[Errant]

I had another song in mind:

Would make a great soundtrack for a vid of images and clips of the standoff. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkwoYyA-Gow

[greeneyes]

Well, that's a good song, but I am thinking not just of Cowboys. There have been many times throughout our history, that citizens have stood up and refused to back down.

With tomorrow being the anniversary of Paul Revere and William Dawes famous ride, I am reminded that 700 Redcoats were observed by these two heading for Concord to confiscate guns ammo and supplies needed for the coming battles.

At 5am, the next day, a little band of approximately 70 minutemen under the Command of Captain John Parker stood up to overwhelming odds. A shot was fired “heard round the world” and the American Revolution began.

The song says “You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down.”

This is so applicable to so many battles in our history when our military must have felt that they truly were facing hell on earth, and yet they stood their ground.

These cowboys demonstrated the independence and determination of the American spirit, as have so many Americans before. And so I am more inspired by hearing Stand my ground/ I won't back down. YMMV

But I love songs about cowboys too.