{"id":9018,"date":"2019-07-18T00:19:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T00:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=9018"},"modified":"2019-07-18T00:19:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T00:19:42","slug":"cowboy-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=9018","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a &#8220;cowboy&#8221; has become a disparaging term in our upside down society where common sense got on a boat years ago and sailed for terra incognita. \u00a0Still as a kid, I remember that my heroes were cowboys. \u00a0Men like John Wayne, Jimmy Steward, Randolph Scott, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and Hopalong Cassiday were the folks on the silver screen to whom I looked for inspiration. \u00a0For those who think being a cowboy is a bad thing, this is what Gene Autry said about being a cowboy. \u00a0I&#8217;m sure that these ideas will seem trite to many and offensive to others, but this is my blog. \u00a0 \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cowboycode.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9017\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cowboycode-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cowboycode-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cowboycode-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cowboycode-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cowboycode.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wish those domestic enemies of the Constitution in D.C. &#8212; 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