Critics of 'Durham' duo off base (EBERT ALERT)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | April 20, 2003 | ROGER EBERT

[nutmeg]

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[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

BTW,.. since you mentioned your "cowboy" ways... I thought you might enjoy this.

:o)

Off to bed. FRegards, Vets
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They call my President a "cowboy."

It used to tick me off when the Muslim detractors in the Middle East, or the socialist detractors in Europe, Hollywood and others called our President a cowboy, but the more I think about it, the more glad I am that he is.

When I was a kid, cowboys were our heroes. Well, I mean the ones in the white hats, not the black hats. There was Hopalong Cassidy, Red Ryder, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, then later Marshall Matt Dillon and others. Personally, I think Roy Rogers could beat 'em all up, and then sing a song afterward to his girlfriend (or his horse Trigger). He was my favorite.

What were common attributes of these legendary cowboys? Here are a few:

1. They were never looking for trouble. 2. But when it came, they faced it with courage. 3. They were always on the side of right. 4. They defended good people against bad people. 5. They had high morals. 6. They had good manners. 7. They were honest. 8. They spoke their minds and they spoke the truth, regardless of what people thought or "political correctness," which no one had ever heard of back then. 9. They were a beacon of integrity in the wild, West. 10. They were respected. When they walked into a saloon (where they usually drank only sarsaparilla), the place became quiet, and the bad guys kept their distance. 11. If they got in a gunfight, they made sure they could outdraw anyone because they did what it took to prepare for the worst. If in a fist-fight, they could beat up anyone. 12. They always won. They always got their man. In victory, they didn't stay around to take the credit and have the town give them a parade, they rode off into the sunset.

Those were the days when there was such a thing as right and wrong, something blurred in our modern world, and denied by many. Those were the days when women were respected and treated as ladies, because they acted like ladies.

Now as a mature adult, I still like cowboys. They represent something good -- something pure that America has been missing.

Ronald Reagan was a cowboy. I like Ronald Reagan, who was brave, positive and who gave us hope. He wore a white hat. To the consternation of his liberal critics, he had the courage to call a spade a spade and call the former Soviet Union what it was -- the evil empire.

Liberals hated Ronald Reagan. They also hate President Bush because he distinguishes between good and evil. He calls a spade and spade, and after 9/11 called evil "evil," without mincing any words, to the shock of the liberal establishment. That's what cowboys do, you know.

President Bush also told the French to "put their cards on the table" (old West talk), which they did, exposing their cowardice and greed. The Arabs are wrong. In the old West, might did not make right. Right made right.

Cowboys in white hats were always on the side of right, and that was their might. I am glad my President is a cowboy. He will get his man.

Cowboys do, you know.

[nutmeg]

GREAT e-mail to Roger!

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Well thanks.. it would have been.. but it came back to me. Seems the addy is incorrect!! :o(

I wonder if anyone else experienced returned e-mail?


FRegards, Vets

[Connservative]

When you attack the messenger instead of the message, you are essentially saying, "Since you disagree with me, shut up." This is profoundly anti-American.

So what does this say about Sarandon participating in an effort to get Dr. Laura's show cancelled.

It looks as if only conservatives have to follow these rules and not liberals.

Do liberals even attempt to hide their hypocrisy anymore?

[Coyote]

Thanks for that!

I really do love the cowboy ways, even though I actually wear a black hat, drink some, and freqent rough honkey tonks, bars, and rodeos. Just LOVE to dance with the ladies. Don't smoke, chew, or dip though! But I consider myself a gentleman, love Christ, horses, and working cattle, even though I spent a considerable part of my life on the freeways of LA in that Hollywood cycle.

BTW, if you can get your hands on last December's issue of a magazine called "Cowboys and Indians", there's a wonderful cover story about GW, with pictures of him in his cowboy look working his ranch in Crawford. He and Laura and the dog look so damn perfect on the cover, hanging out of the window of his Ford 350, it makes me so proud to call him my President.