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Posted on 12.26.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 12:18 pm
I’m so glad we finally took the plunge and bought an artificial Christmas tree this year. I’ve always fretted about keeping the real trees of our family’s past sufficiently watered: Filed under: Holidays and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.26.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 11:41 am
I always hated it when liberals took cheap shots at President Bush and his family for enjoying the luxuries of life they can afford by nature of good fortune. I hate cheap shots at President Obama and his family for the same reason. Come Jan. 1, I will be among the 10 percent of unemployed Americans. Our family has been tightening our belt all year knowing this day was coming. Even in better times, we never could have dreamed of renting a secluded and ritzy Hawaiian mansion for $4,000 a night. But I don’t begrudge the president and his family doing it, in good times for the nation or in bad, when they have been so richly blessed. The fact that taxpayers must foot part of the bill for presidential vacations does give me pause. But presidents make personal sacrifices for their country — the loss of privacy, the always-on-call nature of the job, the constant and often vicious criticism — and the reality is that they couldn’t vacation like the average Joe if they wanted. Don’t give them grief over embracing the luxuries of the job, I say. Every American would do the same given the opportunity. So enjoy your vacation, Mr. President. Consider it the fruits of this great country you serve. But when you get back to Washington, just please remember how blessed you are and don’t destroy with your policies the opportunities the rest of us have to feast on those fruits someday, too. Filed under: Government and Holidays and News & Politics and People and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.24.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 1:05 pm
Our Christmas tree is decorated with all kinds of redneck ornaments, including a Tasmanian Devil/Angel tree topper and several bear ornaments, but we don’t have this redneck scooter:
Of course, enlightened rednecks would fill that scooter with non-alcoholic drinks. Filed under: Holidays and Just For Laughs and Redneck Humor Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.19.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 12:03 pm
Think of all the small game that died to make this festive wreath possible — and smile knowing that it is driving the animal lovers at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals crazy.
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Posted on 12.18.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 10:58 pm
Still Christmas shopping for that special redneck in your life? Well, nothing says “I love you” like a gun rack under the mattress and a shotgun within reach as you sleep: That reminds me of a redneck Christmas carol I learned as a kid and sing to our children now: “Jingle bells, shotgun shells, Santa Claus is dead. Tried to steal my teddy bear, so I shot him in the head.” Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! Filed under: Holidays and Hunting & Guns and Just For Laughs and Redneck Humor and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.15.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 6:40 pm
Here is a touching holiday story from a Philadelphia-area diner: The City of Brotherly Love indeed. I suspect the mystery couple that started it all were rednecks because they appreciate simple but meaningful gestures. Filed under: Food and Holidays and Human Interest and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.12.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 4:14 pm
The Emerald Coast of Florida, which runs from Pensacola to Port St. Joe, has earned the nickname “Redneck Riviera,” so it makes sense that the area is home to a redneck Christmas festival. The event is today, and the Pensacola News Journal published a preview earlier this week:
Rednecks raising money for good causes — it doesn’t exactly fit the elitist stereotype, does it? But the fun and games do. “Everything from redneck fishing to frying pan toss to greasy pig contest and cow patty bingo will entertain kids and adults alike.” One of these days, I need to make an annual list of all of the great, all-American redneck events — and then plan some road trips. Filed under: Holidays and Redneck Humor and Rednecks Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.11.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 6:28 pm
Yes, Minnesota, there is global warming — because alarmists used the politics of peer review to hide the decline in temperatures. And now Minnesotans for Global Warming has immortalized their dirty deeds in song just in time for the holidays: And now comedian Tim Hawkins reminds everyone what Christmas is all about: Filed under: Entertainment and Holidays and Just For Laughs and Music and People and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.09.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 12:39 pm
Santa Claus is coming to town … on a most unusual sleigh. We rednecks really know how to get in the holiday spirit, don’t we?
He even has the one with the red nose. Rudolph isn’t “the one that got away.” Filed under: Holidays and Just For Laughs and Redneck Humor Comments: None |
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Posted on 11.26.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 4:39 pm
What Melissa said: “The ad wraps up the left’s disgust with America. Crappy tradition, crappy white family, crappy Thanksgiving, hypocritical Christians and, of course, animal hatred. Basically, the ad captures everything they hate about America in one ad.” I can’t wait to scarf down some leftover turkey inside one of Mom’s homemade rolls for a snack this evening. I’ll enjoy it even more after watching that ad. And for entertainment, maybe I’ll watch MSNBC’s lame attempt to embarrass enlightened redneck Sarah Palin during her appearance at a turkey farm last year. Filed under: Advertising and Culture and Family and Food and Holidays and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 04.08.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 11:00 pm
Several days ago, after explaining how President Obama ruined the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, I sarcastically tweeted the following comment:
My sarcasm was way off the mark. Plenty of gay families will be at the egg roll. I should have known the president would take care of the liberal constituencies who helped elect him. He made sure that homosexuals will be there regardless of whether they beat the incredibly flawed online ticketing system his White House implemented for the egg roll:
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Posted on 04.01.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 9:12 am
It’s the Easter season, and that means chocolate bunnies will be hopping from store shelves to spring baskets across America over the next several days. Most kids kill their chocolate bunnies the old-fashioned way — by eating them. But here’s a more creative way to do the deed: Editor’s note: No real animals were harmed during the writing of this blog post. Sugary substitutes don’t count. Filed under: Holidays and Just For Laughs and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 01.01.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 4:00 pm
Listen to country music and you’ll get some great ideas for New Year’s resolutions — something better than the old standby “lose weight.” Here are some examples from song titles:
The blogger for Country Music Television has more ideas here. Filed under: Holidays and Redneck Music Comments: None |
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Posted on 01.01.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 3:28 pm
It’s news to me but apparently January is a month for men to “rebel” by growing their beards without trimming, eating lots of red meat and drinking whiskey. It’s called Manuary and has been celebrated since 2005 Chicago resident Bill Housewright started the Manuary movement “to get in touch with his ‘redneck, ex-country past.’” Seeing that I’m currently between jobs and can afford to look scruffy for awhile, I might just celebrate Manuary this year — minus the whiskey, of course, because I’m an enlightened redneck who doesn’t drink. Filed under: Culture and Holidays and Rednecks Comments: None |
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Posted on 12.31.08 by K. Daniel Glover @ 5:19 pm
I wish we had been able to give our kids a Wii this Christmas just to get a reaction like this: Truth be told, I’d probably scream like that myself if “Santa” had delivered a Wii to our house. The one gift I wanted desperately as a child was the Atari game console, and when I didn’t get it the one year I really expected it, I bought it after Christmas with money I had saved delivering papers. Ah, those were the days! Filed under: Culture and Family and Holidays and Technology Comments: 1 Comment |
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