RODEO-one of the things that make this country great

I love the Republic, and because of this I love every thing that represents what is good and great about this country.

From all four verses of the Star Spangled Banner to John Wayne's "propaganda" film the Green Beret (Which the film wasn't propaganda the reasons that were given in the movie were the reasons we were there).
My favorite type of movie is where a person does something that makes them more than what they thought they could be (Braveheart, The Patriot, 3:10 to Yuma). Westerns show where our values system comes from, the things that we honor and respect. Being a westerner My Dad installed the consept that a man's word is his bond. That a man works hard until the job is done. My Dad taught me to stand up for those who are without a defender.

Rodeo is the only true American Sport. There is nothing else in the world like rodeo. Baseball is said to come from Rounders. Basketball was invented by a Canadainan. Football can be grouped in with hockey/soccer class of sport. Rodeo basically came about because one cowboy said that he could out ride another. (Which competion is what made this country prosperous, not trying to make everyone feel good about themselves. ) Bulldogging (steer wresting for those of you in California) was invented by an African American Named Bill Pickett Back in the old days one in three cow pokes were white, which means that on a ranch it was intergrated with Hispanics African-Americans, Indians (Yes I said indians. IF you go to AIM's website they explain that they would rather be referred to as Indians than after an European, besides everyone born in the western hemisphere is a Native American.) In the old days it more mattered about who the man was under the hide than the color. It wasn't until the Easterners moved out here that a man's hide mattered.
While every sporting event in this country does start out with the National Antheme, rodeo takes it a step farther and talks about how GREAT this country is.

Which is also the reason I love country music. How can you argue against Merl Hagard's Fighting Side. It's about the Marxists in the sixties how they put our country down how they were on the fighting side of me. Or Toby Keith's Angry American. Giving our troops a ralleying call. The thing the "blue staters" (or Easterners) don't understand about us westerners we aren't afraid to stand and fight against evil. We have had to learn self relience. The western half of North Dakota if there is a break-in at your house it may take more than an hour before law enforcement gets to your place. Part of the reason crime rates are lower here is because most people in the west are armed.

I know Easterns don't get us westerner, because when you don't believe in anything you go which ever way the wind blows.