Remember Lisa Hawthornthwaite back in October being appointed as the National Trust’s first Dorset cowboy? Well it appears this modern day move to horse-powered conservationism has now hit Wales, or Angelsey to be precise.
Chris Bennett is working for the Countryside Council for Wales herding 138 cattle around common land crossed by a main road. As the BBC report states:
Cowboys do not always wear a Stetson, shout “yee hah!” or eat sausages and beans around a camp fire… well, not on Anglesey anyway.
And another popular topic is in the news again - ‘George W. Bush should be 2008 Texan of the Year‘.
Just remember, “Yee-haw is not a foreign policy”.
I watched the ‘intro’ for the new 7th series of American TV perennial ‘24′ last night - the 2 hour one-off show titled 24: Redemption - and was struck by how much Jack Bauer has morphed into the cowboy icon from movie classics such as Shane.
A few years ago the show was ground breaking and original and fun to watch. Now I find I’m a little cynical about Jack and his magic bullet-dodging powers and the whole ’saviour of the poor African children’ routine in Redemption did grate a little.
The funniest part had to be the cartoon-like one dimensional portrayl of the UN peacekeeper - not only did the man with the funny accent and wimpy blue helmet hide with the kids in the cellar when the bad guys rode into town, he also tried to barter the children and their protectors for his own safety!
I realise this is shown on Fox in America and the centre ground is never going to be the political place to be but I thought the American Might vs European Flight routine was a little overdone.
Anyway I’m getting into politics when what I really want to say is Jack/Kiefer does indeed make a very good ‘man in white’ cowboy hero, ready to sacrifice himself for the sake of the downtrodden vilagers (whether they be African orphans or the poor people of Los Angeles under siege by Middle Eastern militants).
I know Sutherland once played a cowboy in New York in the early 90’s film The Cowboy Way. What I’d like to see now is a movie studio ready to put CGI to good use and cast Kiefer / Jack in all 7 roles for The 21st Century Return of the Magnificent Seven…
Is it time for a re-make?
America is a nation fond of religion and is built on the principle of freedom to worship. So it’s no surprise then that there’s a church for the tougher element keen to steer clear of ’stuffed shirt’ services: Cowboy Church.
“I do believe in my heart that God owns a Harley, you know, and it’s made of solid gold and pearl and it’s awesome. But he rides. I do believe God rides…”
I’ve been a little quiet the last two weeks being fully occupied with a new business venture. After 7 years of hard work and research I can now reveal the source of this distraction: www.cowboycountry.co.uk:
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Well back in the year 2000 I bought some land north east of the city of Holbrook, Arizona. Read the rest of this entry »
