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I have taken a few things from my last blog and reposted them here...some of my favorite rants!!!! LOL Shan

THIS IS BULL SHIT!!! Listen I am a pretty tolerable person! I dont care what people do behind closed doors!! BUT this...COME ON...anyone who has ever been around a Cowboy for any length of time knows this is BS...no dry eyes in the theater....there is a reason for that..and it isn't because it is a moving film!!!!
And these are two good actors...I have always enjoyed their movies...THIS one I REFUSE to watch....it isnt' even close to a train wreck where you have to rubberneck and stare....this is just sickening!!!! I agree with that lady from WY.....this isn't how it happened! I grew up around men just like this...Drunks, violent, foul mouthed, smart/stupid....all ways I can think to describe these men....GAY...NO WAY!!!
Why is it that these people have to ruin EVERYTHING? It really burns my ass!!!! Sorry grandparents...but this is CRAP!!!!! Shannon


XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN NOV 06, 2005 19:28:02 ET XXXXX HOLLYWOOD ROCKED: 'GAY COWBOY' MOVIE BECOMES AN OSCAR FRONTRUNNERArriving with nudity and explicit gay sex scenes between two cowboys, UNIVERSAL/FOCUS FILMS's BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN has quietly become an award season frontrunner, interviews with Academy members reveal. "It could very well be the last film standing at this year's Oscars," a top Hollywood producer not associated with the film explained from Hollywood. "There was not a dry eye in the house at the screening at Telluride [Film Festival in Colorado]," says the producer, who asked not to be named out of respect for the cast and crew of the producer's own Oscar contender. "Watch it come out of the gate at the Golden Globes with super controversy." NEW YORK DAILY NEWS critic Jack Mathews predicts the gay cowboy movie, which takes place in Wyoming, may be "too much for red-state audiences, but it gives the liberal-leaning Academy a great chance to stick its thumb in conservatives' eyes." Director Ang Lee's movie staring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger won the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this fall. But will a movie even Madonna calls "shocking" sit with the heartland? Playwright and lifelong Wyomingite tells the STAR-TRIBUNE of Casper this week that she has never encountered a gay cowboy, and doesn't think it's right for Hollywood to portray Wyoming as a state with gay cowboys. Her message to the writers of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: “Don't try and take what we had, which was wonderful -- the cowboys that settled the state and made it what it was -- don't ruin that image... There's nothing better than plain old cowboys and the plain old history without embellishing it to suit everyone." Meanwhile, Michell Howard of the state's Travel and Tourism Division says her agency is already hearing a buzz that people in other countries are expressing interest in visiting Wyoming because of the film. “It's gotten rave reviews from the international community,” she said. “I don't know if they're more tolerant or something, but they're viewing it as a great Western movie.” Developing... -----------------------------------------------------------Filed By Matt DrudgeReports are moved when circumstances warranthttp://www.drudgereport.com for updates(c)DRUDGE REPORT 2005

I found this one a web site...and I know I am just as guilty as anyone else of cussing tuckers on the highway for either going to fast or too slow or just getting in my way...but honestly...this says it all and we should all think about it the next time those big rigs get in our way!!!! Shan



WE ARE AMERICAN TRUCKERS...WE COME IN ALL COLORS, SHAPES AND SIZES AND IN BOTH GENDERS. YOU CAN IDENTIFY US BY THE CREASES AROUND OUR EYES FROM SQUINTING TO SEE FAR AHEAD DOWN THE RIBBION OF CONCRETE THAT WE LIVE ON FOR OBSTACLES AND SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE OR MINE, BY THE CALOUSED HANDS WE HAVE FROM YEARS OF HOLDING THE WHEEL STEADY ON ALL TYPES OF ROADS AND IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER, AND THE PRIDES IN OUR SMILES WHEN ONCE AGAIN, WE DELIVER ON TIME AGAINST ALL ODDS.WE ARE AMERICAN TRUCKERS...WE GIVE UP MUCH TO SERVE YOU AND OUR COUNTRY...WE RARELY GET HOME TO SEE OUR KIDS GROW UP, WE OFTEN LOSE THE LOVE OF OUR SPOUSES AND PARTNERS WHO ARE LEFT TOO MUCH ALONE AND WE WORK LONG HARD HOURS FILLED WITH DANGER AT EVERY TURN. WITHOUT US YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A HOUSE TO SHELTER YOU, FOOD TO EAT, CLOTHES TO WEAR, A CAR TO DRIVE OR MEDICINE WHEN YOU ARE SICK. EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AND USE CAME BY A TRUCK, DRIVEN BY ONE OF USE. WE ARE THE BACK BONE OF THIS NATIONS ECONOMY.WE ARE AMERICAN TRUCKERS...3 MILLION PLUS STRONG, THE MAJORITY OF US ARE DECENT, HARD WORKING, PATRIOTIC PEOPLE WHO WORK UNDER THE STRICTIST REGULATIONS IN THE COUNTRY LAYING OUR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY MINUTE FOR LITTLE MORE THAN MINIMUM WAGE FOR THE HOURS WE WORK. YET, BECAUSE OF A FEW BAD APPLES, WE ARE REVILED, HATED, FEARED AND USED IN YELLOW JOURNALISM TO PROMOTE HIDDEN AGENDAS BY YOU, THE VERY PEOPLE WE SERVE...STILL WE TRUCK ON.[blue]WE ARE AMERICAN TRUCKERS...WE ARE AS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTRYS PROSPERITY AND SECURITY AS ANY OTHER PUBLIC SERVANT BE IT POLICE OFFICER, FIREMAN OR POLITIAN. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR JOBS AND OUR HISTORY WHICH IS ROOTED IN THE CARAVANS OF EGYPT AND THE MULE TRAINS OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY.WE ARE AMERICAS DRIVING FORCE...WE ARE THE AMERICAN TRUCKERS