Coal For Art?

Cathy e-mails to let us know that there's more than cowboys and sheep in Wyoming, there's actually women too (mostly imports I'm sure):

I moved from Minneapolis to Wyoming several years ago.

As always, there is more to any story. The Bucking Horse & Rider has been in use in Wyoming since 1918 when it became the official symbol of the Wyoming National Guard. It was adopted by the University of Wyoming and copywrited in 1936. The State of Wyoming didn't work to protect it until 1994 when a company in California tried to take the copywrite claiming the State had abandoned it. If we lost the copywrite, our university and military units would no longer be able to use it. Now, because of lawsuits, the State has to protect its use. It is unfortunate but necessary.

As to the boycott, I believe out biggest export to Minnesota is coal to fire your power plants so I suggest you immediately start boycotting electricity. Heating oil may be a close second. Have fun!

Cathy
Happy resident of the great state of Wyoming!

Pretty proud of your fossil fuels that are destroying the planet there, aren't you Cathy? Now we now why Ole and Lena had to take their ice house off the lake early last year and why that little girl in Roseville was crying because the penguins are drowning. It's all Wyoming's fault!

Anyway, I don't know how any state can claim greatness when it has to outsource for such basics as egg decorating. Peter e-mails with this story from the Casper Star Tribune that The yolk's on us:

Out of more than half a million people in Wyoming, apparently nobody here can decorate an Easter egg.

A press release this week from the White House Office of the First Lady states that Philip M. LeDonne of Elmhurst, Ill., decorated the "Wyoming" egg unveiled this week at the annual State Egg Display at the White House Visitor Center.

Peter goes on to say:

Wyoming couldn't find an artist in their state to design an Easter Egg.

But they have lawyers standing by to sue a Minnesota High School for using a generic cowboy logo.

I'm speechless.

Since we're actually overflowing with artistic types here in Minnesota, maybe we could send a few hundred back out to Wyoming when the next coal train comes in.