Rednecks
Monday, April 23, 2012
Rednecks Your official Confederate Memorial Day 2012 Blingee
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Jeeze. We'd almost forgotten. Continue to enjoy your day off, state employees!
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Rednecks How will you celebrate Confederate Memorial Day?
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart on Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:31 PM
You WON'T be going to the DMV, so just forget about it. Local writer and Twitterer Max Blau posted this photo yesterday, a sign on the door of the Georgia Department of Revenue's Motor Vehicles Division's offices informing its patrons that it will be closed for business on April 23 in observation of Confederate Memorial Day. I grew up in the South (for the most part) and I've been in Georgia for two years, but this is a thing I'd not heard of ...
Here's what I learned on the Internet. Confederate Memorial Day is technically April 26 in Georgia (the date of observance varies by state) because it's the day Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston officially surrendered to General William T. Sherman, ending the Civil War in Georgia. It was an official state holiday until 1984, when the legislature decided to remove all state holidays from code. This meant General Lee's and Jefferson Davis's birthdays (January 19 and June 3, respectively) were no longer observed, but what the law did was leave it up to the governor to pick one of the three dates on which all things Confederate could be celebrated. April 26 is a Wednesday this year, so Monday, April 23 it is. Enjoy, state employees!
Friday, March 23, 2012
Rednecks More on the shouty pastor who shouted at the Georgia Legislature
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart on Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Last week we introduced you to Tony Byrd, a Toccoa pastor who recently spent 12 minutes yelling and spitting at the Georgia House of Representatives about good things like Jesus and America, and bad things like drugz, gayz, abortionz, and the wicked, filthy liberal media. Here. Watch it again. It doesn't get old (it does get old).
The following Sunday, Byrd spoke to his congregation at Zebulon Baptist Church about the experience of delivering a heartfelt, religious screed to a bunch of bored state reps. Byrd — who's even louder and more terrifying on his home turf — refers to House Speaker David Ralston as a "big old joker." Here's video from People for the American Way's blog Right Wing Watch:
Right Wing Watch also points out that the sermon Byrd so passionately delivered to the legislators is basically identical to a 2009 sermon given by Pastor Richard Lee that's available on a website called sermoncentral.com, replete with helpful notes like, "Insert current examples for concern. Such as Abortion, Gay Marriage, Education, etc."
After the jump, bonus footage of another Byrd sermon in which he accuses sitcoms having a "homosexual agenda" and compares gays to drug dealers. Again, so unoriginal.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Rednecks / Media UPDATE — Rome, GA cartoonist's constructive contribution to the Sandra Fluke controversy
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart on Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:09 PM
UPDATE — John Bailey of the Rome News-Tribune emailed (and commented below) to clarify that the cartoon was not published in their paper — "Our editorial department killed it," he explained — but was published elsewhere. The RNT does frequently print Rome resident Mike Lester's work.
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Here's a cartoon that was published in the Rome News-Tribune. Everyone reacted so well to Rush Limbaugh's suggestion that Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke is a slut for advocating for government funded contraception, that cartoonist Mike Lester thought he'd add to the dialogue by reiterating what a whore Fluke is. And, look!, President Obama is her stereotypical, blaxploitation, Huggy Bear-style pimp. This is just cutting commentary, folks. Or maybe it's just Lester's funny way of saying, "HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!" Also, "HAPPY MONTH AFTER BLACK HISTORY MONTH!"
Oh, and you can read a transcript of Sandra Fluke's slutty slut-speak here.
H/T @andishehnouraee and The Daily Beast.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Rednecks A dog got kicked out of Chatham County and also has a lawyer
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart on Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:06 PM
Oreo is an American bulldog who's gotten a decent amount of press down in the Savannah area, first by mauling a child, then by procuring a lawyer and arranging to be banished from Chatham County rather than being banished from the planet Earth (unnecessary euphemism for "being put to sleep").
BUT, WAITAMINUTE, DOGS CAN'T HIRE LAWYERS.
The folks at Savannah's Fox affiliate do not agree. Whilst reporting Oreo's story — which I HIGHLY recommend watching — Jesse "Eyebrowz" Blanco says that the dog "went and got himself a lawyer," but I'm relatively sure that's not how it happened. ONE THING'S FOR SURE. Oreo's former owners didn't hire the lawyer. Because I don't think they can operate phones (how rude, Gwynedd). Seriously. Watch this ...
Monday, January 16, 2012
Politics / Rednecks Can Newt give a four-minute MLK Day speech without saying anything racially inflammatory?
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:04 PM
YES HE CAN! Color me impressed. Had the speech gone one minute longer, he would've started ranting about how poor, black kids should be forced to clean toilets, no doubt.
Here's video of the speech Newty G. gave at an event in South Carolina (Rick Perry cameo included!) ...
Wonder what King would've thought about the NAACP-food stamp remark?
Friday, April 22, 2011
Rednecks / Haters KKK rally and counter-rallies cancelled in N. Ga.
Posted by Scott Henry on Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 4:03 PM
- Joeff Davis/CL File
- The Georgia Knight Riders and Knights of the Ku Klux Klan rallied for a crowd of more than 500 on Feb. 20, 2010 in the town of Nahunta, Ga., about 275 miles southeast of Atlanta.
I was going to use the post to make observation that, while the bill's supporters claim the motivation behind the measure isn't xenophobia or anti-immigrant sentiment, it's always a good idea to reconsider your position whenever you're on the same side of an issue as the Klan.
But I learned moments ago that the KKK rally has been called off. So I called Jerry Gonzales, executive director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, which had been planning its own counter-demonstration. As Gonzales explains: "The Habersham County sheriff told me that the Klan canceled because they'd heard the Black Panthers were coming and they didn't want to make the event into something racial."
I must confess that I should've called the Habersham sheriff myself, but was worried I wouldn't get as fabulous a quote about the KKK not wanting to "make it racial," and I really wanted to use it bad. And the Black Panthers were coming?!? From where — the '70s?
Anyway, Gonzales says, however, that his own group's rally had generated enough interested that it will be rescheduled for some time in May. You can visit the Facebook event page here.
As an aside, what is it with Habersham County, anyway? This is a gorgeous part of the state that nonetheless elected notorious Christian-extremist hate-monger Nancy Schaefer twice to the state Senate. Yeesh.
Check out CL's video from the KKK rally February 2010 in Nahunta, GA
Monday, March 21, 2011
Rednecks Even the description of Stone Mountain's new lasershow will make your brain explode
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart on Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:03 PM
Fancy this: Stone Mountain turning temporarily into a volcano, spewing lava down its side. Then a waterfall pouring down from the top of the world's largest granite outcropping. How about "the Rock" cracking open and birds flying out right at you from its exposed center?
OK, OK. Now this:
The state's No. 1 attraction is announcing Monday that its most popular draw is being enhanced with digital, multidimensional projection that adds 3-D-like effects without the glasses.
So, basically, the Stone Mountain lasershow folks have initiated some kind of pact with the devil, allowing them to make what was already the Best Thing in the World™ even betterer using satanic majik called "Mountainvision."
How are they making "3-D-like" effects without glasses? They are supplying everyone with LSD. LSD is the only answer. That, or Stone Mountain is actually an active volcano that spews lava, birds and the reanimated souls of Confederate generals.
The new laser light extravaganza debuts on Memorial Day weekend.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Rednecks Alabama vote devastates bloggers
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:28 PM
In yesterday's primary elections in Alabama, comedically insane person Dale Peterson was defeated in his bid to become the state's GOP nominee for Agriculture Commissioner. In case you haven't seen it, here's the reason I can call him comedically insane with no fear of a lawsuit:
We who enjoy pointing at Alabama in amazement are holding out hope that GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim James emerges from a pending recount with enough votes to put him in July 13's run-off election.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Rednecks Gov. Perdue, resolve water war so Georgia doesn't deal with this guy
Posted by Thomas Wheatley on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:31 PM
The governors of Alabama, Florida and Georgia have until 2012 to strike a deal on how they'll share water from Lake Lanier — or else a federal judge will decide for them. The governors say they've made progress and would like to sort things out this year, but things could always go wrong.
If the negotiations get extended, Georgia's next man or woman at the table will be one of three rookies who haven't dealt with the water crisis. (All the governors currently negotiating the issue will be out of office next year. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is running for U.S. Senate. Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and Gov. Sonny Perdue are both serving their final terms.)
And he or she might have to deal with Tim James, who's running for the chief executive job in Alabama. Here's James in a campaign commercial that blows the lid off an epic scandal: Driver's license tests in foreign languages. ("This is Alabama. We speak English. If you want to live here, learn it.")
Dear Gov. Perdue, please figure this thing out this year so Tim James doesn't join the discussion ("Water is gonna be here forever. So let's drink it.") After the jump, another example of James' bold ideas. This one revolves around tort reform. Guess his stance on the issue. (H/T Wonkette)
