Free Weekend Entertainment Courtesy of Paul Ryan
It seems that just like everyone else who wants to look tough, Paul Ryan went down the border in South Texas. They were going to go with a posse theme this time because Rick Perry and Sean Hannity already made us laugh with the boat thing.
You’re gonna have to go look at this for yourself. But it’s worth the trouble to see this “exciting new video” because Ryan’s horse runs away with him and they have to come rescue him. The news commentator said, “He got on [the horse] and then kinda went off by himself …” and tries so damn hard not to smirk more than he did opening the story.
I’m not saying that the border patrol put him on a horse named “Widow Maker,” just for fun, but it was either that or Ryan is a Rhinestone Cowboy.
Thanks to Mazie for the heads up.
Can you give us a link?
1I found the video, and it doesn’t really look like it ran away with him. Yes, it was running, but he had it stopped and turned around before the other two guys caught up with him.
2Does Widow Maker have a website where we can send him oats and funds, along with wishes for better luck next time?
3BTW: It’s “pussy” not “posse”. Thanks.
4Cowboy logic prevents one from naming even the most passive formerly male horse “Bill” or even “Bob”. THAT horse must be named “Widow Maker”.
5The horse didn’t really run away with him, but Ryan rides like a sacka potatas.
6My lady parts resent that JAK, and so do my cats! Besides, we’ve gotta lock on that theme with our pink hats…
7Somehow I knew where this story was going before even scrolling down past the first line or two, bwahahahaha.
I’d like to know exactly where this took place.
I’ll give y’all a little local color/info. When we lived in the Valley (Rio Grande Valley of TX), I worked up and down the whole region, days and nights (the things I saw…).
One of my favorite drives from one location to others (or from home to office(s)) was to run the Military Highway, US 281, which runs very close to the North bank of the Rio Grande (much straighter of course than the twisting riverbed). I’d often take the “scenic route” if I could. 281 was a fun drive, lots of curves and straightaways, you could really ‘fly low’ sometimes ;] .
Anyhow , the Border Patrol (“La Migra”) had a very large mounted group that patrolled the area adjacent to the river on horseback, it’s pretty rugged terrain, it was fun to watch them (jealous much? as hell…).
Of course the BP had local stables positioned in isolated places along Hwy 281, rather than trailer most of their horses in from a central stable (hey, we’re talking a couple hundred miles of border).
The BP employed local vaqueros as stablehands to take care of the horses and tack when they were busy elsewhere. Or just to free up the time to use on patrol. And believe me, some of these stables were “isolated”.
Dang, I might have to break my rule of NO streaming video, just to see if I recognize the locale…
But then Clinton really ramped up the enforcement ops along the border, and a lot of electronic sensor devices and mobile control wagons, aircraft, etc., were brought in. Even fancy mechanical, extensible, elevated lookout platforms, mounted on the bed of a truck and raised up 50-60 feet above the terrain with a crew of observers aboard, kool.
Dang, guess I’ll do the vid and report back here.
8OK, where is the link to the Ryan-Migra riding video?
(I and the kids started riding at very early ages, like it too many)
9Oh yeah, don’t know when that evil, shifty frozen cheesehead was actually down on the bank of the Rio Grande, but this past Wednesday and Thursday all the weather stations from Brownsville to the Big Bend were reporting afternoon temperatures from the mid 90’s to the low 100’s.
10Falcon Lake Dam reported 107°F Thursday (an unofficial reading, but others nearby had 103-4°F).
I hope Lyin’ Ryan got a taste of “Climate Change”, it is the tail end of freaking February…and our WX this ‘winter’ IS NOT NORMAL!
Sorry, Aggieland Liz. Don’t mean to disparage your… um…. or your cats. But I pronounce it poo-say.
11@JAK
Inspired By Sir Sean in that James B classic Goldfinger I pronounce the word “pushy” with my best take on Sir Sean’s brogue.
12Wouldn’t it be a blast to see the Orange Whore on horseback?! Don’t worry about the horse. Clydesdales make good saddle horses too.
(Patiently awaiting a link.)
13How bout “poseé” as in “poser, y’all” 😉
14That’s gonna be hard on the testicular twins.
15Been riding all my life and don’t intend to stop. Outside of pro hunter/jumper circuit competition riders, and working cowboys, most men just don’t sit a horse well at all! Oops! Did I just blow somebody’s dream of a knight on a white horse? Well, hey . . . there are other things in life.
16Maggie–
17Guys have a higher center of gravity than women. I ride, too, and I have to “think” my a$$ down into the saddle. It takes some time to suss it out. More than a 5 minute foto op, anyway. Remember Paulie washing the already-clean dishes at the soup kitchen in ’12; impromptu is not the Speaker’s best mode.
Hmmm
I was assured by my sainted father and two older brothers that one need only ride the horse for 8 seconds and DO NOT touch any part of the horse witya free hand.
18In the western rodeo country I come from bull riding is 8 seconds, saddle bronc and bareback horse are 10. That’s all I’m saying.
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