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The Mullet is the hairstyle of America's blue-collar or redneck underbelly. The term"redneck"originally referred to the burnt, red neck of those working in the farms and outdoors a lot. Perhaps to help prevent this from happening, they grew their hair longer on their necks? So, the style...
I’ve always been intrigued by Satchel Paige. Not just the pitcher, not just the legend, but the guy himself—the kind of cat who moved through the world like he knew some secret the rest of us weren’t in on. An enigma, a cipher, a man whose age bent and shifted depending on wh...
You not only understand abstraction but can also theorize it. Powerlessness, incapability, and ignorance make you stressful. Some psychologists term the rational as knowledge seeker. The INTJ, INTP, ENTJ and ENTP Myers Briggs types are included in this kind....
Indeed some historical sources equate the term “pinelander” and “cracker”. But This Is Pinelander Soul doesn’t have the same ring. Finally the Piney woods immediately reminds me of another Pejorative. Peckerwood. My grandfather used to endearingly refer to me as his little Peckerwood. ...
Interestingly, the eighteenth track of Minutemen’s 1982 magnum opus Double Nickels On The Dime is named ‘God Bows To Math‘, a short yet complexly syncopated piece, and an ironic omen for the later coining of the term ‘math rock’. While this conflicts with claims made almost a decade...
(“i was willing to sacrifice happiness for greed,” alvi admitted in 2002)—mcinnes became increasingly influenced by the writings of jim goad, author of the redneck manifesto. “the greatest writer of our generation,” mcinnes has said of him. (goad attended the proud boys’ election night...
Campaign against Jackson portrayed him as uncontrollable redneck 1828-Jackson Wins democrats more racist History of Cherokees Moved south due to pressure from settlement in Virginia and N. Carolina Georgians were moving up from savannah U.S signed treaty with Cherokees to give them North Georgia ...
Terry Funk is a guy in the business and a pig farmer and Hawk always talked about how his pigs would multiply so fast. And when Hawk would do this, he would talk like this redneck Texas lingo. Ali knew who Terry Funk was and everything. Hawk had me laughing, but I thought Ali ...
There, Representative Gilligan quickly made a name for himself within the Ohio delegation. This was not due to his effectiveness - the Democrats were only in the barest of majorities during his first term, and this was often overshadowed by Bill Fulbright’s seeming disinterest in the affairs ...