Maybe its just that they are in a state with more sheep than people, but I still don’t see why this even merits a story.

Three people gathered at the Laramie Train Depot yesterday evening to protest President Bush’s veto of spending legislation that set a timeline for troop withdrawls from Iraq. His veto was Tuesday night, and the political Web site MoveOn.org urged like-minded citizens to stage emergency rallies across the country in protest of the veto.

According to the Web site, there were 357 such rallies yesterday around the coutry, including in Loveland, Colo., Denver, Colorado Springs, Colo., Salt Lake City and Missoula, Mont.

A hastily organized Laramie chapter that consisted of Lesley Wischmann, Ann Jacobs and Nancy Sindelar gathered at the depot and pulled out a few posterboard protest signs, clutching them against the gusting wind.

We have more folks sitting at the table in the faculty room during lunch every day – do you think they can send a reporter down to cover our witty political discussions? After all, one of my colleagues is from Wyoming.