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Kid Rock Announces Struggling-City Charity Tour

Posted 12.11.2011

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Kid Rock is putting his money where his lyrics are, as he prepares for a charity tour to benefit each of the 12 struggling city he visits. Taking ...

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Former Cowboy Lassos Dogs In Wash. State Canal

AP | Posted 11.02.2011

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MOXEE, Wash. -- A farmworker who says he learned how to lasso 30 years ago while working on a cattle ranch in Mexico still knows his ropes. Jesus Vil...

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Beware of the French Cuff Cowboy

Cliff Schecter | Posted 10.29.2011

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Cliff Schecter

Rick Perry, who has seemingly been governor of Texas since The Alamo began to look like a questionable career move, is now ready to throw his 10-gallon hat, frothy intellect and custom-made cowboy boots into the national political ring.

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Bipolar Americana: An Interview With Artist Grant Barnhart

Posted 07.09.2011

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Via Beautiful/Decay: "Guitar Backstabs" The Midwest, motorcycles, cowboy boots, blue jeans, football—imagery associated with classi...

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Who Will Rid the World of Clint Eastwood's Films?

Andy Pemberton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Pemberton

Will Clint's next movie be a musical? A comedy? A noir thriller? No. It will be a literal-minded tale, free from dramatic devices such as irony, metaphor or anything that might make the darn thing interesting.

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Bush Drops Fake Cowboy Shtick

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cenk Uygur

When did the press come to think their job was to reinforce the fake images and storylines of politicians rather than to challenge them?

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Take Off That Hat, Dick Cheney

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Bonifer

The Bush Gang was not the first to appropriate cowboy iconography for politics, but since they did, to be called a cowboy has, almost impossibly it seems to me, become some kind of slur.

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