Braden Files compares real cowboys with the rest of us.

How many times have you seen an arena full of rodeo fans take to the streets following a competition and set fire to cars or hold an impromptu riot because they felt dissatisfied with the final outcome, as Michigan State students recently did? There is no booing of officials when scores are announced.

I've never heard of a contested call by any competitor, even when it meant the difference between winning and losing.... Cowboys don't whine. Cowboys regularly loan each other equipment and even horses, frequently $50,000 to $100,000 animals, when a fellow competitor's ride didn't arrive in time for tonight's roping or bulldogging or whatever.

His conclusion is that being a cowboy is a dam good thing and Bush need not apologize for being one.