Riding For The Brand

I am interrupting the constant reminder of this debacle we call a Government to share this Cowboy Poem:

Riding for the Brand:

An old cowboy and a preacher met on the prairie one day,

One ridin' a buckskin--the other a bay.

They squatted in the shade of a lone cedar tree,

Scratchin' the dirt, contemplatin' you see.

Comparing their lives, and the old cowboy spoke

Of the brands he'd ridden for, and the horses he'd broke

Of the herds he had gathered and held at all cost,

Of hours spent riding when a few were lost.

"You'd give up your life when you rode for the brand,

'Cause of this we buried many a good hand.

But as you can see, I'm well past my prime

And the boss says I'll soon have to draw my time.

What can I do? I'm too tough to cry,

But I'm to old to work and I'm to young to die."

The preacher stirred the dirt with his stick for awhile,

Then looked the old cowboy in the eye with a smile.

And said, "I, too, ride for the brand,

The scars are the nail holes in the palms of His hands.

I've gathered a herd I'm holding for my boss,

And I'm always out looking for those who are lost.

Many have given their lives for this brand,

And we all may be called on to take a stand.

But you're never too old to ride with my crew,

When you sign on here you're made as good as new."

Well, the cowboy that day hired on for a new boss,

And his foreman's the one who died on the cross.

He can ride happy to the end of his days,

'Cause there's no stopping the gatherin' of the lost and the strays.

-Author Unknown-

District Judge Feldman Stands up to Excess Federal Governmental Powers

Judge blocks motion to dismiss lawsuit against deepwater drilling ban

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion by the Obama administration to dismiss a lawsuit that aims to block a government-imposed moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

A six-month moratorium was first issued by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in May after the April 20 explosion of the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 people and triggered one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.

A group of companies that provide boats and equipment to the offshore drilling industry filed a lawsuit claiming the government has no evidence that existing operations pose a threat to the Gulf and asked the court to declare the moratorium invalid and unenforceable.

U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman agreed and overturned the ban in June. Feldman's ruling was upheld on appeal.

A second drilling ban -- set to expire in November -- was issued in July after the injunction was issued.

In the motion to dismiss the suit, the government argued the case should be thrown out because "the first moratorium has been revoked and superseded by a new, second moratorium," adding that the plaintiffs "have only challenged the May 28 moratorium and that directive has been rescinded and lacks any present legal effect."

The plaintiffs, however, argued that the new moratorium "is the functional equivalent of the first one," according to court documents.

In Wednesday's ruling, Feldman -- the same judge in New Orleans, Louisiana -- agreed, writing, "In reality, the new moratorium covers precisely the same rigs and precisely the same deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as did the first moratorium."

The government has argued that such a ban is needed to "protect communities, coasts, and wildlife" while oil and gas companies implement safety measures to reduce the risks of blowouts and oil spills associated with deepwater drilling.

Critics of the ban say it will only hurt oil and gas workers in the already hard-hit coastal communities where hundreds of jobs have been lost because of the disaster. Cowboys Note: It is not in the Obama nor Liberal DNA to understand jobs, only unemployment benefits extension and other forms of tax payer funding welfare.

The Forgotten Reason for Secure Borders

What the liberals don't understand is that secure borders also prevent terrorists and others, intent on doing us serious harm, from entering the U.S....and not just the 20% of illegal immigrants who want to commit and benefit from property or personal crimes or the larger percentage who want on welfare, but Islamic terrorists.

This is an alarming video ever Westerner should see.