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where did the bargirls and you always see films and see
old pictures of these girls in
saloons and bordelloes but
where did they all come from ?
who were they? and how did
they get out there?
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More or less, the stagecoaches and the trains from what I hear...... |
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Pioneer Daze.... old west Would you have liked to have
been a pioneer in the American
west, or are you glad you're
living in a more modern time
(like with running water
bathrooms and vehicles and
such new-fangled
contraptions)?
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.........let's go to the shower...... lol |
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Has Bush changed the image of The American cowboy of the old
West used to be seen as a
reserved, thoughtful, quiet
man who never threw the first
punch.
Has Bush changed the
stereotype of a cowboy to that
of a "Yahoo"? Do people now
see cowboys as aggressive,
wild fighters who dominate the
world around them?
I guess I better clarify
myself...
I don't think Bush is a cowboy
but I think much of America
sees him as one. He,
therefore, would be the "new
cowboy" (heaven help us!) - a
deeply negitive change.
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If you knew anything about "cowboy's" then you would know they always fought for right, wouldn't take crap from some one like The pint sized Iranian bigot,always wanted a free society and not cluttered by socialism.Their are thousands of words I could say about cowboys..all positive,but you wouldn't understand them!! Source: Horse owner Business owner gun owner Army vet |
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Question for Diehard Elton I'm a huge fan of Elton John's
album _Tumbleweed Connection_
It's really a progressive rock
album based on a Country &
Western theme. I want to write
a blog on it but I'm having
trouble finding a good site to
get info on it. Also, was it
Elton John or Bernie Taupin
who had the idea for the
Country & Western theme for
the album? IIRC, EJ had a
fascination for the old
american west and wanted to
write a C&W album about it.
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congratulations for your appreciation for one of Elton's most under appreciated but finest albums. A remarkable song suite, I have always felt a facination for the old west was something they must have shared, but credit must be given to Bernie Taupin for crafting the stories that Elton laid the melodies down to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =lzYgHQluatY Come down in time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =R_p0lbEuKzk My Father's Gun ...a thematic album about the American Old West (a Taupin fascination) that allowed John to rock out on several numbers. There are no hits here (!) but the album stands up well two decades later on. * * * * - William Ruhlmann, The All-Music Guide to Rock, 1995. Elton John has always had a jones for the mythology of the American West. Along with lyricist Bernie Taupin, he indulges his cowboy fantasies in songs such as "Burn Down the Mission." "Amoreena" plays unforgettably in the opening scene of the Al Pacino film Dog Day Afternoon. Tumbleweed Connection was chosen as the 463rd greatest album of all time by the editors of Rolling Stone magazine in Dec. 2003. - Rolling Stone, 12/11/03. Hope this helps a little |
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A question about our nuclear I would think that we still
have a great number of bombs
from the cold war. And back
then we still had plenty of
testing on American soil
before we realized we were
turning the American West into
a radioactive wasteland.
So what I'm asking. How many
weapons do we have? How old
are these weapons. And since
nuclear weapons have really
only been around 60 years or
so, how do we know some of the
older ones still work. There
has not been the proper
scientific analysis of the
actual shelf life of a nuclear
bomb.
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They still test them, probably much, much more than they will admit. The U.S. has over 6,000 active nuclear warheads and they are developing new, more sophisticated nuclear weaponry but they would never admit that either. |
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