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By Joe Bageant
Author of Deerhunting With Jesus

During this US election cycle we are hearing a lot from the pundits and candidates about "heartland voters," and "white working class voters."
What they are talking about are rednecks. But in their political correctness, media types cannot bring themselves to utter the word "redneck." So I'll say it for them: redneck-redneck-redneck-redneck.

Full article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/ne ... 600592.stm

Yes, that author needs to be worried. He wrote a trite article with no ending or focus.

Bless his little pea-pickin' heart.

How The Scots Invented The Modern World
By Arthur Herman, Crown Publishers, New York, 2001

The Scots are an interesting people because they were able to carry off what few other people ever have. Giving up their sovereignty, they nevertheless, nearly conquered the world with their ideas and energy. Nor is the true history of the Scots quite as modern mythmaking paints it.

Arthur Herman subtitles his book: "The true story of how Western Europe's poorest nation created our world and everything in it." If there is any truth in the movie Braveheart, then it is probably the backwardness and brutality of early life in Scotland. As late as 1700 there were still many people in Northwestern Scotland who were literally living in the hunter-gatherer stage of civilization.

I know some Scots up close and real personal.

Beebs52 wrote:Yes, that author needs to be worried. He wrote a trite article with no ending or focus.

Bless his little pea-pickin' heart.

They had better stop picking on me!

peacock2121 wrote:

Beebs52 wrote:Yes, that author needs to be worried. He wrote a trite article with no ending or focus.

Bless his little pea-pickin' heart.

They had better stop picking on me!

You want I should sick a pig on someone for you, too?

Beebs52 wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:

Beebs52 wrote:Yes, that author needs to be worried. He wrote a trite article with no ending or focus.

Bless his little pea-pickin' heart.

They had better stop picking on me!

You want I should sick a pig on someone for you, too?

yeah - a couple of those feral ones you have been hanging out with could do the trick.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:How The Scots Invented The Modern World
By Arthur Herman, Crown Publishers, New York, 2001

The Scots are an interesting people because they were able to carry off what few other people ever have. Giving up their sovereignty, they nevertheless, nearly conquered the world with their ideas and energy. Nor is the true history of the Scots quite as modern mythmaking paints it.

Arthur Herman subtitles his book: "The true story of how Western Europe's poorest nation created our world and everything in it." If there is any truth in the movie Braveheart, then it is probably the backwardness and brutality of early life in Scotland. As late as 1700 there were still many people in Northwestern Scotland who were literally living in the hunter-gatherer stage of civilization.

They didn't exactly vote on giving up their sovereignty.

How presumptuous of him.

I hope he got paid.

mrkelley23 wrote:How presumptuous of him.

I hope he got paid.

Hey, Mr. K. Were you referring to my remark or that about Braveheart, or?

No, I was just referring to Mr. Bageant, presuming to speak for all us redneck-types.

Foxworthy already covered this schtick, but I guess he never copyrighted it in Britain, so Bageant sold it to BBC.

mrkelley23 wrote:No, I was just referring to Mr. Bageant, presuming to speak for all us redneck-types.

Foxworthy already covered this schtick, but I guess he never copyrighted it in Britain, so Bageant sold it to BBC.

I smell PLAGIARISM! By golly! We might be able to make money off this.

Beebs52 wrote:

mrkelley23 wrote:No, I was just referring to Mr. Bageant, presuming to speak for all us redneck-types.

Foxworthy already covered this schtick, but I guess he never copyrighted it in Britain, so Bageant sold it to BBC.

I smell PLAGIARISM! By golly! We might be able to make money off this.

So, you're husband's last name is Foxworthy?

ulysses5019 wrote:

Beebs52 wrote:

mrkelley23 wrote:No, I was just referring to Mr. Bageant, presuming to speak for all us redneck-types.

Foxworthy already covered this schtick, but I guess he never copyrighted it in Britain, so Bageant sold it to BBC.

I smell PLAGIARISM! By golly! We might be able to make money off this.

So, you're husband's last name is Foxworthy?

You seem to be (you'll pardon the term) laboring under the misapprehension that it's the person who is wronged who has most to gain from copyright infringement lawsuits.

No, it's the media types and, um, community organizers who benefit most from these types of things. And Beebs' experience as a noncandidate/candidate makes her at least as experienced as any of the others at community organizing.

mrkelley23 wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote:

Beebs52 wrote: I smell PLAGIARISM! By golly! We might be able to make money off this.

So, you're husband's last name is Foxworthy?

You seem to be (you'll pardon the term) laboring under the misapprehension that it's the person who is wronged who has most to gain from copyright infringement lawsuits.

No, it's the media types and, um, community organizers who benefit most from these types of things. And Beebs' experience as a noncandidate/candidate makes her at least as experienced as any of the others at community organizing.

Yeah. What he said. Well put and, uh, I approve that message.

I'd also like a massage. I have a horrible neckache.