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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:13 PM Original message |
Why rednecks may rule the world |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Rednecks got electrolytes! n/t |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They love Gatorade. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That was a reference to "Idiocracy". n/t |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Alas, that movie has gone from being a comedy to |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah, funny and very, very sad. n/t |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. That's why I hardly laughed when I watched it... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I bought it to show to people as a cautionary tale. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
42. What are electrolytes? |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Isn't anti-intellectualism warm and fuzzy?... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. They already rule contemporary American culture |
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romulusnr (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. rednecks are all over |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. how about STA's ignorance and disdain of the rest of America? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. tell it, Skittles! |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. No it's not... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. correct |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It works both ways.. There are prejudices in both directions. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Well, coming from this blue speck in a crimson red region... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. I agree.. |
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Agent William (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ahhh. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. 'Round these parts, we call 'em "morans" ... |
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Agent William (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Of course! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Damn right! n/t |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. they're all the same!! |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. yeah |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Rednecks don't run shit, and they never will. |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. exactly! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Bill Clinton was a redneck. nt |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. He most certainly was not. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Being a redneck is cultural; the term is not synonymous with poverty or ignorance... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. I disagree with your definition. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It's how I self-identify my background, and I'm not alone. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. I swear, eugenics looks better and better every day. |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Git me a Beer, Boy! |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Actually, some rednecks have seriously suggested that. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. These are my kind of rednecks |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. What a fantastic picture! |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Great pic. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. That they even want to rule the world condemns them |
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BrainStorm (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Joe Bageant's book, Deerhunting With Jesus, is excellent. |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. every reply in this thread, except yours, is "whistleing past the graveyard" |
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BrainStorm (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I know. |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Look for me at the top of page 271 in DHWJ n/t |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Yep, |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Serious question? |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 06:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. It is catering to |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. This is funny, |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. "I believe in the Free Market. I believe in Capitalism. I believe in Free Trade." - Barack Obama |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Because being smart doesn't mean that you give a damn about me or my family. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
52. No. 1 issue: "the party insists on backing policies that export rural and blue collar jobs" |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Yep. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. A good reason for that. |
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liam_laddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Just finished "Deer Hunting..." |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. see post #29 nt |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. Because misery loves company. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Yes, rednecks are a prime example of the "crabs in a barrel" metaphor |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
49. Emphatically **NO** ..... The people that PANDER TO REDNECKS will rule the world. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
53. There is a very big difference between the contemporary redneck and the Steinbeckian... |
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LVZ (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
56. America's Future? Pacifica, Redneckistan, New American Republic |
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