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THIS JUST IN - REVERBERATING © by Norman Liebmann THIS JUST IN: Couturiers have ordained, because of the success of the gay cowboy film epic, Brokeback Mountain, buckskin lingerie is “in”. THIS JUST IN: Some parochial viewpoints: Democrats are determined to handle the attack on the World Trade Center through the courts. ACLU attorneys take the legal position that the deaths of the three thousand people killed in the WTC be reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. (Predictably, the gay community insists there was no crime involved and that the three thousand died only because AIDS research was underfunded.)...

OS ANGELES (Reuters) - It has wowed film festivals, won rave reviews and sparked Oscar buzz, but when "Brokeback Mountain," a.k.a. the gay cowboy movie, begins playing to general audiences on Friday, it faces its toughest challenge yet -- wooing mainstream America. [snip] ...Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, risk alienating fans and sending their stars plummeting if, after watching the pair have sex on screen, audiences cannot see them any other way than gay. Winning over middle America is important for the roughly $12.5 million movie because its backer, art house specialist Focus Features, wants a big box office and...

MIDI - RHINESTONE COWBOY From Wyoming we've learned something new About what their cowboys do When they say "Let's take a ride"...it's something disgusting They have cute earrings in their ear...the meaning, of course, is clear It's a sight to behold Their startled horseys stand their viewing...cattle wonder what they're doing At night they know how to keep warm...they never get cold A Wyoming cowboy...with a cute rainbow flag and a nice little lacy shirt A Wyoming cowboy...if there is no bunkhouse, he'll roll around in the dirt Be careful, the cacti can hurt They are very much unlike...

Cowboy president is courting disaster, says Powell's man By Francis Harris (Filed: 21/10/2005) Colin Powell's right-hand man has launched a blistering attack on the White House, describing President George W Bush as "cowboyish", his secretary of state Condoleezza Rice as "extremely weak" and American foreign policy as "courting disaster". The attack came from Col Larry Wilkerson, who for four years was Mr Powell's chief of staff at the state department during the first Bush administration. In a sometimes savagely phrased speech at a Washington think-tank, the former US marine said that the Bush team had so damaged the country's foreign...

RAT DISCUSSION THREAD PJ-COMIX EXPOSURE THREAD ====================================================================== MIDI - RHINESTONE COWBOY Will Pitt's ready for the long plane flight...he hopes he'll score late tonight He has vaseline and in his suitcase some sex toys There's a cute earring in his ear...that's shouting out "Look, I'm queer" He's been naughty indeed He doesn't like the baby sitter...like his pervert pal Scott Ritter Big muscles and big derriere is what William needs A Northeast gay cowboy...he is ready to take a nice ride with a Texas man A Northeast gay cowboy...some line dancing with a big smile while he shakes his...

On a hot blistering summer day, a redneck cowboy comes riding into town on his horse with his dog following. He tied the horse and dog under the shade of a tree and went into the bar for a cold beer. About 20 minutes later a policeman comes into the bar and asks who owns the dog tied under the tree. The redneck cowboy said that it was his. The policeman said, "Your dog seems to be in heat." The redneck cowboy replies, "No way dog's in heat, he's cool cause I got'im tied under the shade of the tree."...

Cowboys, Indians - et les Français It's hard to imagine the French embracing anything American, so why, wonders Abigail S Carroll, have they gone wild for le country? (Filed: 07/05/2005) My first contact with le country was accidental. While travelling last summer in Lorraine, I saw a banner reading "Marange-Texas Rodeo" and decided to investigate. Rough ride: interest in the Wild West is strong in France Two smiling Frenchmen dressed in 10-gallon hats, cowboy boots and spurs welcomed me to the event. I paid €2 (£1.42), but only because I had showed up in a Peugeot hire car. Anyone riding...

Just a good ol' boy, Never meanin' no harm, Beats all you've ever saw, been steppin' on the Communists' claws since the day he was born. Straight'nin' the curve, Flat'nin' the hills. Someday the mountain might get 'im, but the immoral Leftists never will. Makin' his way, The only way he knows how, That's just a little bit more than the corrupt UN will allow. Just a good ol' boy, Wouldn't change if he could, Fightin' terrorists and genocidal dictatorships like a true modern day Robin Hood.

Famed Cowgirl Makes Run For Cowboy Hall Of Fame 'I Thought Everybody Forgot' There's good reason many have never heard of Prairie du Chien's (WI) Elaine Kramer. After all, she rode into the sunset of retirement more than 30 years ago. She still keeps a horse at her brother's ranch, but her team is long gone, reports News 3's Joel DeSpain. There was a time in this country when her name was headline news from the Madison Square Garden to San Francisco's Cow Palace. Her performance was something little girls would remember forever. "She comes flying into the arena at...

Prayers for TexasCowboy! TexasCowboy has been using his hip injury as an excuse to prevent his friends from shooting his new riot gun. Well some of us offered to take a look at it for him and he decided both a proffesional and sober opinion might make more sense. So he found a coupon and now he is going to let some old saw-bones cut on him. Probably a better idea than letting us do it, but a few folks feelings are still hurt! Please all say a prayer for our Cowboy that he is back in the saddle...

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Lily Rodgers holds up what, for her, is essential equipment. "These are earplugs for the horse," the Scottsdale woman says before placing the black foam discs in the ears of a complacent Steppin’ Bill, her bay quarterhorse and partner of her sport of choice. She then throws a leg of fringed buckskin over the saddle and, after a few adjustments, gallops away, holding reins in one hand while using the other to pull out a Colt single-action .45 revolver. BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! Rodgers "kills" six green balloons as Steppin’ Bill charges past the spaced targets. They wheel....

ROME - The words may have been more conciliatory, but many Europeans sensed the swagger was still there. President Bush's outreach efforts to European leaders this week appear to have gone a way toward establishing an official thaw, but citizens around the continent remain deeply resistant to giving in to any charm offensive from a man they view as dangerous and irresponsible. Above all, Europeans balk at what they see as the underlying message coming through all the sweet talk from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the president: America intends to be the world's policeman and expects Europe's help...

MIDI - MAMA, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS Dubya, do not consider Chirac as a cowboy The Euro crap weasel is scared of a calf To think he's tough enough is such a laugh Dubya, do not consider Chirac as a cowboy If he saw a snake, we are sure that'd he cry He'd whimper, "Please, don't let me die" We all know that cowboys don't keep a white flag in their pocket Or a letter from grandma that says to be a good boy If they should see some stray doggies, real cowboys are...

President Bush called the French leader by his first name Jacques and joked about inviting the Iraq war opponent to his Texas ranch, saying, "I'm looking for a good cowboy." Bush's self-described working dinner with President Jacques Chirac, like the rest of Bush's European tour, aimed to showcase Bush's new willingness to reach out to long-time European critics, including Chirac, who led opposition to the war.A public exchange of pleasantries before dinner was meant to show relations had come a long way since the darker days before the Iraq invasion, when the U.S. Congress renamed French fries "Freedom Fries" and...

Bush on Chirac: 'I'm looking for a good cowboy' /// During a meeting with French President Jacques Chirac in Brussels, Bush was asked by reporter whether he would invite the Frenchman to his ranch in Crawford, Texas. Bush, who only invites his favorite world leaders to the ranch, smiled and said: 'I'm looking for a good cowboy'...

Let's make this the official "post your pictures of Bush on a horse"-thread. In all the pictures I've seen of him, and thanks to the excellent "day in the life"-threads it's quite a number, I have yet to see a single one in which he's on a horseback. Does he even keep any at his ranch? The photo ops with Barney are cute and all, but c'mon, seeing a man play with his dog gets kinda stale after a while, and it isn't even that manly to begin with. So if there's a reason I ain't seen him with no...

The last of my grandparents just passed away. We had been keeping a vigil over my grandmother for the last couple of weeks knowing that her time was near. About 2 months ago she fell and broke her hip and leg as well as fracturing several vertebrae in her back. Since that time she had progressively deteriorated to the point we knew her death was inevitable. Interestingly enough - apparently this morning my uncle was sitting with my Grandmother and she sat up and asked him 'why won't you let me die?' He responded with 'mother, if that's what you...

After a very busy week, both on the business and social calendars, the President and First Lady are relaxing at the White House this weekend. In his radio address today, the President continued his efforts to inform the American people about his vision for the nation's economic future. The President joined Barney on the south lawn for a little fun, then took his daily bike ride. QUOTE OF THE DAY: This week my administration hosted an important conference on America's economic future. We heard from business owners, workers, economists, and many other Americans who are seeing hopeful signs throughout our...