From a much-loved source who is familiar with all things SC, but who wishes to maintain anonymity because, unlike me, she's from around here...from the state that so proudly introduced you to Alvin Greene:
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
So Help Me
With this post, I launch a new feature that will appear from time to time whenever I run across something quintessentially South Carolina. I dedicate it to those of you who live in normal states and have been wondering how the hell the rest of the country found itself afflicted with the likes of Jim DeMint. My fellow South Carolinians elected Jim, and now he's your problem, too; I think you have a right to know what kind of people are responsible for this travesty.
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Reminds me of my home state Texas. South Carolina is indeed a piece of work.
ReplyDeleteYou've got to be kidding! The news station actually aired that? Oh my...you have my heartfelt sympathy. Of course we have some of the very same around here in the Red part of California. Only the accent is different.
ReplyDeleteLuckily for me, there were enough Blue staters to overcome the Meg Whitman attack and the state is now in the very capable hands of a genuine intellectual, Jerry Brown. (Sigh of relief!)
Again, I'm so sorry that you have to live with this...you're certainly braver than. But at the same time, I'm looking forward to your next report!
Oops! I left out an 'I' it should be 'braver than I'
ReplyDeleteO. M. G.
ReplyDeletethat whole thing belongs in a Fannie Flagg novel. The guy sitting there with his arms crossed, one gun in each hand... and the quote, "people round here know better than to mess with me"
perfect, in all the wrong ways!
I don't need a diet for the new year. I just laughed my a$$ off. And my state is far from anything that could be characterized as "normal."
ReplyDelete"...and despite the fact that he brags on his quick0-draw..." Ha-ha-ha! I've lived in the south and then small town Missouri for too long for this to seem odd, but it's still funny. Oh, man... "...people roun' here know better'n to mess with me."
ReplyDeleteWild Man, you'll always have a place in my heart. I wish I could say that people like him had no effect on national policy, but that would be a lie.
Gotta say, even I know better'n to mess wid him.
ReplyDeleteFor this one post, I won't respond to each comment as I usually do, but will just sit back and enjoy your reactions.
ReplyDeleteI have to add, though, that I really appreciate the opportunity to take a look at Wild Man's scalp wound, and I thought it was so delicate and subtle of the newscaster to try turning W.M.'s name into Wildman. Gilding the lily.
I'm afraid I don't think this kind of thing is limited to SC nor is this kind of news coverage, especially in small towns. Makes me glad I live in a big city where people are more civilized. Ahem.
ReplyDeleteBuckeyes aren't the only nuts we have in Ohio!
ReplyDeleteWe have guys like Wildman in certain parts of Ohio. We also have John Boehner and Dennis Kucinich and assorted other nuts. I actually kind of like Dennis. At least he hasn't sold out and is still fighting for us ordinary mortals.
I think I need an interpreter to tell me what wild man was saying! We used to drive past this store in New Hampshire called "Bill's Gun and Gifts". I never went in (as you can imagine it was hard to imagine what the gift component could be) but I pictured it a whole lot like this little gem of a country store. Thanks for the laugh!
ReplyDeleteLike Steven, I live in one of the reddest parts of Cali. Here in the San Joaquin valley, ignorance is bliss. I am just thankful the rest of the state is blue..for the most part. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy son, bless his heart, now lives in Oklahoma because Cali's home construction market took a huge hit in 2008. He says that living there and dealing with the likes of the native white folks aka, the Okies, gives him a much needed boost in self esteem. When I went to visit him this past summer I was appalled at the level of intellect there. It's virtually non-existent...and they all own arsenals of weapons!
Boy oh boy, I don't know what to make of this. Of course the uneducated Southern guy who needs dental work is an easy butt of a joke (think Jon Stewart). But basically the guy is robbed; he defends himself; the TV station hokes it up (b/c you know they put him up to the quick draw and the crossed guns.) I think it's the TV people who creep me out the most.
ReplyDeleteWild is one un them Real Americans... guns and, well, guns is pretty much all it takes to be a Real American.
ReplyDeleteWell, growing up in VA wasn't too bad, but I'd be lying Nance if I didn't say that I'm happier living much further away from the craziness of the south.
ReplyDeleteRobert,
ReplyDeleteTeevee, too. Guns and teevee.
There are nuts everywhere and more guns than people in the US but what happened to the gracious south, the easy-going southerner and the southern gentleman? Weren't they more admirable stereotypes than the southern gun nut? I agree that the "news" folks set up this poor fool, perhaps to meet the low expectations of their audience.
ReplyDeleteThe scariest part is that he missed. He's got a gun in each hand and he missed.
ReplyDeleteArizona's not far behind you, Nance. There's pending legislation that would allow college students to bring concealed weapons to class. Teachers can't be armed (contract issues, I think) and they are pissed. My local taco shop has a No Guns Allowed sign on the doorway. My local steak bistro does not. It's all in the clientele, I guess.
If I come to visit you in SC can we drop in on Wildman?
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