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A Cowboy

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On DP, over the past three weeks, I've been called a 'cowboy', a 'John Wayne wannabe', and a Daniel Boone. Got to admit - the 'insults' drew me up short.

Then, I went looking ... brought up Google (isn't that what we do these days?), and looked up 'cowboy'.

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By Gary Benton -

A cowboy is a man who believes in God, country, family, and horse, in that order. He may count only a few men and women as real friends, but those who have proven themselves with the passage of time are true life-long friends. He's old-fashioned, perhaps, believing in behaviors long past, but he feels the old ways are the best ways. He's usually a loner, but gets along with crowds, but doesn't really care for 'em much.

He's also a straight-shooter, who will answer your question the way he feels you should hear it and not worry about being politically correct. Besides, he couldn't be politically correct if he wanted to be. He'll tell you the truth, even if he knows it will hurt you, because you asked. In this, he's honest to a fault.

He'll call the baby ugly, even if the child is his own, because he knows deep inside, ugly children need love too and looks matter little in life. He protects and loves all children, along with women, because he sees them as gifts from God. And, may God protect those who would hurt any child, not just his own.

He still opens doors for women and old folks, stands when a woman nears, and touches his hat when passing a woman, because it's the right thing to do, no matter if other men do or not. His parents taught him to be polite, so he's never questioned the right or wrong of it. He loves and respects his parents and knows they brought him up “right” in a difficult world. He still calls men “sir” and women “ma'am,” and for the same reason. He deeply loves America, stands, removes his hat, and places his hat over his heart when the flag passes by, and taps makes him cry. While some cowboy's are veteran's of America's wars, some are not, but each feels a love for this country that is as strong as his love for his wife or horse. Let someone attempt to burn an American flag near him and you'll see his ugly mean side come out quickly.

He can be profane, but usually isn't, unless drinking, and while he comes across as a hard man, there is gentle side of him that only his lover and children will see. He knows life is hard and while he faces it with determination and pure guts, he understands he'll likely break even after all of his efforts. But, there is no quit in him, and with a stubborn attitude he'll fight anything that bends him the wrong way until death. He may be from Texas, Arizona, or any other state in the Union, because being a true cowboy isn't limited to a geographical location.

He deeply respects our legal system, police officers, teachers, and members of the church, because they're mostly honest folks doing hard jobs. While he doesn't always agree with them, he suspects they're doing the best they can most of the time. Their job titles alone have earned them his respect and he'll support them, until he has a real reason not to.

He picks his girlfriends and wife based on love, not looks, color, money, or sex appeal. While he's often tongue-tied around beautiful women, he enjoys looking at them and dreaming. He knows it takes two to pull a load, but he'll only add the one he loves to harness. She'll get a good man that will work from dawn to dusk and never complain of aches, pains, or lack of money. After all, he's earned both his aches and paycheck honestly.

His word is his bond. If he gives you his word, only the Lord taking him home can cause him to break it. He believes in an honest day's work for a day's pay. He'll do the job right, the first time, or he'll not do it at all. He takes pride in a job well done, but says little. Pride in a job well done he keeps inside, because no one likes a braggart. He knows he's honest and thinks most other folks are as well. He can be swindled once but never twice by the same person, because he's no fool.

While he knows himself as confident and tender at times, he can get barnyard dog ugly mean if protecting others--especially women and children, or weaker individuals. He'll stay up all night caring for a sick animal, nursing it with loving hands, then never mention it later to his friends. He hates to see any creature in pain and will do what's needed to end the suffering, often with wet eyes. He hates bullies and takes pride in “takin' ‘em down a bit.” He'll die to protect those weaker than him from harm.

Most cowboys see themselves as simple men, living simple lives, but they're the last true American's. They are the backbone of this great nation, only they are disappearing with time: replaced by drugstore cowboys, who have never felt the heat of a horse between their legs or the excitement of watching the birth of a calf. These wannabe cowboys have never fired a pistol, picked up a bale of hay, or cried after watching a calf die beside it's mother. They've never cleaned a stall, stretched wire, or worked up a sweat planting a garden. Cowboy clothing does not make a man a cowboy anymore than dancing shoes will make one a dancer. The cowboy doesn't really know what he is, because he'd never really given it much thought, except it is a way of life with him. A way of life that is lived, as it should be, every second he's alive.

Cowboys are my heroes and always have been. They are a complex mixture of compassion, honesty, integrity, and bluntness. They're not the simple folks they project and deep thinking often takes place behind the unblinking eyes. Often they speak little, but listen a lot, because a closed mouth can hear better and learn more.

---------------------------------------------------------------

So, go ahead .. call me a cowboy. I kinda like it.
 
On DP, over the past three weeks, I've been called a 'cowboy', a 'John Wayne wannabe', and a Daniel Boone. Got to admit - the 'insults' drew me up short.

Then, I went looking ... brought up Google (isn't that what we do these days?), and looked up 'cowboy'.

-----------------------


By Gary Benton -

A cowboy is a man who believes in God, country, family, and horse, in that order. He may count only a few men and women as real friends, but those who have proven themselves with the passage of time are true life-long friends. He's old-fashioned, perhaps, believing in behaviors long past, but he feels the old ways are the best ways. He's usually a loner, but gets along with crowds, but doesn't really care for 'em much.

He's also a straight-shooter, who will answer your question the way he feels you should hear it and not worry about being politically correct. Besides, he couldn't be politically correct if he wanted to be. He'll tell you the truth, even if he knows it will hurt you, because you asked. In this, he's honest to a fault.

He'll call the baby ugly, even if the child is his own, because he knows deep inside, ugly children need love too and looks matter little in life. He protects and loves all children, along with women, because he sees them as gifts from God. And, may God protect those who would hurt any child, not just his own.

He still opens doors for women and old folks, stands when a woman nears, and touches his hat when passing a woman, because it's the right thing to do, no matter if other men do or not. His parents taught him to be polite, so he's never questioned the right or wrong of it. He loves and respects his parents and knows they brought him up “right” in a difficult world. He still calls men “sir” and women “ma'am,” and for the same reason. He deeply loves America, stands, removes his hat, and places his hat over his heart when the flag passes by, and taps makes him cry. While some cowboy's are veteran's of America's wars, some are not, but each feels a love for this country that is as strong as his love for his wife or horse. Let someone attempt to burn an American flag near him and you'll see his ugly mean side come out quickly.

He can be profane, but usually isn't, unless drinking, and while he comes across as a hard man, there is gentle side of him that only his lover and children will see. He knows life is hard and while he faces it with determination and pure guts, he understands he'll likely break even after all of his efforts. But, there is no quit in him, and with a stubborn attitude he'll fight anything that bends him the wrong way until death. He may be from Texas, Arizona, or any other state in the Union, because being a true cowboy isn't limited to a geographical location.

He deeply respects our legal system, police officers, teachers, and members of the church, because they're mostly honest folks doing hard jobs. While he doesn't always agree with them, he suspects they're doing the best they can most of the time. Their job titles alone have earned them his respect and he'll support them, until he has a real reason not to.

He picks his girlfriends and wife based on love, not looks, color, money, or sex appeal. While he's often tongue-tied around beautiful women, he enjoys looking at them and dreaming. He knows it takes two to pull a load, but he'll only add the one he loves to harness. She'll get a good man that will work from dawn to dusk and never complain of aches, pains, or lack of money. After all, he's earned both his aches and paycheck honestly.

His word is his bond. If he gives you his word, only the Lord taking him home can cause him to break it. He believes in an honest day's work for a day's pay. He'll do the job right, the first time, or he'll not do it at all. He takes pride in a job well done, but says little. Pride in a job well done he keeps inside, because no one likes a braggart. He knows he's honest and thinks most other folks are as well. He can be swindled once but never twice by the same person, because he's no fool.

While he knows himself as confident and tender at times, he can get barnyard dog ugly mean if protecting others--especially women and children, or weaker individuals. He'll stay up all night caring for a sick animal, nursing it with loving hands, then never mention it later to his friends. He hates to see any creature in pain and will do what's needed to end the suffering, often with wet eyes. He hates bullies and takes pride in “takin' ‘em down a bit.” He'll die to protect those weaker than him from harm.

Most cowboys see themselves as simple men, living simple lives, but they're the last true American's. They are the backbone of this great nation, only they are disappearing with time: replaced by drugstore cowboys, who have never felt the heat of a horse between their legs or the excitement of watching the birth of a calf. These wannabe cowboys have never fired a pistol, picked up a bale of hay, or cried after watching a calf die beside it's mother. They've never cleaned a stall, stretched wire, or worked up a sweat planting a garden. Cowboy clothing does not make a man a cowboy anymore than dancing shoes will make one a dancer. The cowboy doesn't really know what he is, because he'd never really given it much thought, except it is a way of life with him. A way of life that is lived, as it should be, every second he's alive.

Cowboys are my heroes and always have been. They are a complex mixture of compassion, honesty, integrity, and bluntness. They're not the simple folks they project and deep thinking often takes place behind the unblinking eyes. Often they speak little, but listen a lot, because a closed mouth can hear better and learn more.

---------------------------------------------------------------

So, go ahead .. call me a cowboy. I kinda like it.

That is a Hollywood description of a cowboy. The reality was somewhat different. They were workers, being a cowboy was a bit like working on an oil rig nowadays.

http://www.blantonmuseum.org/elearning/aac/teacher/cowboy/game.html
http://www.horse-canada.com/blogs/the-truth-behind-the-cowboy-legends/

Not a few cowboys were black

BBC News - America's forgotten black cowboys

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4807.
 
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This guy pretended he was a cowboy too...
But he was really just a shill for corporate fascism...
 
On DP, over the past three weeks, I've been called a 'cowboy', a 'John Wayne wannabe', and a Daniel Boone. Got to admit - the 'insults' drew me up short. Then, I went looking ... brought up Google (isn't that what we do these days?), and looked up 'cowboy'.
By Gary Benton -
A cowboy is...blah blah blah... gag me with a backhoe....blah blah blah....
So, go ahead .. call me a cowboy. I kinda like it.

First off, when I was in the Infantry we used the term 'John Wayne' as a high insult. So enjoy that.

Next, there is an old Japanese saying-"if you believe everything you read- you shouldn't read!"

Again back during my service to country the term 'cowboy' meant useless showboat... I live in cattle country, I run cattle- most cowboys are all hat and no cattle. Showboats.

You can suave your ego with self serving platitudes you dig up on the internet, but putting your boots in the oven doesn't make 'em biscuits...

Pony up, cowboy.... :peace
 
First off, when I was in the Infantry we used the term 'John Wayne' as a high insult. So enjoy that.

Next, there is an old Japanese saying-"if you believe everything you read- you shouldn't read!"

Again back during my service to country the term 'cowboy' meant useless showboat... I live in cattle country, I run cattle- most cowboys are all hat and no cattle. Showboats.

You can suave your ego with self serving platitudes you dig up on the internet, but putting your boots in the oven doesn't make 'em biscuits...

Pony up, cowboy.... :peace

You can come work on my ranch .... on second thought, I'm not sure I want to expose my horses to your attitude.

Have a nice day.
 
First off, when I was in the Infantry we used the term 'John Wayne' as a high insult. So enjoy that.

Next, there is an old Japanese saying-"if you believe everything you read- you shouldn't read!"

Again back during my service to country the term 'cowboy' meant useless showboat... I live in cattle country, I run cattle- most cowboys are all hat and no cattle. Showboats.

You can suave your ego with self serving platitudes you dig up on the internet, but putting your boots in the oven doesn't make 'em biscuits...

Pony up, cowboy.... :peace

In the UK, cowboy used to be a term for a fly by night firm who did a shoddy job for you and then disappeared.
 
On DP, over the past three weeks, I've been called a 'cowboy', a 'John Wayne wannabe', and a Daniel Boone. Got to admit - the 'insults' drew me up short.

Then, I went looking ... brought up Google (isn't that what we do these days?), and looked up 'cowboy'.

-----------------------


By Gary Benton -

A cowboy is a man who believes in God, country, family, and horse, in that order. He may count only a few men and women as real friends, but those who have proven themselves with the passage of time are true life-long friends. He's old-fashioned, perhaps, believing in behaviors long past, but he feels the old ways are the best ways. He's usually a loner, but gets along with crowds, but doesn't really care for 'em much.

He's also a straight-shooter, who will answer your question the way he feels you should hear it and not worry about being politically correct. Besides, he couldn't be politically correct if he wanted to be. He'll tell you the truth, even if he knows it will hurt you, because you asked. In this, he's honest to a fault.

He'll call the baby ugly, even if the child is his own, because he knows deep inside, ugly children need love too and looks matter little in life. He protects and loves all children, along with women, because he sees them as gifts from God. And, may God protect those who would hurt any child, not just his own.

He still opens doors for women and old folks, stands when a woman nears, and touches his hat when passing a woman, because it's the right thing to do, no matter if other men do or not. His parents taught him to be polite, so he's never questioned the right or wrong of it. He loves and respects his parents and knows they brought him up “right” in a difficult world. He still calls men “sir” and women “ma'am,” and for the same reason. He deeply loves America, stands, removes his hat, and places his hat over his heart when the flag passes by, and taps makes him cry. While some cowboy's are veteran's of America's wars, some are not, but each feels a love for this country that is as strong as his love for his wife or horse. Let someone attempt to burn an American flag near him and you'll see his ugly mean side come out quickly.

He can be profane, but usually isn't, unless drinking, and while he comes across as a hard man, there is gentle side of him that only his lover and children will see. He knows life is hard and while he faces it with determination and pure guts, he understands he'll likely break even after all of his efforts. But, there is no quit in him, and with a stubborn attitude he'll fight anything that bends him the wrong way until death. He may be from Texas, Arizona, or any other state in the Union, because being a true cowboy isn't limited to a geographical location.

He deeply respects our legal system, police officers, teachers, and members of the church, because they're mostly honest folks doing hard jobs. While he doesn't always agree with them, he suspects they're doing the best they can most of the time. Their job titles alone have earned them his respect and he'll support them, until he has a real reason not to.

He picks his girlfriends and wife based on love, not looks, color, money, or sex appeal. While he's often tongue-tied around beautiful women, he enjoys looking at them and dreaming. He knows it takes two to pull a load, but he'll only add the one he loves to harness. She'll get a good man that will work from dawn to dusk and never complain of aches, pains, or lack of money. After all, he's earned both his aches and paycheck honestly.

His word is his bond. If he gives you his word, only the Lord taking him home can cause him to break it. He believes in an honest day's work for a day's pay. He'll do the job right, the first time, or he'll not do it at all. He takes pride in a job well done, but says little. Pride in a job well done he keeps inside, because no one likes a braggart. He knows he's honest and thinks most other folks are as well. He can be swindled once but never twice by the same person, because he's no fool.

While he knows himself as confident and tender at times, he can get barnyard dog ugly mean if protecting others--especially women and children, or weaker individuals. He'll stay up all night caring for a sick animal, nursing it with loving hands, then never mention it later to his friends. He hates to see any creature in pain and will do what's needed to end the suffering, often with wet eyes. He hates bullies and takes pride in “takin' ‘em down a bit.” He'll die to protect those weaker than him from harm.

Most cowboys see themselves as simple men, living simple lives, but they're the last true American's. They are the backbone of this great nation, only they are disappearing with time: replaced by drugstore cowboys, who have never felt the heat of a horse between their legs or the excitement of watching the birth of a calf. These wannabe cowboys have never fired a pistol, picked up a bale of hay, or cried after watching a calf die beside it's mother. They've never cleaned a stall, stretched wire, or worked up a sweat planting a garden. Cowboy clothing does not make a man a cowboy anymore than dancing shoes will make one a dancer. The cowboy doesn't really know what he is, because he'd never really given it much thought, except it is a way of life with him. A way of life that is lived, as it should be, every second he's alive.

Cowboys are my heroes and always have been. They are a complex mixture of compassion, honesty, integrity, and bluntness. They're not the simple folks they project and deep thinking often takes place behind the unblinking eyes. Often they speak little, but listen a lot, because a closed mouth can hear better and learn more.

---------------------------------------------------------------

So, go ahead .. call me a cowboy. I kinda like it.

If they ever find a guy like that then they should put him in a glass case and exhibit him to the rest of the world.
 
You can come work on my ranch .... on second thought, I'm not sure I want to expose my horses to your attitude. Have a nice day.

How ahhh nice of you to offer me a 'job' when I already own my own ranch... :roll:

Most cowboys I know are high school drop-outs who never left the small town they were born in. A few do travel, from one very low paying job to another... bummers we call them. What do you pay your hands? These 'mighty' symbols of a day long ago and not remembered very well...

So there is the self stroking odes to a mythical man vs the reality of it all.... like I said cowboy, we used the term John Wayne as a huge insult. He was a coward and a liar. But you do continue to bask in the name... :peace
 
Moderator's Warning:
Cease the personal attacks, people.
 
From the Urban Dictionary

Cowboy

UK slang

A tradesperson, normally a builder, plumber, roofer etc who performs shoddy work at an inflated price.
 
If they ever find a guy like that then they should put him in a glass case and exhibit him to the rest of the world.

There are a few 'cowboys' who make the 'goat roper' circuit from one 'cowboy' church to another making such maggoty speeches and home spun 'wisdom' (for a small donation you understand) Then again, out here in the plains, our small town radio and TV stations have 'cowboys' who spin more BS as country wisdom- usually in the wee hours if an infomercial can't be run to make a few bucks off the dozen people listening/watching.

Most turn out to be all hat and no cattle, may have come from a ranch but left as soon as they could and hold 'city' jobs and most often can at best ride in the rodeo parade.

But they groom those 'staches, wear a 'weathered' hat, and a kerchief. Of course a huge belt buckle and boots damn half way up to the knee, jeans half tucked in.

Today the real ranch hand uses a 3/4 ton truck with cube feeder on the back- rather than drive cattle, we lure 'em. More cattle come to the sound of a truck horn than ever were driven by cowboys. If we use a 'mount' it is more than likely an ATV as the care and feeding of the machine is a pittance compared to horses and doesn't tie up valuable pasture and hay and most importantly grain (working horses need grain) we have to buy at the COOP. The price of cattle vs the cost of keeping a few horses.... some of us try and make money at this, not stroke ourselves with silly tomes that make real ranchers laugh...
 
Cowboys in Britain are a minor problem in society.

http://www.channel5.com/shows/cowboy-builders/features/need-us-to-inve

Didn't Dubya spend most of his presidency cutting brush on his ranch because he had no cattle to do it?

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This guy pretended he was a cowboy too...
But he was really just a shill for corporate fascism...

"corporate fascism" no such thing. Colorado the home of legal dope, gee what a surprise. History lesson: President Reagan brought down the single most powerful American enemy in history, it was called The Soviet Union.
 
"corporate fascism" no such thing. Colorado the home of legal dope, gee what a surprise. History lesson: President Reagan brought down the single most powerful American enemy in history, it was called The Soviet Union.

He was bumbling aimlessly around the WH eating jelly beans at the time, true. Don Regan was his handler.
 
"corporate fascism" no such thing. Colorado the home of legal dope, gee what a surprise. History lesson: President Reagan brought down the single most powerful American enemy in history, it was called The Soviet Union.

It happened on Reagan's watch, the guy was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.
 
"if you buy an outfit then you'll be a cowboy...."

I believe that the expression is: "All boots and no cattle"
At least this guy has a horse of sorts.
 
I don't think that the OP was entirely serious. The idea that everybody who works on a ranch is a paragon of virtue is ridiculous.
 
On DP, over the past three weeks, I've been called a 'cowboy', a 'John Wayne wannabe', and a Daniel Boone. Got to admit - the 'insults' drew me up short.

Then, I went looking ... brought up Google (isn't that what we do these days?), and looked up 'cowboy'.

-----------------------


By Gary Benton -

A cowboy is a man who believes in God, country, family, and horse, in that order. He may count only a few men and women as real friends, but those who have proven themselves with the passage of time are true life-long friends. He's old-fashioned, perhaps, believing in behaviors long past, but he feels the old ways are the best ways. He's usually a loner, but gets along with crowds, but doesn't really care for 'em much.

He's also a straight-shooter, who will answer your question the way he feels you should hear it and not worry about being politically correct. Besides, he couldn't be politically correct if he wanted to be. He'll tell you the truth, even if he knows it will hurt you, because you asked. In this, he's honest to a fault.

He'll call the baby ugly, even if the child is his own, because he knows deep inside, ugly children need love too and looks matter little in life. He protects and loves all children, along with women, because he sees them as gifts from God. And, may God protect those who would hurt any child, not just his own.

He still opens doors for women and old folks, stands when a woman nears, and touches his hat when passing a woman, because it's the right thing to do, no matter if other men do or not. His parents taught him to be polite, so he's never questioned the right or wrong of it. He loves and respects his parents and knows they brought him up “right” in a difficult world. He still calls men “sir” and women “ma'am,” and for the same reason. He deeply loves America, stands, removes his hat, and places his hat over his heart when the flag passes by, and taps makes him cry. While some cowboy's are veteran's of America's wars, some are not, but each feels a love for this country that is as strong as his love for his wife or horse. Let someone attempt to burn an American flag near him and you'll see his ugly mean side come out quickly.

He can be profane, but usually isn't, unless drinking, and while he comes across as a hard man, there is gentle side of him that only his lover and children will see. He knows life is hard and while he faces it with determination and pure guts, he understands he'll likely break even after all of his efforts. But, there is no quit in him, and with a stubborn attitude he'll fight anything that bends him the wrong way until death. He may be from Texas, Arizona, or any other state in the Union, because being a true cowboy isn't limited to a geographical location.

He deeply respects our legal system, police officers, teachers, and members of the church, because they're mostly honest folks doing hard jobs. While he doesn't always agree with them, he suspects they're doing the best they can most of the time. Their job titles alone have earned them his respect and he'll support them, until he has a real reason not to.

He picks his girlfriends and wife based on love, not looks, color, money, or sex appeal. While he's often tongue-tied around beautiful women, he enjoys looking at them and dreaming. He knows it takes two to pull a load, but he'll only add the one he loves to harness. She'll get a good man that will work from dawn to dusk and never complain of aches, pains, or lack of money. After all, he's earned both his aches and paycheck honestly.

His word is his bond. If he gives you his word, only the Lord taking him home can cause him to break it. He believes in an honest day's work for a day's pay. He'll do the job right, the first time, or he'll not do it at all. He takes pride in a job well done, but says little. Pride in a job well done he keeps inside, because no one likes a braggart. He knows he's honest and thinks most other folks are as well. He can be swindled once but never twice by the same person, because he's no fool.

While he knows himself as confident and tender at times, he can get barnyard dog ugly mean if protecting others--especially women and children, or weaker individuals. He'll stay up all night caring for a sick animal, nursing it with loving hands, then never mention it later to his friends. He hates to see any creature in pain and will do what's needed to end the suffering, often with wet eyes. He hates bullies and takes pride in “takin' ‘em down a bit.” He'll die to protect those weaker than him from harm.

Most cowboys see themselves as simple men, living simple lives, but they're the last true American's. They are the backbone of this great nation, only they are disappearing with time: replaced by drugstore cowboys, who have never felt the heat of a horse between their legs or the excitement of watching the birth of a calf. These wannabe cowboys have never fired a pistol, picked up a bale of hay, or cried after watching a calf die beside it's mother. They've never cleaned a stall, stretched wire, or worked up a sweat planting a garden. Cowboy clothing does not make a man a cowboy anymore than dancing shoes will make one a dancer. The cowboy doesn't really know what he is, because he'd never really given it much thought, except it is a way of life with him. A way of life that is lived, as it should be, every second he's alive.

Cowboys are my heroes and always have been. They are a complex mixture of compassion, honesty, integrity, and bluntness. They're not the simple folks they project and deep thinking often takes place behind the unblinking eyes. Often they speak little, but listen a lot, because a closed mouth can hear better and learn more.

---------------------------------------------------------------

So, go ahead .. call me a cowboy. I kinda like it.

Hmm, pretty similarities between the portray of a cowboy presented here and the portray of a true Albanian presented in Albanian Codes!
 
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