The first thing that popped into my head was, 'Can you smell with the Rok is cooking????'

I can smell what this person's cooking, and it smells like shit. At least they spelled "Hussein" correctly. Oh, wait, isn't that the whole point?

I use to live in the DC area for many years and the people in the Shenandoah valley, where Luray, VA is located, are still fighting the American Civil War. Or as they would say, "the war of Northern Aggression". Unfortunately, this is nothing…!

2 possibilities re the rocks: 1. They're stacked to resemble Klan hats. 2. Cletus is trying to grow bigger rocks.

Oh my fucking GOD. *moves to Europe*

This is the real face of the republican party, people.

Or…maybe the "Rok"s are in that position because they are now properly saluting the American flags.

I'm just shocked that there's a sign that says, "No Hunting No Fishing". HUH?? Isn't that ironic??

Maybe Billy Madison helped them spray paint the fence…

As a resident of what is characterized as "rural" area, very near to where this display is located, and I find it just a little disturbing that myself and others living in the same area are all too often lumped into the same category as this bigot. Be it lack of education on the individual running for office, or just plain old racism and hatred, the people who make these sorts of statements do little to further other peoples views of rural communities. More often than not the media chooses to represent these communities and those who live there, by showing crap like this and calling it a shared sentiment - basing their viewpoints on the few who behave like the characteristic "red-neck".

Stunner I was thinking the same thing! I can only assume they don't want any tresspassers hunting or fishing so there are more animals for them to kill with their own bare hands.

RUN-DMS! Thank you for mentioning my favourite name ever! CLETUS!

I thought you were only required to salute the flag if you served time in the military?

Did I mention I once saw a t-shirt that said "Barack Hussein Obama? Are you kidding me?" People wear this in public!

This is interesting. I am a native of central Virginia, and have no less than 3 rural counties that touch on my city. However, I never heard the thing about the "war of Northern Aggression" until less than a week ago. Here I have encountered the term again, although I'm not unfamiliar with that type of person in the least.

Unfortunately the folks who don't agree with terming it the "Civil War" (because, as the argument goes, it wasn't civil) usually end up having very backward ideas, even if they do have a factual understanding of history. By that I mean that the war was not fought over slavery, but rather the South's desire to become a separate country and regain economic independence. The North attacked, the South defended, and lost. Believe it or not, those who still mourn that fact don't wish they were able to own slaves - if you know the facts of the Civil War then you should know that only a tiny fraction of Southerners could afford or even needed slaves. It's just this mindless Northern hatred that's been passed on down their poverty-stricken family line.

I think N. Virginia wants to secede from the rest of the state. At least that's the rumour floating around Maryland. After all, according to John McCain's brother, N. Virginia is "Communist Country." http://www.kotatv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9126299

Luz,

That's his middle name.

"Some folks'll never lose toe / But then again some folk'll / Like Cletus the slack-jawed yokel"

For you, Mae.

Run, you're making me blush. It could just be the Codeine cough syrup though.

Shadi, and how else was the South going to regain economic independence if if wasn't on the backs of slaves? What a conincidence that once the North won the Civil War it passed the 13th Amendment and abolished slavery? You have seriously got to be kidding me with that statement. The wealth of the US was GREATLY enhanced by the use of slaves, indentured servants and the like. Let's try not to erase history, shall we?

Is it just me, or do the rock piles on the bottom right hand corner look just like those rock piles in "The Blair Witch Project"?

Actually, the South attacked the North, when they fired on Ft. Sumter, which was sovereign U.S. federal territory (sort of like when someone attacks one of our bases overseas).

maria,

I know.
The person who wore the shirt was implying that an Arabic middle name was a good enough reason not to vote for the man.

I'd also be inclined to believe the Southerners that could afford/needed slaves were also probably the ones making the decisions and building the rhetoric.

Rok The Vote!

The rock piles remind me of the Hawaiian stacking stones.

gotta love middle america….it should go east coast…texas….west coast

Skaði, you don't happen to live in Lynchburg do you? Or do I remember you saying something about being from Charlottesville? I'm a L'Burg girl myself.

You do have a valid point in the fact that slavery was not the reason for the civil war. The abolition of slavery was designed to undercut the southern economy which was, as Stoney correctly pointed out, built on the backs of the slaves. Yes, only a small portion of southerners could afford slaves, but those were the ones who were making all the money - much like now where the top 1% controls 90% of the world's wealth.

However, it's important to realize that the slaves were not freed for wholly humanitarian reasons - they were ultimately freed for economic reasons. Which is further proof that people generally only do the morally right thing when it's financially beneficial to them (like charitable donations for tax right offs).

sothiejpd, Virginia is on the east coast - not in middle america.

*rolls over in grave*

Couple of things: First, janice and Stoney (and others here) are correct. Slavery wasn't the cause of the Civil War persay, it was states' rights. However, the south chose to start this war over the states right to slavery. So you don't have to stretch very far to see how important the slavery issue was to the Civil War. And let's please not repeat history–on an old Josh Brolin article here there was a huge fight (Civil War pt. II?) about this and it didn't get resolved anyway.

Most importantly, can we have a MG party? It seems like a ridiculous amount of us are in Virginia.

It's true that Lincoln was actually wary to abolish slavery, as were many people in the North. The real abolitionist movement was much bolstered by John Brown, whose momentum Lincoln appropriated for his own political gain.

True K. But just because Lincoln and part of the North were reticent does not mean the South was fine with giving up a vital part of its livelihood.

some weird shit just went down on the other McCain/Palin post

Yes, I'm a Lynchburg native. There do seem to be a lot of us here!

I'm not arguing for slavery here, folks, nor am I saying that it wasn't one of the reasons for which the South ultimately fought the war. I said slaves weren't the reason the war was started, and that's the argument that narrow-minded yokels love to bring up to justify their hatred of the North.

Sorry for the confusion.

I think I'm going to have to change my screen name. I'm now Shadi, lol.

When we argue over slavery, McCain wins.

Seriously people, there's enough crap going on today. I'm black and I'm not even gonna waste my breath trying to rehash the civil war. The stuff at McCain and Palin's rallies is happening now, today. Let's focus on that.

Skaði, where do you live now? Most of us who were raised in Lynchburg eventually moved - I'm still in sorta-VA though - Arlington.

I'm all down for a VA party!!

Nice–since I already outed my location with my link, I'm in Sterling, VA. Kind of meh location and Dick Cheney is moving to the town next door, which is troubling.

uh…what?

Ah, for the love of Pete. Can you please stop posting in Arabic. They are probably getting deleted because 99% of the people here don't speak Arabic. If I posted in Spanish, those would probably be deleted as well. Boo.

Это столько удовольствия!
Мы все должны писать на иностранных языках!

…oh, sorry. I though we were all doing it now?

Donde esta el bano? Una mas cerveza, por favor.

David Hauslaib bebe el chocolate caliente.

I went to a free arabic==>english translator and that dude is crazy.

I think 350… 350, 1993, 350. I think.

What did it say? Give me the reader's digest version.

rofl@helen 41

i cant be sure what you said but in my amateur mental translation its f'ing hilarious

Helen, kylpyhuone on alaspäin aula ja vasemmalle.

*the bathroom is down the hall and to the left.

JD, I didn't mean for it to go as far as it did. I was just making an observation about the type of person that spraypaints crap like that on their fence.

I'm still here, Helen. I left for a little while. I lived in Cary, NC for a couple months, then in Margarita, Venezuela for another couple of months. I spent a few weeks in Florida in between, but ultimately ended up back here. I love the mountains (hence the new handle). Husband thinks we can't move because the deciduous forest is in our blood.

Ah, it's gone! Luckily I copied + pasted…
The main page: Mobile of the press

your commentary on the subject printing of the page sending of the article

David Hauslaib sounds like a terrorist name.

Are you a terrorist?

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(Don't permanently block me please WP!)

It's ok Shadi/Skaði. Just trying not to let us get too off track and start turning on each other. There's already enough Grampy/Caribou Barbie hatred to go around.

Amen.

OK, let's try this again. Testing…

I've seriously considered moving back. There aren't a lot of job opportunities there though. My parents are still there, living in the same house in Sandusky that they've lived in for 38 years.

Yeah, it depends on your field. My mom, who has a Bachelor's and a Master's degree, moved back to Louisiana after separating from my step-father because she couldn't find a new job here. GE didn't exactly fire her, they just "eliminated the position", and didn't have anywhere else to put her.

I think if I had a house in Sandusky I wouldn't let go of it either. Grandma has a house off of Timberlake that she's lived in since my dad was 5 years old. I love that part of town. SO much nicer than living downtown on the edge of White Rock.

Yeah, my parents are pretty lucky . . . they got their for like $18k back in 1970, and luckily the neighborhood has held together pretty well. My aunt is out in Timberlake - it's a great area.

Just out of curiousity, did you go to Glass? What year did you graduate. I'm Heritage class of '93.

Someone obviously peed in the gene pool!!!!

So far the the last few thread I've read have made me want to hide all my ropes and sheets.

No shit! Small world…we went to school together - I graduated in '96 from Heritage. I grew up on the city limit line over near Brookville.

That does make me think. I have never seen Obama salute the flag. I wonder why that is?

Because it is a rhetorical act and there is no reason to publicize something that, in effect, does nothing?

#59, UpChuck:

Probably because you're always watching internet porn.

I give the internet porn a break when the news comes on.

Yes, UpChuck, but Fox News doesn't count as news. Opinion, propaganda, complete fabrication…yes.

So because those nimrods haven't seen it, it hasn't happened? And if he hasn't done it he isn't patriotic? Do you know what pathetic flag waving idiots with their stupid, narrow view of patriotism remind me of? Pre-WWII Germany. The Germans needed to desperately feel good about Germany at a time of unemployment, scarce food, and broken infrastructure. So they waved flags excessively, blamed the Jews, and preached purification of the races to solve all of the country's ills. Idiots like the residents in the photo above, and the mobs at the McCain and Palin rallies shouting "terrorist", "kill him", and "treason" are an embarrassment to this country and the Republican Party should be ashamed.

I'm really ashamed of myself.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend anyone.

That's so funny Skaði. Now I'm dying to know if we might have known each other. You weren't in the band by chance were you? I was in the colorguard (nerdy to admit, I know, but oh well!)

UpChuck, don't take it personally. While Surlygirl has some very valid points, there is no harm in asking a question. Besides, some questions lead way to debate, and debate leads to enlightenment, and there is nothing wrong with that!

Then you probably knew my brother Quinton. He played a saxophone in the marching band. I was into theatre stuff, if you remember a little girl named Lisa. I have long straight light brown hair, and I had a terrible pair of nerdy glasses back in 9th grade. We did a play that year (the last year a woman taught theatre) where I was type-cast as a girl on a playground getting picked on for wearing glasses, lol.

I think I know exactly who your brother is, but can't remember your last name. Your brother is tall with sort of wavy blond hair, right? I am going to have to go dig through my old high school yearbooks and figure out who you are!

mollygood, reuniting high school classmates?

what CAN'T this place do?!

It can't make a decent quiche lorraine to save it's soul, say what, but that's about it!

Isnt this a celebrity gossip site? Stop posting stuff about politics, you are only making yourself looking stupid.

look*

Matt, in the past when the very same argument has been raised, the response has been that:

1) If you don't like the political posts, you are not obligated to read them.

2) There are no bigger celebrities in the US right now than John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Sarah Palin.

3) This is Cord & Whitney's blog, and if they choose to expand the scope of it beyond Paris Hilton's vagina and Amy Winehouse's crack addiction, they are certainly free to do so.

Regardless, it's biased reporting. People shouldnt be speaking about politics when they no nothing of the matter. It seems they, just like every other internet celebrity blogger has jumped on the bandwagon of ridiculing McCain and Palin…Why? Because its the cool thing to do? Because it's considered cool to be young and supporting Obama? Look at the facts and dont base your reporting of off SNL skits.

Helen, look for Quinton and Lisa O. We were in 9th grade in the 92-93 school year. He was the tall blond, so you shouldn't have a hard time us.

Matt, a blog's sole purpose is to express the opinion of its author. I think you've got this confused with journalism (and it's "know", not "no"). In any case, I think Cord knows more about politics than you realize.

hard time *finding* us….

Yes I KNOW its know…it was a typo in my RAGING ANGER TOWARDS DEMOCRATS!

Sorry Matt. You make yourself look even stupider by going on a gossip blog and demanding political posts cease. Don't be sad. There's also a nice Paris post if that would be more up your alleyhole.

And I personally don't think voting for Obama will make me cool. But once I incorporate myself and get my goverment bailout I plan to upgrade my face. Then I'll be young and cool again.

Matt, I think the other typo you made in your RAGING ANGER TOWARD DEMOCRATS was that you typed mollygood.com into the URL instead of foxnews.com.

And just as an FYI, not everyone who is voting for Obama is a democrat. And raging anger against any class of people (democrats, blacks, gays, jews, etc.) is a big part of the reason why so many young, independent voters are running in droves away from the republican candidates - we just don't want to be associated with all the hatred and ignorance. . . it's bad for the pores.

matt, dear…this site is NOT A NEWS SITE.

THE WRITERS HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO BE UN-BIASED.

People here, both posters and commentators, clearly have a good grasp of politics and the current political goings-on. we've jumped on said bandwagon because McCain/Palin SO BADLY deserve it…it IS based on facts.

and for someone who complains about the political posts, you sure seem to enjoy commenting on those threads.

"Regardless, it's biased reporting. People shouldnt be speaking about politics when they no nothing of the matter. It seems they, just like every other internet celebrity blogger has jumped on the bandwagon of ridiculing McCain and Palin…Why? Because its the cool thing to do? Because it's considered cool to be young and supporting Obama? Look at the facts and dont base your reporting of off SNL skits."

Actually, Matt, this educated Democrat supports Obama because he has integrity, character, and an actual plan to pull this country out of the shithole the current republican president and his band of greedy, warmongering, uncharitable, secretive, undemocratic bastards put us in. I ridicule McCain because he sold his soul to get to the White House and he will lose. I ridicule Palin because she is an idiot who has the gall to think she's qualified to be the VP. And I get my news from the Washington Post, the NY Times, NPR and the BBC. And I tune in to Fox News now and then to see what the idiots are being spoon fed. Now run along to another site instead of trying to dictate what other people blog and comment about.

Awwwww, "Matt"!

Turn that frown upside down!

This makes me really embarrassed.

I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
And I promise all of Virginia is not like that.