oh whatever. people in the south don't use racial slurs. next you'll be telling me that the sky is blue.

oh poor poor Deimos. Sit down, we need to talk. Now where did I put my puppets?

is it evil that i am proud of them for getting themselves into a totally immature and illegal situation because of this doofus?

It's not like Josh Brolin has a history of violent behavior. I'm sure he only beat the shit out of his wife because she had used a racial slur too.

You're totally right, Deimos. Racism is indigenous only to the south.

::pshaw::

Josh brolin is a wife beater??!! NOOOOOOOOOO! NO! This is not truth! Someone tell me it's a lie!

Holy crap, my original assessment of the situation wasn't that far off! High fives to me for assuming southerners don't take kindly to "those folks".
-just kidding of course I don’t think all southerners hate Hollywood types or are racist
-but I bet the majority do!
-just kidding again

hey, i'm from texas cait, gotta be able to poke fun at yourself. :)

Agreed Cait. Because the Northeast has many more diverse and established communities of different cultures, there are just tons more stereotypes for people to abuse. That's the only difference I could see.

maria, we don't get the credit we deserve. there's very little racism where i'm from in alabama. no one i know is a blatant racist although i've met people who are still making racial assumptions that they clearly don't realize are descriminatory.

of, course, i do know a lot of people who essentially believe that men and women should be "separate but equal" but that's another story for another time…

Ironically, racism in New Orleans is a bit of a twist on the original theme of American prejudice - you should see the slurs that follow the mayoral race and the DA's race.

Remember the "chocolate city" comments?

Deimos, I can easily poke fun at myself and where I grew up (Alabama and NW Florida) - but hell, prejudice can - and does - exist everywhere, in many forms. It's an ironic stereotype to assign to southerners that by virtue of where we live and our accents, we must clearly be inbred redneck assholes who hate anyone who looks different. ;)

But that's just me. ::winkles::

Cait, do you think there is any irony in your comment considering you used the term "redneck"?

/honest question

I love people who are willing to beat ass in the name of promoting better race relations.

Absolutely, Maria - I was pointing out that the very stereotype is absurd. But it's the holier-than-thou that assign it to anyone with the slightest drawl. My use of "redneck" was fully intended to be tongue-in-cheek.

It pisses me off when Harbingers of Truth from the Enlightened North cast smug and loftily entitled aspersions about southerners (like we don't know about the south side of Boston).

But then again, that's just me.

Geez, Cait is such a redneck

I thought it was(tongue-in-cheek), but then I couldn't tell, thanks for clearing that up.

I grew up in the South(west) and I now live in NYC, the racism here is bad…but it manifests itself in much more subtle ways. The news is guilty of it and there is a lot of “accepted” anti-Semitism. The thing is here there are so many different cultures and ethnicities the racism isn’t as “black and white” (pardon the pun).

Maria, no, that makes total sense - I think Sar makes an excellent point about prejudice just taking a different form.

since i accepted cait into my heart, i no longer use phrases like "redneck" and "white trash."

i can't be all pissed off about racism towards my people yet continue to cast aspersions on others.

now cait, if you could just figure out how to turn water into wine, we might have something.

Cait can walk on water too?

"It pisses me off when Harbingers of Truth from the Enlightened North cast smug and loftily entitled aspersions about southerners (like we don’t know about the south side of Boston)."

Hear Hear!!!

STM's only saying that because she wants to come sing a duet of "Ebony and Ivory" with me on Bourbon Street. ;)

And since I've accepted STM into my heart, I can no longer deny her bacon.

Wait, can I still use White Devil?

oh yeah, white devil is totally acceptable. i love it when people call me that. ;)

all joking aside people in the north need to pull that "all people in the south are racists" stick out of their asses. isn't lumping a entire group of people in one catagory alot like racism?

Do i have to google everything myself around here?

Oh. Oh my go… oh for the… He…. he hit Diane Lane???

He hit Diane Lane??

sure is deimos. sure is.

maria, i think it's called "swimming." but what do i know, i'm black. i see people in the water and they might as well be walking on it.

stereotypes are hilarious.

(sidenote: i totally can swim.)

Don't worry, Sar, you weren't the only one who didn't know. I can't believe he is a wife beater! Maybe he learned it from his dad - that would explain why Barbara Streisand looks so bad!

Yes, he was arrested for spousal battery. He hit Diane Lane.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1009993,0
0.html

Maybe this link will work…
http://www.people.com/people/a.....93,00.html

I heard Cait was at an Applebee's where they ran out of food so she multiplied her Riblets and Margarita to feed everyone.

The word of Cait be with you.

No one should be without tequila. It's a basic human right.

And also with you, Keebs. Lift up your hearts - we lift them up to the Cait. Let us give thanks to Cait. It is right to give her thanks and praise.

Lisa(#1)?

Lisa(tinkle)?

Lisa(#2)?

Lisa(poo)?

I'm so going to have to go confession this weekend. ::laughing maniacally::

Oh, and erm, peace be with you…and stuff.

i have never not once eaten in an applebee's. in fact, i see commercials on the teevee and i'm all "does anyone really eat there?"

am i exposing myself as an arugula eating latte drinking elitist by asking the question?

i'll cut a bitch for some outback steakhouse. does that help?

these are tough questions, people. tough questions that deserve an answer.

The commercials that make me want to pour STM's pee in my eyes are the TGI Friday's ones with the "dude." You know…the guy with the 1998 frosted hair and the oh-so-Lebowski-on-crackishness?

I'm a food snob (RACIST!), because I live in one of the greatest cities ever for food…and I have the expanding waistline to prove it. ;)

TGI Fridays has gone way over the top in flair.

Wall flair.

Everywhere.

Frosted hair flair?

Silly Cait! We all know you are a FLAMING RACIST.

winks!

And I agree with your points. It's reverse, perverse racism.

I must be, Ilz. After all, I'm from The South, right? As Cord mused, "Oh, The South, what are we gonna do with you?" ;)

More tequila!

Ilnazhad used winks! What's the world coming to?

I have had it up to here with these Directionist snobs. They're all ignorant. Go back to the north pole, northies!

That was my attempt at poignant satire. FAIL.

that's the problem. elitists like warm weather. it's frigging cold in the north pole. so instead we go to the bayou and we judge.

but you know what they say. judge not lest ye be judge judy.

Have another shot, Sar. You'll feel better.

::pouring::

is a flaming racist a gay racist?

don't tell me i'm posting too quickly, wordpress! you don't own me!

a gaycist, perhaps?

Hey, at least in the bayou we get to eat fried green tomato and shrimp remoulade po'boys, washed down with Barq's and Abita.

::slaps another mosquito off my leg::

I like your stance on tequila, Cait. I wish to offer myself to you as high priest. I am an officially ordained minister through the Universal Life Church and can conduct services and marry people in your name. I would like to suggest for communion we offer thin mint cookies as your 'body'. Tequila and thin mint cookies go great together, plus I can have the elves crank up the ovens and produce them for next to nothing.

And yes, I really am an ordained minister. I have ID to prove it.

I was in Girl Scouts for 11 years, so Thin Mints are certainly apropos. Get those elves to work so that we can save their tiny, immortal souls…

…or some such.

Cait, don't forget fried pickle chips. Keebs, I like your style, but if I may make a humble suggestion - choice of thin mints or samoas, and the thin mints are frozen.

I love frozen thin mints. :)

Lisa (poo), I actually keep fry batter and pickles in my kitchen - I love fried pickle chips! Sweet Mother of Cait!

Samoas and Tagalongs are manna from heaven (or, um, uptown New Orleans).

So hungry now. GAH.

You know Cait, we could incorporate the Girl Scouts into the church and send them door to door sell cookies and spreading the Word. They could be our Jehovah's Witnesses, but instead of selling the Watchtower we can can make up our own handout. I'm thinking of calling it The Belfry, or perhaps The Flying Buttress.

We'll just have to keep the Girl Scouts and my elves separated. There's a lot of bad blood between them. It all goes back to the Betty Crocker Cook Off of 1972. It's like the crypts and bloods meets West Side Story but with more bloodshed and jazz hands.

I'm pretty sure the hoodies in my neighborhood (so named for their propensity to wear hoodies, ala "Hot Fuzz") were scared off recently by a band of roving Girl Scouts. Vicious gals, those Girl Scouts. They're all "blah blah be prepared"…and oh sure, they're prepared…with a switchblade.

There is a little know Girl Scout badge in shiv making.

"the greater good."

STM, I just spewed Diet Dr. Pepper across my desk…all I could think of was Jim Broadbent.

"By the power of Greyskull!"

Keebler, I have that badge. True story.

::attempting to look menacing::

I think if I ever marry someone I am going to finish off the service by saying, "By the power of Greyskull, I now pronounce you man and wife."

STM "judge not lest ye be judge judy." - that was so perfect. Did you know she wrote a book - I'm not joking at all - and it's called "Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!"

In her honor's honor I'd like to (takes shot from Cait) toast all the Directionists out there. Don't pee in my eyes and tell me it's raining!

keebler, if you don't get a commie for #64 I'm moving to wherever robert redford moves.

Keebler, Cait is getting married soon…

I'm just sayin'.

Sar, I love it!

What do you say Cait? I mean how would it look if your high priest didn't marry you? You don't have to worry, High priest is just a ceremonial title, I'm mostly drunk theses day.

Keebs, we should hang out more often. Clinkies!

*raises glass*

Agreed Lisa.

robert redford moves to sundance…which isn't as much north as it is rich, so it's snobbish but liberal.

Keebler is hereby invited to the non-existent bachelorette party at the haunted plantation. As Cait, I hereby pronounce that High Priest Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahn! is an honorary hag.

Oh, and I support bacon, tequila, and Girl Scout cookies for all…just as long as I fit into my traditional dress next June. :)

Oh, I also support Tomba.

BLACK JEWS FOR BACON!!

I am honored Cait.