Suuuurrre It is......

My Wife saw a bumper sticker on what was obviously an assbackward, country hicks pick up (gee in Tennessee....say it isn't so???) the other day that we discussed this morning. Picture this truck; big sticker on the back window for Remington Fire arms. It had a bunch of ducks flying and it said "If it flies, it dies." Nice huh? I have no qualms about duck hunting, etc (not my thing but whatever) but Jesus dude!?!?!? Way to be a blood thirsty bastard. Damn Hick! His bumper sticker had a Confederate Flag on it and the words "It's not hatred, it's heritage." I love this attitude out here. I've actually called someone on a message board about his "Confederate Heritage" before. You know folks, the KKK says that what they do is their Heritage too. Oh, and they love to wave the confederate flag (from now on to be put in lower case as it doesn't warrant any capitals). So I guess your heritage is what exactly? Losing a war, having a bunch of uneducated farmers thinking they could spank the US Army? Being so lazy of a bastard that you get pissed off at the President to the point you go to war because he won't let you keep brown skinned people as property???? Nice heritage Dude....really. Way to go. So which part of that is the "not hatred" part? I've heard explanations that the South went to war because of Cotton Tariffs mostly.....Bull Shit! Cotton Tariffs are worked out by a State Representative in Congress; cotton tariffs are no reason to go to war. But, when the President of the US basically destroys your "way of life" by putting and end to Slavery (and thusly the Plantation System), that is usually a reason to go to war. People don't like change, we get that. But it being so ingrained in a people's psyche that people with dark skin are less than human and should be treated like animals (Hell sometimes the animals got better treatment) is just stupid and wrong. It's one thing I've noticed about the South though; narrow minded, short sighted folks with blinders on (oh wait...those are the members of the Jesus Squad.....I forgot....). Southern States tend to be "red states" which has never made much sense to me. Republicans HATE the working class. They don't give two rat's asses about the working class, and often make it so the rich stay richer and the middle classe become poorer. But yet the Repugs like Jesus, think that we should all be Baptist or Fundies, hate Abortion, don't want to talk about sex, hate fun oh yeah, and like War.....and guns.....and booze....... all the things the working class in the South Love and subscribe to. But yet they forget that their lives could be so much more with a Political party that caters to them. That one bad doesn't seem to outweigh the perceived good. In fairness (something not often found in this blog..hee hee) not all middle class Southerners are like this, just the ones of my generation or older ones. I see promise in the generations to come. Not all of them buy into the "Rebel Pride" BS. There is a Nursery, Needhams, in Mount Juliet that Cat and I will never go to because he proudly flys the confederate flag. What's funny is he also flys the State flag and US flag. So let's see the message here: I'm a proud American, I live in Tennessee and I'm a stupid racist bastard....oh sorry....A Rebel....because it's "My Heritage" or some shit like that. What's even funnier is if this moran was to think about what he's doing, he'd realize that during the time period of "his heritage" it would be a killing offense to fly the US flag as it was the "flag of the enemy". Just a dumbass.....probably drives a pick up with a "If it Flies it dies" sticker with a gunrack and wears Real Tree cammo like it's in fashion or something.