I Shoulda' been a Cowgirl

Ya know, the more they remove posts because people are complaining, the more other posts float to the surface that have just as many problems.

Take this recent (August 31, 2007) post: Update Sept 6, 2007: They've taken down the offending paragraphs in this one. Bet there are plenty more though, where that one came from.

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http://fishcreekhouse.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-shoulda-been-cowgirl.html

In particular note these two paragraphs:

A cowboy is made by being ground across the rocks and thistles of the wilderness – sometimes literally, when the horse tosses you. A cowboy is shaped and moulded through backbreaking labor in the still mists of morning, by delivering the breech calf in the dead of night. When you’ve broken ice around the dying baby calf, carried it into the barn with its lowing mother following, and lit the kerosene stove to warm it up and watch the life rise back up in it, that’s when you start being a cowboy.

I was never a cowgirl...

But over the years, ...

A cowboy isn’t Gene Autry or even John Wayne. Most cowboys never got into a gunfight. But when you’re finding someone who defines who and what America is, that’s the cowboy: grit and determination and hard work and love for freedom and what you have. Being a cowboy isn’t about possessions or money. It’s about finding that toughness at your core, the moral structure, the gir 'r done work ethic.

Note the similarity to this post from Jack of All Blogs (August 20th, 2006), about half way down the post:

Defining A Cowboy

A cowboy is made by being ground across the rocks and thistles of the wilderness – sometimes literally, when the horse tosses you. A cowboy is shaped and moulded through backbreaking labor in the still mists of morning, by delivering the breech calf in the dead of night. When you’ve broken ice around the dying baby calf, carried it into the barn with its lowing mother following, and lit the kerosene stove to warm it up and watch the life rise back up in it, that’s when you start being a cowboy.

I was never a cowgirl. ...

But over the years, ...

A cowboy isn’t Gene Autry or even John Wayne. Most cowboys never got into a gunfight. But when you’re finding someone who defines who and what America is, that’s the cowboy: grit and determination and hard work and love for freedom and what you have. Being a cowboy isn’t about possessions or money. It’s about finding that toughness at your core, the moral structure, the work ethic, and growing that fibrous root into a cactus flower, prickly and remarkable. It’s about making the desert within us bloom. And it’s about just existing, being as much a part of the world around you as it is a part of you.

Yeah. Some cowboy. Or cowgirl. Whatever. Gotta love their "moral structure" eh?