http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rednecks/ en-us Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:34:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079093/posts BENTONVILLE, Ark., September 10, 2008 – Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer and a leading private employer of Hispanics, will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, September 1 – October 15, by providing its customers and the Hispanic community with valuable information and resources for the pursuit of higher education. Wal-Mart’s commitment to supporting education initiatives will be featured in a national campaign that will coincide with the launch of a Spanish-language website, AhorraMasViveMejor.com, aimed at facilitating and empowering moms and kids to access information on higher education and school funding. Walmart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079093/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:34:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078573/posts 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. The fact is that we American rednecks embrace the term in a sort of proud defiance. To us, the term redneck indicates a culture we were born in and enjoy. So I find it very interesting that politically correct people have taken it upon themselves to protect us... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078573/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:30:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045799/posts The BAM Racing team that offered Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign a potential sponsorship deal in the Sprint Cup series disclosed that the Illinois senator declined the opportunity. BAM team spokesman Rhett Vandiver said that Bill Burton, an Obama campaign spokesman told him there would be no sponsorship. “The Obama campaign will not be sponsoring a car in the Sprint Cup series,” said Burton. “Sponsorship would be interpreted as an endorsement of this mindless sport and its fans.” Burton called NASCAR a “significant source of air pollution” and labeled its fans “mostly ignorant rednecks who probably tote guns everywhere they... AZCONSERVATIVE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045799/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:40:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042672/posts FresnoBee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042672/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:35:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004156/posts On those guns the bitter Pennsylvania rednecks are a-totin', Steyn rejoices: Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004156/posts#comment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:47:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972740/posts In the 2000 Montana GOP Primary, I voted for Rob Natelson, a Jewish Conservative as the Candidate for Governor. In 2004, I supported the re-election of Senator Michael Crapo (R-ID), a Mormon. I supported another LDS member for Governor of Idaho in the 2006 Primary. I've worked for two Catholic Candidates for President (John Cox and Alan Keyes.) I've always looked at a person's values, not their particular faith, in choosing a candidate. This is why I'm so offended at the suggestion of Dan Gilgoff in USA Today that the reason that Mitt Romney lost is because we Evangelicals just... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972740/posts#comment Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:51:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967803/posts RED-NECK VALENTINE'S LOVE POEM Collards is green my dog's name is Blue and I'm so lucky to have a sweet thang like you. Yore hair is like cornsilk a-flapping in the breeze Softer than Blue's and without all them fleas. You move like the bass, which excite me in May. You ain't got no scales but I luv you anyway. Yo're as satisfy'n as okry jist a-fry'n in the pan. Yo're as fragrant as "snuff" right out of the can. You have som'a yore teeth, for which I am proud; I hold my head high when we're in a crowd.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967803/posts#comment Sat, 9 Feb 2008 23:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910672/posts House Republicans in NASCAR-friendly districts are having fun with this one, which plays to the stereotypes. In the course of a public-health and emergency preparedness trip, Democratic homeland-security committee staffers told their aides to get immunized before a trip down South which included visits to two crowded NASCAR events in Concord, N.C., and Talladega, Ala. The immunizations included Hepatitis A and B, tetanus, diphtheria and influenza. North Carolinians grew offended. Some cried "redneck rash," especially over the Hepatitis B inclusion because the virus is rarely transmitted in the United States except through sexual contact or intravenous drug use. A shot... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910672/posts#comment Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:15:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899147/posts Editor's Note: Next week, we'll be celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day across the country. To help spread the word, National Hunting & Fishing Day has had a number of notable celebrities serve as honorary chairman of NHFD. It might be that none of the prior selections have been so unabashedly about the outdoors as this year's honorary chairman, Georgia native son Jeff Foxworthy. For all his extraordinary accomplishments -- best-selling comedy recording artist of all time, Grammy nominee, popular radio show host, best-selling author, star of hit comedy tours, television series and movies, plus host of a new hit... The Outdoor Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899147/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:21:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887357/posts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Copperhead Chronicle Al Benson, Jr. Articles Guess What Folks--Secesson Wasn't Treason by Al Benson Jr. More and more of late I have been reading articles dealing with certain black racist groups that claim to have the best interests of average black folks at heart (they really don't). It seems these organizations can't take time to address the problems of black crime in the black community or of single-parent families in the black community in any meaningful way. It's much more lucrative for them (and it gets more press coverage) if they spend their time and resources attacking Confederate... The Copperhead Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887357/posts#comment Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878908/posts DALLAS — The way Bobby Williams tells it, his ranch on 100 acres of rural piney hills in East Texas was supposed to be a quiet way to enjoy retirement after a career in the insurance business. But for years now, he's instead woken up to the roaring engines of all-terrain vehicles, midnight fireworks shows and thousands of drunken revelers who every so often gather across the narrow county road from his property at events like the "Texas Redneck Games" and the "Texas Redneck Muddy Gras." "We're just a nice calm community and nobody can get any rest, nobody can... FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878908/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:25:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878560/posts DALLAS -- There have been more than a few athletes accused of doping over the years - but the competitors at the "Texas Redneck Games" might just be dopes. These competitors forgo the shotput for the "Mattress Chuck" - where teams of two slam a 12-pack of beer, get in a pickup truck and start driving, then climb into the bed and throw the mattress as far as possible. And if you aren't planning on heading to Beijing for the next Olympic Games, there's always the ugly "butt-crack contest." By the time the latest event ended Sunday, more than 54... MiamiHerald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878560/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:53:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1863214/posts The Redneck Games began as a joke in response to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. In response to comments that the 1996 games would be held by a bunch of rednecks, D. J. Mac Davis started the Redneck Games, held annually in East Dublin, Ga. Geddy Lehman shows off his trophy after winning first place in the mud pit belly flop... "Freight Train", the unofficial mascot at the 2007 Summer Redneck Games, holds the ceremonial torch... Debbie Abear sells food at the 2007 Redneck Games... The daylong yearly festival celebrates the southern redneck way of life. A reveler wears... ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1863214/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:46:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856412/posts Deer Hunting with Jesus Things You May Not Know June 19, 2007 Long ago, having had to write more book reviews than I wanted, I decided that I would rather have pile surgery by an ocelot than write another. Then I got an advance copy of Deer Hunting with Jesus, by Joe Bageant, and realized that I had to come out of retirement. It’s, you know, like noblesse oblige. Here goes. Bageant is a redneck, and his book is about rednecks, who are a huge, sprawling class of people found everywhere but mostly invisible. They aren’t what people think they... Fred On Everything http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856412/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:58:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855494/posts Long ago, having had to write more book reviews than I wanted, I decided that I would rather have pile surgery by an ocelot than write another. Then I got an advance copy of Deer Hunting with Jesus, by Joe Bageant, and realized that I had to come out of retirement. It’s, you know, like noblesse oblige. Here goes. Bageant is a redneck, and his book is about rednecks, who are a huge, sprawling class of people found everywhere but mostly invisible. They aren’t what people think they are. (Though, given that a strange mixture of folk read this column,... www.fredoneverything.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855494/posts#comment Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:07:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855300/posts U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., told farm workers yesterday that the immigration reform bill will be brought back to the Senate floor for deliberation within days, and that the Senate is determined to vote on it, even if it means working weekends and during the July 4th weekend. Once the energy bill clears the Senate floor, the bipartisan but controversial immigration bill, written by Kennedy and Sen. Arlen J. Specter, R-Pa., will be back before the Senate, he said. "Dealing with immigration is central to the challenge of civil rights," Kennedy said. "We have come a long way." Kennedy,... The Republican (Mass.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855300/posts#comment Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:00:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838979/posts ...he was stunned to see two large Confederate flags flying from trucks...emblazoned with the words "The South Shall Rise Again." I'm stunned, too, that people still think it is cool to fly this flag. Our society should bury these flags -- not flaunt them...because the Confederate flag symbolizes racial tyranny to so many... ...This flag doesn't belong on city streets, in videos or in the middle of civil discussion. It belongs in our past -- in museums and in history books -- along with the ideas it represents. The Wichita (KS) Eagle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838979/posts#comment Thu, 24 May 2007 13:03:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1838396/posts WEIRD BUT TRUE By LUKAS I. ALPERT, Wire Services May 23, 2007 -- Some people sleep like the dead, but one West Virginia man took it to a new extreme. Michael Lusher somehow managed to sleep through being shot in the head, not realizing he had been struck until he woke up four hours later and noticed he was bleeding. The shot was one of five that an unknown gunman sprayed through Lusher's mobile home as he slept. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1838396/posts#comment Wed, 23 May 2007 14:07:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824404/posts A gunfight breaks out at an East Texas community baseball game, sending two to the hospital. The Rusk County Sheriff's Department says the fight began when a man threw a beer can at his cousin, who was playing baseball at the Fairview Community Center in south Rusk County. Deputies say that's when the man grabbed a shotgun, filled with bird pellets and began firing. The cousin reportedly grabbed another shotgun and began firing back. Both men were hit several times with pellets, but no one else was injured. The sheriff's department says the man who started the fight faces aggravated... KLTV-TV (Tyler, Texas) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824404/posts#comment Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:03:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1783790/posts AUSTIN, Texas — The Civil War ended nearly 142 years ago, for most of the country anyway, but bitter battles over how zealously that war should be remembered are erupting in Austin, the Texas capital. First, rock musician Ted Nugent wore a T-shirt featuring the Confederate battle flag — a banner sometimes employed by Southern white-supremacist groups — at the Jan. 16 inaugural ball for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, prompting criticism from civil-rights groups. A few days later, the state's elected land commissioner, arguing for a more "balanced" view of history, marked Confederate Heroes Day — an official state holiday... The Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1783790/posts#comment Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:40:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1713870/posts Ohio woman dies after fight dislodges breathing tube; man charged Associated Press Wednesday, October 4, 2006 MASSILLON, Ohio — A man was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a woman whose tracheotomy tube was dislodged during a shoving match, police said. Lois Wisenbarger, 56, died on Monday night after Michael Danby II shoved Wisenbarger's husband into her ventilation machine, dislodging the tube, Perry Township police said. The Stark County coroner's preliminary report showed Wisenbarger died of asphyxia. Danby, 19, of Magnolia, also was charged with aggravated burglary and assault, Police Chief Tim Escola said. He was being held... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1713870/posts#comment Wed, 4 Oct 2006 23:56:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680812/posts ALBUQUERQUE -- Right in the middle of today’s deadly carjacker pursuit, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department arrested two members of Albuquerque’s famous Unser racing family. Both Al Unser Sr. and Bobby Unser Sr. were booked into the Metro Detention Center this afternoon charged with failure to obey a police officer and resisting arrest. Both walked out of the jail about 3:30 p.m. The brothers, who have a combined seven checkered flags at the Indianapolis 500 and are huge names in the racing world, apparently thought their celebrity status meant they were above the law. The police pursuit of a stolen... KRQE News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680812/posts#comment Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:00:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679720/posts AgapePress) - Although funnyman Will Ferrell's new movie, Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby, finished first at the box office this past weekend, the comedy was not a winner as far as Christian movie reviewer Ted Baehr is concerned. Baehr, publisher of Movieguide.org, is waving the yellow flag over the film about a dim-witted NASCAR racer with a gung-ho, win-at-all-costs attitude. According to Associated Press (AP) reports, the Christian media reviewer describes Talladega Nights as "a racist, bigoted work that ridicules the Bible Belt, Southern white men, Christianity, Jesus Christ, the family, and American masculinity." The Movieguide review of... American Family Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679720/posts#comment Tue, 8 Aug 2006 08:05:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1662150/posts America is in peril. Terrorism, illegal immigration, crime, drug abuse, hijackings, racism and the diminishing of our Judeo Christian heretige by government schools, Multi-national corporations, political correctness, and liberal Democrats are taking its toll on this nation. It's hard to imagine that God hasn’t destroyed us given the way we just stick our finger in his eye. Could it get any worse. Yes it does! All around America a dangerous trend from centuries past has begun to creep into our once proud Judeo Christian nation and it making a come back all across the nation. Square Boggle. (Or 2Boggle as... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1662150/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jul 2006 01:48:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654584/posts Disciplining a student for wearing a $5 T-shirt five years ago could end up costing the Warren Hills Regional School District close to $1 million. The Warren County district has been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 in plaintiffs' legal fees incurred during the 5-year-old free speech rights battle over whether a high school student could wear his "redneck" T-shirt. That tally does not include the amount the district has paid its own lawyers. Thomas Sypniewski Jr. was suspended for three days during his senior year in 2001 for wearing a T-shirt that listed blue-collar comedian Jeff Foxworthy's Top 10 reasons... Star Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654584/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:20:31 GMT