Weekly Posting of the Conservative Cow Doctor

Cattle Chaos

When I was a kid, we were working pairs in a fence corner with cattle carrying a certain brand to be sorted and trailed up the Lodge Grass Canyon for summer grazing. Those cut back would be trailed into the high country a week later. Cowboy etiquette called for the boss to work into the herd and coax outliers to the perimeter where those of us holding herd would quietly separate them from the keepers. It was an exercise in reading cattle and quiet horsemanship rather than the flashy cutting horse competitions common in America. The number one rule, especially for young cowboys, was to never cut another man’s cattle. You were to quietly hold the herd and assist the sort if it came your direction.

Rick, a high schooler, properly held herd for a short while before riding into the mix like he owned the place. He was unaware of rule number one. He cut off a pair and was so impressed with himself, he galloped back into the herd. On his next sortie, he chased six cows to the edge and hollered, “two out, four back,” before loping back into the mass. Cattle were scattering and we struggled to keep things together. I am still disappointed my father did not ride in and knock that little trail-dropping off his horse because he needed it. It is so frustrating to have everything in order and then some punk provokes complete chaos, and this brings me to my point.

Our southern border is a mess. President Trump’s policies were making great strides keeping illegals, illegal drugs, and human traffickers off American soils. His directives were so broadly effective he was as hated by leftists as much as he was by the Chamber of Commerce. Figuratively, on January 19th, the cattle were paired up and standing quietly in the corner when election shenanigans enshrined a demented Coca-Cola cowboy hell-bent on creating chaos. At President Biden’s directive the gates were thrown open and the fences torn down thus scattering cattle everywhere. Our southern border is a bust and the reckless cowboy doing the damage rode into the sunset mumbling how next he would make America dependent on foreign energy. Even his second-in-command prefers riding ponies on a Guatemalan carousel rather than risk getting a little Texas manure on her boots. She refuses to visit the border. Progressives hate America yet the woke cannot see it and the media will never report it. Why is this not obvious?