Kate

Bitch boy just doesn't have the same ring .

Syncro

P.S. Trix are for kids!

Its hardly an insult. The cowboy image is filled with risk-taking and, sometimes, wanton recklessness, based on a false sense of untouchability, albeit one sometimes justified by dramatic success.

Very similar to the kind of I-bankers that Captain Capitalism wants to shoot. Pioneers and risk-takers who play by instinct, not rules. When they succeed its dramatic; when they fail, its equally dramatic. At its heart - a disdain for contemporary convention - after all, thats not how it works in the Wild West, or the Banking world, if you will.

Its only an insult when they fail. Intepreting it as an insult is akin to accepting failure.

If you can pull it off it's brilliant, if not you're a goat. No guts no glory.

The I-bankers in Captains piece should be treated like the goats they are...supper.

Syncro

The term "cowboy" actually did start out as a derogatory term, particularly in Kansas during the 19th century.

They are so pannicked they are grasping at anything, much like our "tolerant left", you know the Heather Mallicks and Danny williams, the ones who "own" tolerance, as long as they approve and you are not a free thinking person. Take a good look anyone who is still teetering on who to vote for, here or in the US. The left is for failure and destruction of family or anything we can be proud of like cowboys, because the left HAS NO PRIDE!

"Bush McCain era?" When was that? Was Biden drunk when he said it?

So, now the code-word for Republicans is Cowboy,, LOL.

Oh, Ok, well let me see if I can stick the blade in a lil deeper and twist it then, just bought a AK-47 yesterday, still in the box, 1991 model, never been fired, no registration, no paper filing, no waiting period, it's laying on my pool table at this very moment,, 7.62 mm , with a banana clip that holds 2 boxed of shells.

For the first time in my Adult life I may have some admiration for something Made in China.

Everybody should read kinsella blog this morning.

I wonder if he was drinking before he wrote it.

Yeah, when did "cowboy" become an insult, as applied to political action in the highest offices?

For that matter, clowns too are a grassroots phenomenon, beloved of children. Heck, they're found at rodeos -- even some cowboys are clowns. Next thing you know, Biden might also be calling for an end to the clown mentality of the past 8 years in the White House. If he does, I hope we as a society will stop to wonder when "clown" became an insult, as applied to governmental actions and policies. That would be every bit as puzzling a question.

Progressives hate cowboys because they are the opposite of metrosexuals. They also know that cowboys are able to identify and call then on their BS ideas.

So, now the code-word for Republicans is Cowboy,, LOL.

Oh, Ok, well let me see if I can stick the blade in a lil deeper and twist it then, just bought a AK-47 yesterday, still in the box, 1991 model, never been fired, no registration, no paper filing, no waiting period, it’s laying on my pool table at this very moment,, 7.62 mm , with a banana clip that holds 2 boxes of shells.

For the first time in my Adult life I may have some admiration for something Made in China.

Garth will have to throw away his boots and wear sneakers.

The first book to go on the banned list as soon as the liberals win the White House:

Recommended reading for the rest of us (written by a Wall Streeter):

http://www.cowboyethics.com/Book.html

http://www.cowboyethics.com/Code.html

cowboy dreaming

The left is treatened by anyone with an absolute sense of good and evil. In their relativist ethics there is no discreet line. They feel insecure when thei situational and rationalized ethics are scrutinized against moral icons.

Typical leftist petty sneering...they namecall what they cannot be...they detest what they cannot achieve and they denounce any standard or ideal that rises above the left wing celebration of ethical mediocrity.

Ed

Garth has to tuck his pants into his boots given all the shit he wades in. Sadly most of the shit is his.

Syncro

Hollywood and the left like the Brokeback Mountain type of cowboy.

There's more derogatory use of cowboy from the Euroweenies.

Can't factually tell you why the polite and regimented Euros feel threatened by the independent image, but it seems cowboy and redneck are somewhat interchangable.

Latte-sipping superiority? Well, there are not many urban cowboys, other than the Midnight Cowboy, another one of Hollywood's images of the type of cowboy who's acceptable.

Remember the old west photos of the guys wearing derbies standing next to the chuck wagon or herding cattle? These were mostly American Anglo-Saxon frontiersmen and the ones with the "Cowboy" label at the time. The people who wore the big hats and looked like today's idea of a cowboy were called "Vaqueros" and were of Hispanic/Indian/Mexican extraction.

They had little in common besides bad food and low pay. No doubt folks with a keen grasp of history like BO/JB were intent on slagging the alleged cultural faults brought down to us via the first mentioned group not the latter.

The people who earn the wealth are often sneered at by the Left Latte Crowd. Redneck, Cowboy, and Logger often have a similar connotation out here in the Left Coast.

Try the oil Patch for rednecks and cowboys. If the Patch was run by metro-sexuals from the cities, imagine what our oil & gas industry would be like!

Actually, I couldn't imagine it being run by metro-sexuals. Picture Wk on the "floor" slamming tongs!

I have a small collection of lever guns and I like to line dance...what does that make me?
I'd much rather be thought of as a cowboy than an amoral leftist!

Jt

Kinstupid would stand on the chickenshit side of the tongs and get dead before lunch. The rig floor is a dangerous place that accommodates no fool.

I've fired devoted hands because I never had a man die on my watch. Leave before you die.

Syncro

(Sung to the tune of "The Streets of Larado")

I see by your outfit...that you are a cowboy..the stuff heroes are made of Willie Nelson would say...so I asked Willie Nelson if he'd seen Broke Back Mountain...Willie snarled..SHUT YOUR CAKE HOLE OR I'LL BLOW YOU AWAY...

Just what "cowboy mentality" is being refered to here?

Excuse me...it's time to give my men their whiskey and my horses their beer.

Did anyone ask the Bidden's boss, the Great 0, what he thinks of the Bedowins?

I spelled Bedouin incorrectly - shall I report to the nearest HRC tribunal for an inquest?

"I have a small collection of lever guns...

Posted by: Edward Teach at September 21, 2008 12:45 PM"

Tweaks the cowboy in all of us that understands.

I grabbed one of the Winchester 94 30-30 Centennial models, made in 1994. History that spans 114 years now comes to mind when I hold that beautiful piece of steel and walnut. Never was a more functional tool ever invented... :-)

In past people who live in city and farm were two diff groups

people in city are eudcated

people in village with no electrictiy but famre with grade 6 maximum able to hardly read

as farm are sperated from each other then each farm run has or caryy the gun for more scurity while in city you can ask help from neighbor or police local and phone

in village was not phone existed traditionaly

next was in farm structure was differnet and cultuer are differnet

in city mid claas educated while in farm employ low income in reach with high rich people

peopel who were owener of the farm are bossing and controling in certain degree without hiring
mid class manager to work for them

in village teh way people talk may people in city see them with more racist proud not obery insult nad farmer hate criminal cout for every samll complain the local farm are handle themselve through tradition

while nw comer and new busises arived farmer talk is not sound nice to all city people

later owner of farm who their children mved to city they change teh sahpe to let more manager and more technology help them in

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it is differnet culture among faremer in canda which is not understood by regulare people

Farm in Canada are not welcome easy othsider to their farm American are ok but do not like black and in midele east they are relgion people who owned the farm but owner are rich and not used good technolgoy cause Middle east got so much dependant on WEST

sciene and logic are exist but manpower and link is not there new innocation with hungry stomakc is not wrok as most middle easter come to university and do better job by get paid well
agisn middle east probme is republican all those embargo and war caue them less focus to science and increase famr it is not nothing to do with relgion of Islm to stop them to not used all group are not link you go to middle east with hight marke but not link tolet that person find good job as like China did good job now

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My fatehr and my mother both owend two big farms whilte we lived in city run by my father's family member, later he sold it we spend 3 month among village people and I know how to talk to both group well as I grwo among boht parites

people who do not know culture of farmer and cowbody not able to diret them well as well

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I and so many people hate people use insultign language with no reason in west wehn they talk to Middle east as teh execuse of we are from the west wer are cowboy we say anything we want to say and freedom to not communicate but alo put down people and humanity and break trust here

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you do not need gun unless you seat in big farm hire 24 security guard patrol you do need your horse and cow and animals and you can watch your mouth and it better to link city with farm and gov. if you like to become grow farm and agriculture

nobody able to live easy in farm and handle the stress then respec farmers alot becuase tehy job are hard do not messs with them they have power too

"Cowboy" is an intended insult. I don't know a single cowboy that takes insult from being called a cowboy. I don't like being called a cowboy because I'm not one. I'm a redneck. I like cowboys, as long as we're not exchanging hooks and jabs.

I think the intent of the namecallers is to imply that their intended target is only qualified to do low end labour. Plumbers, garbagemen, janitors, and so on all get the same disrespect. I don't see anyone jumping to defend them.

Besides, cowboys usually punch people who ride them too hard. I guarantee Obama won't insult any cowboys. He's probably seen "Blazing Saddles", and has a whole different slant on the story.

I consider the term Cowboy to be honorable. Like Redneck, or: "Albertans are more American than Americans". We are proud to be called such.

Yoop -- Never was a more functional tool ever invented

Are you sure about that? I beg to differ...may I mention one name...Al Gore

If you want to ride a bull market then best you have a rodeo cowboy bull rider to do that. If you are faced with a bear market then a cowboy with a lariat who could rope and control it is needed. And if it gets badly out of control a cowboy/cowgirl who is handy with a Winchester model 94 30/30 would be needed.

Punch up "My heroes have always been cowboys" on youtube videos and mosey along. One of my childhood heroes had a horse named trigger and a dog named bullet. Was that ever a politically incorrect childhood.

"Yoop -- Never was a more functional tool ever invented

Are you sure about that? I beg to differ...may I mention one name...Al Gore

Posted by: Orlin at September 21, 2008 8:02 PM"

Ok. I propose a duel. My 30-30 against your 'Al Gore's internet' at 50 yards. I'll even let you draw first... ;-)

If the eastern bastards are using "cowboy" as an insult, can "farmer" be far behind?

But of course here in Canada, if the east had the 'cowboy' image, the historical mystique and glamour, it would be a title of the highest honour.

As I like to say when the east tries to call westerners 'cowboys' in the negative sense, Eat Your Eastern Hearts Out.

As near as I can make out, 'cowboy' officially became an insult in Nov, 2000. It will stop being an insult just as soon as the Dhimmicrats have a Presidential candidate from Texas.

Cowboys will always be real men while hippies remain wacky and rediculous

Revnant,

" "Albertans are more American than Americans". We are proud to be called such."

Its a pity you were born on the wrong side of the border. My sympathies. Now get out of my country.

Irrevnant:
I don't live in either Ontario or Quebec so it would be hard to leave YOUR Country.