Well, Sawz... When I Googled up "1 in 5 Children Hungry" the firast site was one where the U.S.D.A. was referenced... Maybe you got a right winged chip in yer computer that only allows rightie material to come to you... That would explain alot... Sho nuff would...

I mean, yer purdy good with the pudder so I find it astonishing that all you can find is right winged stuff... Maybe that's all you care about??? I donno???

What else???

Ah yes, redneck... Again, you are 100% wrong... Sorry, pal, but it looks like yer in a slump... It referes to white folks who really have no knowledge of the issues, are more into NASCAR, nationalism, sports, tatoos, trucks and are willin' to fight anyone who they think are elitists... I know all about rednecks... Most of the folks I know are rednecks... Hey, I gotta a little redneck in me... I like car racin'... Might of fact, Sawzm I know you will find this incredulous but I used to own and drive a mini-stocker... I like my shine... I like pot... Oh, yeah... Rednecks are into the pot these days... Their daddies just like shine but younger Redneck Nation don't mess with no shine.... It's pot...

Yo, Sawz... You ain't no bad guy... I don't hate you... You just ain't all that informed or worldly... I know it's hard fir ya to be lectured about rednecks by an ol' hippie who has lived with black folks and has lived with rednecks and brings a little of both cultures to the discussion but that's the way it is... Yeah, I reckon if I was you I'd be purdy pissed off, too... But, like I said, when it comes to race and subcultures this ol' hillbilly ain't someone you want to mess with 'cause...

....it weren't my idea to do the things I've done or live the way I have lived or experience the thing I have experienced but, no brag intended here, I have lived a most astonishing life that has brought me in close contact with alot of very different sub-cultures... This is one area where I could prolly write a book... Really... LIke I said, I didn't ask for this life... It just happened and it gives me a persoective on racial issues that I think very few people have...

I mean, this stuff is internalized... I have palyed music in juke joints in Mississippi where there weren't too many white folks... I can talk the talk and walk the walk... There's somethin' that alot of white folks don't know... I'm not sure what you call it but I call it an African American groove... When I talk with black folks who I have never met there is an instant connection... You don't have a clue what I just said, Sawz because I am guessin' that you have not emersed yourself into the black culture...

Then if you were to see me walk into the general store tomorrow morning outside of Stanley, Va. you'd see me interact with the local rednecks in a manner that is equally comfortable... Hey, when I walk into the store in the mornings everyone in there wants to talk shit with me... Hey, I know redneck...

I ain't sayin' that this makes me better than anyone else... It's just the way it is... Kinda like one guy plays the offensive line at 300 pounds better than the other guy who plays opposite on the defensive line at 300 pounds... Ain't no rhyme ot reason... Just the way things are...

But if you want to continue down this path of me being some kinda hate speech hillbilly 'cause I use the term redneck the way I have know it to be used then have at it... Don't much matter to me... I told you to pick somethin' else... Maybe some policy difference where you might get a few points on the board... You won't get any here 'cause...

...that dog won't hunt... Yer over yer head here... You can pull up as many rightie blogs as you like, Sawz... It won't help you 'cause in this one area I, by defualt, have gotten a PHD...

What else???

Oh yeah, a little refresher on hate speech... The term redneck does not refer to white people in general... It refers to a certain segment of white people... A sub-culture... So using the term, while being offensive to you, is ****not**** racist.... It is also not hate speech as defined by law...

Your proclamation to the contrary are just that: proclamations...

Now before you say that what I say are proclamations keep in mind what I have said here... If you need the details of my history living amongst various subcultures then we can do that... I don't think it will serve any purpose other than to further weaken your case but we can do that...

Like I said, find somethin' else to argue over 'cause you will lose this one 100 times outta 100 attempts... No brag, just fact...

B~