Needed: Cowboy values

posted at 9:41 am on May 9, 2009 by Pundette
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We’re living in a time of moral and sexual relativism, and America is now seeing the fruits of the Free To Be You and Me cultural shift of the seventies that declared to parents of boys: army men bad; baby dolls good.

In this must-read, Gary Horne at American Thinker shows us how this is playing out in the age of Obama.

Oh, for a Western

Excerpts:

I know of a mother in California who would not allow her son to play with any kind of toy weapon, much less a cowboy fighting Indians. I think her son will grow up to be a man incapable of standing up against evil, who will shrink at the approach of the next bully, and undoubtedly vote Democrat.

Today, we have a government filled with such grown up sons. Those setting policy seem to not believe in evil, having fully accepted the concept of moral relativism, for which Pol Pot, Stalin, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Charlie Manson are just people with other points of view. President Obama wants to have a dialogue with the mullahs of Iran. Good luck, sir; you’d better take your teleprompter. The mullahs have no respect for you; you are just another infidel. . . .

Ask the Taliban about cowboys. They were safe in Afghanistan while Clinton was in office and had no reason, based on their experience, to expect anything else from an American President. George W. Bush surprised them. Thank you, Mr. President. If I were President Bush, I would consider it a compliment to have been accused of using “cowboy diplomacy.” Whatever you think about GW, he was willing to call evil what it was.

And this, in a nutshell, is why Bush has been so demonized and despised. That “good vs. evil” talk was an obvious, immediate tip-off to the left (the relativists), as well as to terrorists (the evil ones), that Bush was their enemy.

They don’t get that vibe from President Obama. He has clearly signaled his relativism. One example:

In Europe, the president was asked if he believed in “American exceptionalism,” and he replied: “I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.”

You see, everyone thinks they’re exceptional, and everyone on the team gets a trophy.

Obama is no flag-waving pre-sixties throwback. He won’t assert that America is better than other countries because 1) he doesn’t believe it; 2) it would imply moral absolutes; and 3) it’s the opposite of hip. For elites, unabashed patriotism and its moral implications are like ketchup on a burger: you could do it, but it wouldn’t be cool.

More from Mr. Horne:

So what are we missing from the movie cowboy? What values did he possess?

1. Integrity The cowboy is true to his values. Of course, one has to have values first.

2. Courage The cowboy is brave enough to stand up for his values in the face of danger. He is willing to confront evil and do battle with the guys in the black hats.

3. Straight Talk A cowboy is a man of few, but honest, words. He says little, but when he talks he says something worthwhile. A cowboy would never spend five minutes spouting lawyerese and convoluted language leaving you asking, “What did he say?” In other words, no BS.

4. Dependable He never lets his friends or his horse down.

So mamas, go git yurself some Westerns fur yur young ‘uns to watch this weekend. Ah’m right parshull to the television series The Rifleman. In addition to the qualities above, Lucas McCain and the folks in North Fork believe in personal responsibility, risk-taking, hard work, and no cussin’ in front of the womenfolk.

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