MercantileEXCITINGSee section our (starting on page 91) NovemberNovemberNovember 2001 2001 2001 CowboyCowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicleChronicle PagePagePage 111 The Cowboy Chronicle~ The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 22 No. 5 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. May 2009 SHOOTOUT AT GIVHANS FERRY 2008 SASS South Carolina State Championship . November 6-9, 2008 , By Colonel Dan, SASS Life #24025
idgeville, SC – The See HIGHLIGHTS on page 73 Geechee Gunfighters are two for two … two shots; Kill-em-all Kate: “Edisto Ike and R two bull’s eyes. The com- Lorenzo (Plus all the trusty mittee, headed up by Edisto Ike and helpers) really outdid themselves his trusty sidekick, Lorenzo Kid, again. They topped last year, and it who only took the reins in 2007 was GREAT!! If you can’t go to along with their super team of Three many matches next year be sure Diamond Dennis, Pick Ax Pete, this one is on your list. It has to be Whiskey Mac, and Carolina Gray the most fun match I have attended Dog did a truly bang up job again in this year. Runnin’ and Gunnin’ … 2008. The match was a heck of a lot what more could you want? They of fun, very well organized, and very went out of their way to please well executed with all targets big everyone, and from what I saw and and close and no built in “P” traps. heard on the range, they did it!! What more could you ask? Stages were fun and targets were Their hard work was evident VERY large. My hat’s off to you all everywhere. From the shooter’s for “ONE GREAT MATCH!!” book, the hotel arrangements, the Tuco Forsyth: “This was an excellent Toys for Tots, the side and warm up and fun match! I’ll be back next matches, the food, the vendors, the year!” stages, the BBQ, the gala, the cos- Bulls Head Bill: “If you don’t come to tume contest, the awards and “The Shootout at Givhans Ferry” prizes and the final shoot off, all next year … you’re missing an were thoroughly thought out with AWESOME match!!” the shooter being their focus of Frontier Cartridge Duelist winner, Persuader, made the dark side proud Tracker Mike: “Great match—you attention at all times. with his swirling clouds of target-obscuring smoke! The Givhans Ferry need to put this one on your In conjunction with the main match was again a heck of a lot of fun, very well organized, and well schedule.” match sponsors, Jackson’s Western executed with no built in “P” traps. What more could one ask? Whiskey Creek Johnson: “Had a Wear and US Firearms, and their great time! The match was great!” presenting sponsors, Starline Brass and Country Lawyer, these guys vided by Sticky Fingers. The BBQ Doc Cherokee: “Thanks so much made a team whose combined efforts and Gala were in the same hotel Lorenzo and Ike … as well as the were worthy of medals all around. where just about everyone stayed, rest of the gang that works so SASS Cowboy Chronicle As they did last year, the sched- so the overall convenience factor hard to make this match SO much ule was such that all the shooting was off the charts in my view. Very fun!! This is a FANTASTIC match was completed by 2 PM both days much appreciated guys! And I was- folks. Iffn’ ya never shot there, In This Issue which allowed everyone time to get n’t the only one who appreciated all you should plan on going next back to their rooms, clean up, and their hard work … not by a long year! Plenty of targets, up close 58 THE SMOKEWAGON relax before the evening events shot … as you can see by what oth- and personal. Lots of movement.”
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6 FROM THE EDITOR Gun Control: It’s Your Fault! . . . 8 FROM THE DESK OF THE GENERAL Editorial Staff Tex 10-13 NEWS Joel “Dutch” Dortch, SASS #455, Receives “Hero Of The Heartland” Award . . . Editor-in-Chief Cat Ballou 14-23 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . . . Editor Coyote Calhoun 16 CAT’S CORNER Coming Soon: What Women Wore (A Primer For CAS Cowgirls) ... Managing Editor & Marketing Director 18 COYOTE DROPPINGS Put SASS University Classes On END of TRAIL To Do List Adobe Illustrator Layout & Design
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GUN CONTROL: IT’S YOUR FAULT!
. By Wildshot, SASS #51 ,
If you have a pro-gun candidate in the primary, we would never and clarity, based on averages running for office, vote for him or again have an anti-gun candidate. over several election cycles. her. Pay no attention to other issues. Imagine the terrible prospect of The 2008 general election num- If your pro-gun candidate reneges on having to make a choice between bers are slightly higher. How- his campaign promise and votes for two pro-gun candidates in the gen- ever, the ratios hold true for vir- gun control legislation, vote him out eral election! tually all elections, local, state, of office next election. This is key: It So, if you own a gun and don’t and Federal. If you are an adult Tex, SASS #4 doesn’t matter if his opponent is register to vote, or register, but don’t who legally owns firearms, you ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ anti-gun, throw him out! (After all, vote, or vote, but don’t vote the issue: meet the eligibility require- you will be no worse off—you’re trad- Gun Control is your fault! ments to vote. ing a clandestine anti-gun guy for Addendum: 3. In the meantime, contact your ave you ever noticed the one who is out in the open.) Next 1. According to a recent survey of elected officials and continue to cycle of gun control legisla- election, replace the anti-gun guy members of Congress, the NRA, let them know how you feel H tion? with a pro-gun guy. with four million members (4% about onerous gun legislation. The elitist, high profile politi- Repeat for three or four election of gun owners) is the most effec- Contact them not once, but peri- cians introduce a gun control bill. cycles (six to eight years) and no tive lobby on the “Hill.” The odically … weekly or monthly. The press and gun control advocates politician in the country will even NRA is not perfect, but their Don’t assume someone else is gin up public support. The pro-gun think about introducing, supporting, ability to stop or change legisla- doing if for you. If you don’t con- forces mobilize. Letters and faxes or voting for, gun control legislation! tion is legendary. If you are not tact your legislative officials … are sent. Phone calls are made. “Wild Shot,” you say, “That’s not a member: Gun Control is Gun Control is your fault! Every pressure is applied to our rep- possible!” your fault! 4. Go here to find out how to con- resentatives and ultimately the Read on. 2. The numbers are approxima- tact your representative: measure is voted upon. There are approximately tions, rounded for convenience http://www.capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/ Fortunately, the pro-gun side 300,000,000 people in the US. prevails far more often than our Roughly 70% or 210 million are eli- opponents do and when we win, we gible to vote. Approximately 60% pat ourselves on the back for having or 126 million of the eligible actual- fought the good fight and go back to ly vote. There are approximately our lives. Our opponents regroup 100 million gun owners, all of and go back to the drawing boards. whom are eligible to vote.1 Before long, they re-introduce Newsflash: If ALL gun owners the very same legislation. register and VOTE THE GUN Sure, they give it a new title, ISSUE, we are the largest single remove a few provisions, add some block of voters in America! others, perhaps change their spin on If all of the gun owners vote the the issue a bit, and the Faustian issue in a national election, we have waltz starts all over. The result: our a 100 million to 26 million win. In opponents slowly and continually fact, since most elections split down gain ground. the middle with the winner garner- I’m tired of the dance. Aren’t ing a less than 5% margin, the you? Would you like to put an end to result is closer to 113 million vs. 13 it? I would. million. That means the anti-gun We can, you know. It’s simple. candidate loses with only 10% to Not easy, perhaps, but simple. 20% of the vote. Most politicians are ideologi- If a politician loses with an cally (or perhaps congenitally) 80/20 or 90/10 vote, his political incapable of understanding all the career is over. His ability to raise consequences of the policies they campaign funds disappears and so support. However, there is one does his party’s support. It will be a thing ALL politicians understand: long, long time before he runs for Political pain! office again. The most painful thing you can Not only do we gain a pro-gun do to a politician is throw him out person in office, we remove an anti- of office! In the same vein, nothing gun player from the arena. Believe inflicts more pain upon an aspiring me, by the third election cycle every politician than denial of office. politician in the country will have it Politicians by nature will attempt figured out! (… and we are well on to avoid political pain. the way to a pro-gun majority). “So, how do we inflict this pain,” This is especially true in pri- you ask? Simple: Register to vote. mary elections where the voter Vote in every election, and vote the turnout is usually much lower. If issue. all gun owners would vote the issue May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 7 Page 8 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 .FROM THE DESK OF THE GENERAL
545 PEOPLE by Charley Reese By General US Grant, SASS #2 “Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and budget. He cannot force the Congress people shift the blame to bureau- then campaign against them. to accept it. crats, whom they hire and whose Have you ever wondered, if all of The Constitution, which is the jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, the politicians are against deficits, supreme law of the land, give the sole whose gifts and advice they can WHY do we have deficits? responsibility to the House of reject; to regulators, to whom they Have you ever wondered, if all the Representatives for originating and give the power to regulate and from politicians are against inflation and approving appropriations and taxes. whom they can take this power. General US Grant, SASS #2 high taxes, WHY do we have inflation Who is the speaker of the House? Above all, do not let them con you and high taxes? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the into the belief that there exists dis- e all spend much of our time You and I don’t propose a federal majority party. She and fellow house embodied mystical forces like “the “preaching to the choir” regard- budget. members, not the President, can economy,” “inflation,” or “politics” W ing our concerns and griev- The President does. approve any budget they want. If the that prevent them from doing the job ances. I have found myself over the last You and I don’t have the Consti- President vetoes it, they can pass it they take an oath to do. few weeks writing more letters to my tutional authority to vote on over his veto, if they agree to do so. Those 545 people, and they alone, congressman, senators, and local politi- appropriations. It seems inconceivable to me a are responsible. They, and they cians than ever before. I think it is very The House of Representatives does. nation of 300 million can not replace alone, have the power. They, and important to let them know my thoughts You and I don’t write the tax code, 545 people who stand convicted—by they alone, should be held account- and feelings about the many things that Congress does. present facts—of incompetence and able by the people who are their boss- have come up recently. You and I don’t set fiscal policy, irresponsibility. I can’t think of a es … provided the voters have the Over the last few months I have Congress does. single domestic problem that is not gumption to manage their own asked a great many friends and acquain- You and I don’t control monetary traceable directly to those 545 peo- employees. We should vote them all tances, “Do you own a gun?” If the policy. ple. When you fully grasp the plain out of office and clean up their mess.” answer is affirmative, I ask them if they The Federal Reserve Bank does. truth 545 people exercise the power * * * * * * * are a member of the NRA or any other One hundred Senators, 435 of the federal government, then it It is my sincere hope all SASS prominent Second Amendment organiza- Congressmen, one President, and nine must follow, what exists is what they members have taken the time to read tion. If not, I give them a little speech as Supreme Court Justices, 545 human want to exist. this bit of wisdom and will share it to just how important it is. I was remind- beings out of 300 million are directly, If the tax code is unfair, it’s with as many of their friends as pos- ed recently all of the folks, both elected legally, morally, and individually because they want it unfair. sible. I think it is about time all of us and appointed to represent us, are pretty responsible for the domestic problems If the budget is in the red, it’s get on our soapbox and stand up for much going by statistics. It is my under- that plague this country. because they want it in the red. what is right. Collectively we can standing the NRA boasts they have over I excluded the members of the If the Army and Marines are in make the needed changes. The ballot three and a half million members. Federal Reserve Board because that Iraq, it’s because they want them in box is sacred … let’s “vote against” Considering this, through their legisla- problem was created by the Congress. Iraq. everyone currently in office, knowing tive activities all across the land, they get In 1913, Congress delegated its If they do not receive social secu- the process will take several years. very involved in firearms related matters Constitutional duty to provide a sound rity but are on an elite retirement Better yet, “run for office” yourself and have a great impact. The California currency to a federally chartered, but plan not available to the people, it’s and agree to do the job correctly. A Rifle and Pistol Association also gets suc- private, central bank. because they want it that way. final reminder—If you are not a cessfully involved in California. I firmly I excluded all the special interests There are no insoluble govern- member of the NRA—JOIN NOW! … believe if the NRA had thirty or forty mil- and lobbyists for a sound reason. ment problems. Do not let these 545 and have your friends do likewise. lion members, we would hear precious They have no legal authority. They little about stupid or ineffective gun leg- have no ability to coerce a senator, a islation. The NRA does a great job as it congressman, or a president to do one is, but one can only imagine how much cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if more impact they would have if they rep- they offer a politician one million dol- resented a larger portion of the popula- lars in cash. The politician has the tion. What I am saying is I have been power to accept or reject it. No matter suggesting, and esentially demanding, what the lobbyist promises, it is the all gun owners join the NRA. Most SASS legislator’s responsibility to deter- members are NRA members. If you’re mine how he votes. not—SHAME on YOU! Those 545 human beings spend I recently received an email enti- much of their energy convincing you tled “545 vs 300,000,000 (Republicans what they did is not their fault. They & Democrats Alike—No One Is cooperate in this common con regard- Blameless).” This was written by less of party. Charley Reese, a journalist for 45 What separates a politician from years and a former columnist for the a normal human being is an excessive Orlando Sentinel Newspaper. I think amount of gall. No normal human it hit the nail right on the head. being would have the gall of a Rather than try to paraphrase his Speaker who stood up and criticized words and comments, I prefer to give it the President for creating deficits. to you verbatim. Here it is: The President can only propose a May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 9 Page 10 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009
SASS MEMBER BOB CRISMON HONORED BY NRA
ob Crismon, SASS #48245, and According to Crismon, a real Cowboy The NRA will Bhis Cowboy Six Shooter Histo- Six Shooter will be placed in the sponsor the Celebrity rical Foundation have been selected hand of the Deputies, many for the Show Down at the as winner of the NRA 2008 Public very first time in their life! Trained July 25, 2009 Service Award. The non-profit Six and closely monitored by the Sheriff, National Day of the Shooter Foundation conducts from a staged table position the Cowboy celebration “Celebrity Show Down” activities at Deputies will safely fire primer pow- held at Gold Field western themed events throughout ered wax bullets at metal character Ghost Town in the USA. In behalf of the Six targets (the Bad Guys). For obvious Apache Junction, Shooter Foundation, Crismon will safety reasons Deputies never wear Arizona. Last year at accept the award at the NRA nor draw from a holster. After the National Day of Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. shooting, one Deputy will be the Cowboy, Arizona A “Celebrity” citizen experiencing recreational In a Celebrity Show Down two declared the winner of the fantasy attendance of over Six Shooter sport fun at Gold Field in 2008. volunteer spectators (alias “Depu- Show Down earning all Bragging 12,000 was perhaps ties”) are invited to join the Sheriff Rights. And what a fun game it is! the largest NDOC celebration in the provided. For more information (an experienced Single Action shoot- Crismon said, “This safe and recre- U.S. The Gold Field Show Down about the Foundation, please visit er) in a fantasy game facing “Bad ational sport shooting experience stage will include a booth staffed by www.CowboySixShooter.com. Guys” in the dusty street of 1880 often changes misinformed, anti-gun NRA members ready to answer ques- For more information about the Dodge City. Often the Deputies will attitudes and demonstrates a per- tions from the pubic. SASS members Gold Field Ghost Town celebration, have previously paired themselves sonal benefit of our Constitutional are invited to show up with their .45 please contact Jim Coplin at Apache up for the Show Down Posse (club Second Amendment Rights. We Six Shooter and join in the Celebrity Junction Chamber of Commerce, members, family, co-workers, etc.). change minds one at a time!” Show Down fun. Wax ammo will be (480) 982-3141. May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 11
THE DURANGO HERITAGE CELEBRATION ADDS A COWBOY ACTION SHOOT FOR 2009!
By The Prussian Princess, SASS #66758
n Durango, Colorado, we were so high-spirited entertainment! Step Ipleased to have quite a few of the back in time and enjoy the atmosphere Single Action Shooters join us for our of an Old West saloon where pretty first annual event in 2008 that we’re ladies in beautiful costumes bring you trying to attract more of you fun-lovin’, a lively, fun show with songs and great dressin’ folks this year! So, dances from various western movies thanks to the Four Corners such as Abilene Town, Klondike Annie, Gunslingers, we’re adding a six- Calamity Jane, and more. You won’t stage Cowboy Action Shoot to our want to miss the incomparable Peaches event for 2009! O’Day, the best Mae West since Mae The shoot will be held on Sunday, West, or any of the other super per- October 11, 2009 at the Durango formers in this production! Outdoor Gun Club just south of town, Durango is off the beaten path in and will feature elements of Durango’s the Four Corners Region of southwest- and the surrounding area’s history at ern Colorado, but it’s definitely worth each stage of the shoot. Besides all the the trip! It’s in the foothills of the San other great activities during our event, Juan Mountains, which are part of the this one will give both the shooters and Rockies, with outstanding scenery, par- others wishing to see how a shoot ticularly in October when the aspens all works an excellent opportunity for turn gold. Durango is a tourist town, so more good times. there are many great restaurants and The Durango Heritage Celebration lodging possibilities, including several will feature many old-time entertain- historic hotels and a bed and breakfast ments (see schedule in the May and all built in the late 1800’s. In addition, August Cowboy Chronicle and on there is first class trout fishing, Mesa www.durangoheri tagecelebration.org), Verde National Park within an hour’s including a ride on the historic drive, great bicycling and hiking, full Durango & Silverton narrow-gauge length rides on the historic Durango & Railroad, a Victorian fashion show, his- Silverton Railroad, and photographic toric tours, a mustache contest, and a opportunities galore. Grand Victorian Ball. Pards, check your calendars and And, if that’s not enough, the event hold the date for the weekend of will also feature River Crossing’s Silver October 9–11, 2009 and join us for the Screen Saloon Show this year. Talk Durango Heritage Festival, now with a about lighting up the stage with sassy, Cowboy Action Shoot, to boot! Page 12 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009
SALOON GIRL, DANCE HALL DARLING, SOILED DOVE, OR PARLOR HOUSE MADAM … What’s YOUR Pleasure Boys? . By Shotglass, SASS Life/Regulator #17153 . fast buck. There were camp girls doing Kate, SASS #1000, Lizzie Marie, SASS basically the same, going from camp to #19774, and I have been asked to take camp, and then one could start climb- over the “Trashy Lady” contest, and ing the ladder, making it to the cleaner, we’d like to make it a fun, rowdy party, elegant ladies. Women who worked for good time, cowboy hollering show. You the Madams in well-decorated homes, have the option of presenting yourself By Shotglass, presented themselves with class. One to the judges and if you’re a little shy, SASS Life/Regulator #17153 type or the other, all are part of this don’t worry. Just step right up, and contest. It’s up to you to decide what the judges will ask you a few ques- nce upon a time in the Old West all you want to portray. tions. What are we looking for? What Oof the above ladies played a part in The working girls had a rough life. every cowboy in the Old West was history. Some you may have heard of For many, it was the only life available looking for. I encourage everyone to and many just existed, but if it hadn’t to them. For others, it was a means of jump in and join this fun. Bring all been for these Ladies, there wouldn’t making a fairly good living, these ladies your friends so when you step up on have been an Old West. chose the type of person they wanted to stage, you’ve got your own cheering Judge Roy Bean said it best, “This be. It doesn’t mean one or the other was crowd. Let’s make it like the Old West is a fantasy sport,” so whatever role you right. Hey, just listen to the temperance Lizzie Marie, Shotglass, and movies you’ve seen. Those cowboys wish to play, make it your own. During ladies. As far as they were concerned, Justice Lily Kate are in charge would hoot and holler when any the years of the Cowboy Era you had all the Ladies of the Evening were evil. of the Soiled Doves/Parlour woman stepped on stage. And cow- crib girls who were at the bottom of the After a few years of playing the House Madams Costume Contest boys, we hope to see you all there … totem pole simply working to make a Soiled Dove, I was excited to see Cat at END of TRAIL ‘09. Not sure where to go for costume information? Just hit the Internet or Ballou add the Parlor House Madam pull out your good western movies. I Category. Some of us just can’t com- have listed a few here that can help Handlebar Doc pete with these young, good-looking guide you. Still not sure, then drop me Shooting Schools girls and, furthermore, don’t want to! I an email. I’ll be glad to answer any like to think I’ve paid my dues, and questions. [email protected] after working for someone else, it’s my May I suggest the following movies turn to run the “house.” Many just to give you a variety? The Madams simply ran the house and Cheyenne Social Club, Buffalo Girls, made their money off the girls. From Bad Girls, Lonesome Dove, Tombstone what I’ve read, most no longer worked, just to name a few. but if they did, it was a gentleman of Don’t want to compete, but want to their choosing and usually a long- kick back anyway? Dress up, or down, standing suitor. Not all Madams were and just show up. We can always use of the highest class. Like the working extra help in the back room (hee hee). girls, there was a variety. The Sistas hope to see you all on NEW SHOTGUN KNOCK-DOWN TARGET!!! And just so you’ll know, changes Thursday night for the Saloon Girl, Shot at EOT, NE Regional, are coming to the contest for END of Dance Hall Darling, Soiled Dove, or TRAIL 2009! The “Sistas,” Justice Lily Parlor House Madam contest. SW Regional and Mule Camp
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JOEL “DUTCH”DORTCH, SASS #455, RECEIVES “HERO OF THE HEARTLAND”AWA R D PRESENTED BY STATE R BROS.CHARITIES
an Bernardino, CA – Stater Bros. Jack Brown, Chairman and Since 1936 Stater Bros. Markets SCharities presented a “Hero of the CEO of Stater Bros. Markets has been a pillar of support in the com- Heartland” award to Joel “Dutch” and Stater Bros. Charities. munity. Last year, Stater Bros. estab- Dortch, Sunday evening, March 1, Other Heroes of the lished Stater Bros. Charities, a 501 2009 at a Riverside, CA Victoria Club Heartland Award recipients (c)(3) non-profit organization. The Awards Banquet. The Heartland included Debi Faris, founder of purpose of Stater Bros. Charities is to Awards are given to individuals who Garden of Angels, a non-profit give back to the communities Stater exemplify a caring commitment to the organization that has buried Bros. Markets is privileged to serve. community in which they live. Dutch 76 abandoned and unclaimed In 2008, Stater Bros. Charities donat- is Executive Director of the Happy infants from throughout Sou- ed $1.4 million to local causes. Mr. Trails Children’s Foundation in Apple thern California, Lois K. Jack Brown, Chairman and CEO of Valley, CA. The foundation built the Lauer, a long-time realtor and Stater Bros. said, “With an emphasis Cooper Home to provide a safe haven prominent civic-minded citizen on programs that benefit hunger relief, for children-at-risk, who have been from Redlands, CA, and recent- children’s welfare, education for both severely abused. The Cooper Home is ly retired San Bernardino youth and adults, services for the eld- currently operating at maximum County Sheriff Gary Penrod. erly, and care for our Nation’s capacity with a waiting list, providing and 15. A donation of $5,000 was pre- Each award recipient received a dona- Veterans, Stater Bros. Charities will residential care and treatment servic- sented to Dutch on behalf of Happy tion of $5,000 from Stater Bros. be able to help with some of the most es to 44 boys between the ages of 10 Trails Children’s Foundation by Mr. Charities to their favorite charity. critical needs facing this region.” Page 14 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009
A MEMORIAL people fleeing religious persecution from countries of the Old World. The STONE preamble to our Constitution and By Cree Vicar Dave, our Constitution both mention God. SASS Life #49907 Our laws were written by God-fear- TG Sucker Creek, Michigan ing men with Christian morals in mind, all written down in the book of t’s the Sunday before Memorial law. And, they set it up in such a IDay 2007. The Vicar’s Wife and I way that allows others the freedom just drove the wagon home from to worship or not worship as they church and turned the team loose. please. And memorial stones were My message today was “A Memorial set up in D.C. to honor godly leaders Stone.” Joshua 24:26-27 says, “And who gained the respect of the people. Joshua recorded these things in the Memorial stones were also set up to Book of the Law of God. Then he honor and remember those who took a large stone and set it up served our Country’s call—those there under the oak near the holy who laid down their lives to protect place of the Lord. ‘See,” he said to our Constitution, our Rights, and all the people, “This stone will be a our Freedoms. witness against us. It has heard all As I sit in the living room the words the Lord has said to us. reflecting on all this, my heart cries. It will be a witness against you if We still have godly people living in you are untrue to your God.” The Cree Vicar Dave our Country. We still have our Israelites had just finished a major Constitution and most of our laws campaign into the Promised Land. turning the team loose are just. We still have Memorial But there would be several more Stones that have heard all that has years of unrest with the enemy of the message I asked all the men hands, and say “thank you,” and taken place through the centuries, before a lengthy peace would come. and women of our congregation honor them for their service. and we still have a good share of our I had a large pudding stone sit- who had served our Country in the We who live in the United States Rights and Freedoms. But where ting on the altar to hear what went armed forces line the aisle at the of America are truly blessed. Our are the godly leaders? on in Church today. And at the end door so that we could shake their Country was founded by godly, rural (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 15
(Continued from previous page) contempt for the very ones who are Last Friday one of our local maintaining it. They say things heroes who fought and died for our like “the war is lost, I loathe the freedom came home to Standish, military, our servicemen can’t be Michigan to be laid to rest. The trusted, and our troops are terror- people came out to honor him and ists.” These politicians say such his family. Fire trucks were on the things while reaching into the back I-75 overpasses to stop traffic. A pocket of these honorable men and large fire truck from the Standish women to extract their wages. My Fire Department blocked the inter- heart cries because of the shame section of M-61 and M-23. they bring upon our land in their Motorcycle riders showed up, and untruthfulness. people closed shops and lined the As I see it, they are a disgrace streets, holding American Flags to to our Country and have saddled up honor a fallen hero. For a moment to ride with Benedict Arnold. These in time everything came to a halt in honorable soldiers died for the Standish, Michigan. rights and freedom of all. They But not all honor our troops. even died for the unhonorable who Some of the people who work with dishonor our troops as they stand in the Vicar’s Wife did not bother to go the line of fire defending the free- outside to pay homage to the young dom of the ones who call them man even though they enjoy their names and fail to exert the energy freedom. The media was fairly to stand on the sidewalk and hold quiet about getting the word out, an American Flag. but they like the sound of a free The Bible talks of everything press. And many of the United evening out in the end. Thank God States Senators and Represen- for the Memorial Stones that were set tatives and other politicians who up and have heard all the words that are spinally challenged dishonor have been spoken. Those Stones are a our service men and women. They witness against all who are untrue. flaunt their freedom by showing [email protected]