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John Wayne is possibly the greatest Western cowboy of all time. He was a one-man show who had the fastest guns in the West and always found his enemy and brought him to justice. Cowboys go through life on their own, and they always get the bad guys, whether it's "dead or alive." It should come as no surprise, therefore, that a recent Times article (July 9) called for the "end of cowboy diplomacy"-our nation's policy of going it alone when it comes to world affairs. The Wild West had no real laws and was much like our current international...

BOAZ, July 26 (UPI) — The newest iteration in the U.S. church growth movement's drive to boost attendance on Sunday mornings is something called "cowboy churches." As evangelical Christian congregations within the country and western culture, cowboy churches often meet in a barn or western-themed building. Some have their own rodeo arenas and country bands. Oftentimes, cattle tanks are used for baptisms. During the recent Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C., a "stampede event" aimed at highlighting cowboy churches showcased cowboys and cowgirls from across North Carolina. Jeff Smith of the Cowboy Church Network of North America attended...

Picture perfect cowboy BY JOE GULICK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL A photograph taken of a Lubbock cowboy and his horse in front of a spectacular West Texas sunset has gained fame both inside and outside the Lubbock city limits and was honored in Austin last week by both houses of the Texas Legislature. Employees of Visit Lubbock, the city's convention and visitors bureau, titled the photograph "The Legend Lives On" and used it as the cover of its current Lubbock Visitor Guide. The picture also has been used in several advertisements for Lubbock, including ones in People Magazine, Texas Monthly and Continental Airlines....

"As I have said time and time again, a negotiated settlement is the best solution." -- Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations The American ambassador to that non-august body calls the Iran problem one of the great dangers facing the West, and indeed the world. China and Russia have both said they will veto any attempt to create sanctions in the Security Council -- which may be taken to signify that to them Iranian terrorists with their own stock of nukes are less a threat to world peace than was South African apartheid. Events are shaping the situation...

Priest Advises a “Brokeback Lent”, Homily Encourages Propaganda Film By John-Henry Westen BOSTON, March 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The homosexual propaganda film Brokeback Mountain, besides winning three Oscars over the weekend, has shown itself as an adept tool for outing dissidents within the Catholic Church.  While committed Catholics have seen in the film as a dangerous propaganda tool which normalizes homosexuality, left-leaning Catholics have been hard-pressed to outdo one another in lauding the film. First, the director for the USCCB Office for Film and Broadcasting Harry Forbes gushed over Brokeback saying, "Director Ang Lee tells the story with a sure sense...

This is the story of an American little girl. Let’s call her Jake. She was born deprived and poor like the majority of Americans and lived in a ghetto. She had evil, heterosexual Christian parents. But an amazing transformation took place when those wicked parents imposed a gender on little Jake by buying her a barbi doll. She was so severely traumatized by this untoward affront that she became a Pimping Gay Transexual Cowboy Suicide Bomber. This was no easy transformation, because she was poor. She had to move to California and commit a crime, pimping, so that she could...

CENSORS in China have banned the screening of Brokeback Mountain because they object to its homosexual content. The film is directed by the hugely popular Taiwanese director Ang Lee, whose 2000 Oscar-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon helped to raise the profile of Chinese cinema internationally. But a report by the official Xinhua News Agency said that the film's "sensitive topic" of gay love meant that it could not be screened. World Trade Organisation rules require China to screen a minimum of 20 foreign films a year. Gay activists in China have regularly complained of harassment and discrimination. Last month,...

After a great speech at Kansas State University today, the President had an even better Q & A.... including when someone caught the President off guard, asking if he'd seen Brokeback Mountain... Hilarity ensued http://www.rightwinged.com/2006/01/video_bush_hasnt_seen_brokebac.html

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The "gay cowboy movie" "Brokeback Mountain" led the Golden Globes Monday night with four prizes, including best dramatic film and the directing honor for Ang Lee. As expected, it was a triumphant night for films dealing with homosexuality and transsexuality. Along with the victories for "Brokeback Mountain," acting honors went to Felicity Huffman in a gender-bending role as a man preparing for sex-change surgery in "Transamerica" and Philip Seymour Hoffman as gay author Truman Capote in "Capote." "I know as actors our job is usually to shed our skins, but I think as people our job...

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...