posting more paintings as soon as I can get some decent pics of them done. I've been very productive over the last while. 

Cattle Drive

The City of Cheyenne puts on a rodeo called Frontier Days (which costs taxpayers a poop-load of money every year, but I digress).

One of the events is a cattle drive. The drive starts at the north most point of my regular bike ride so I thought I would check it out.

I pull Mr. Bike off to the side of the road, behind a barbed wire fence, but was told I had to move to the south side of a dirt road. No problem, I say, but having been told the cattle's route, I wonder a bit about that advice; more on that later. 

The drive starts out with a few riders and a couple of wagons.

Looking between this soon to be important dirt road and the horizon you can see a bunch of little specs. So far so good.

The cattle are now making their way to this dirt road which, from the advice I received earlier, must be some sort of magical barrier the cattle will not cross. At least I hope not because there is nothing between me and the road. 

There are now, or soon to be, about 500 cattle making their way beside the fence I was standing behind.

Phew, someone has decided to sit on their horse between me and 500 cattle. I fell better already.

Hmmm, he rode away.

I am now looking longingly at the fence I had originally been standing behind which is, in fact, acting as a barrier to the 500 cattle. 

So far so good, they seem to be heading out along the magic dirt road. 

Here you can see where they are supposed to be heading.

Oh NO!  They've broken across the magical dirt road barrier!!  At this point, my heart rate is rising steadily. 

A cowboy sits - on the other side of the fence - on his horse. I said, "I knew I should have stayed on the other side of the fence. He said, "Don't worry, you'll be fine." I said, "thank you, oh savior."He just laughed. I'm not feeling better about this.

Heart rate is still rising. 

Heart rate is starting to go down as another cowboy, on my side of the fence, starts to shoo the cattle away. 

Phew! Two cowboys are shooing them away. I feel much better now. 

As you can see, these are not docile cows, but steers with action on their minds. 

 And long pointy horns.

They are all now being driven down the road on the other side of the fence from me. Heart rate is back to normal.

The End.