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Posted on 02.08.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 4:43 pm
I drive a Toyota, and I must admit that my first instinct as a father was to call my local dealer and ask whether my car is safe to drive. But my second instinct was to remember that LaHood is a bureaucrat who needs to justify his existence, and what better way to do that than a little fear-mongering. So today I did the opposite of what LaHood recommended. I took my recalled Corolla for a long drive on post-blizzard roads and into West Virginia. My son and I survived. The lesson for Americans: Ignore bureaucratic fear-mongers like LaHood. Their attempts to scare you are shameful power trips. Thankfully, LaHood had the character to revise and extend his remarks after a foolish statement at a congressional hearing. But the unnecessary damage to Toyota’s reputation already had been done — and I say that as a customer who isn’t too happy with Toyota right now. Filed under: Business and Government and News & Politics and People and Travel Comments: 4 Comments |
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Posted on 10.31.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 10:15 am
What a great name for a redneck restaurant! I’m going to have to find a good reason to drive West Virginia Route 2 between Point Pleasant and Huntington just so I can visit.
Let me revise that statement: Visiting Hillbilly Hot Dogs is all the reason I need for the trip. Go to the blog of Charleston, W.Va.-based photographer Rick Lee for the rest of the photos, inside and outside the beautiful dive. (Hat tip to Don Surber) Filed under: Business and Food and Human Interest and People and Photography and Rednecks and Travel and West Virginia Comments: None |
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Posted on 09.09.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 1:14 am
If you want to know why I love West Virginia so, watch this video and wonder no more. It just doesn’t get any better than the Mountain State. I don’t know whether I should thank Don Surber or not for sending me the link because he sent it with this note: “Watch This. Get homesick.” It worked. I’m in desperate need of another week at Camp Appalachia. Filed under: Travel and Video and West Virginia Comments: None |
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Posted on 04.22.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 11:34 pm
Inspired by a Facebook friend who used a redneck application I didn’t know existed, I just completed a form to learn that my “redneck name” is Cooter Jackson.
He lived in Hollywood, served in Congress and later became a mainstay, along with The General Lee, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. We used to love driving out to Sperryville just to see Cooter chatting it up with the rednecks who flocked to Cooter’s Place. These days you have to travel to Tennessee to relive the Cooter experience. Filed under: Entertainment and Family and Human Interest and Just For Laughs and People and Travel Comments: None |
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Posted on 04.11.09 by K. Daniel Glover @ 5:12 pm
One of our dearest friends is from Pensacola, Fla., and her parents still live there. My wife also lived in that region briefly as a child, so we decided to vacation there a few years ago. I either forgot or I never knew that Pensacola has a reputation as being the “Redneck Riviera.” I do know we had a blast while we were there, though, so the reputation makes sense. My fondest memory is of gorging on catfish and more at The Cock of the Walk. That was some good redneck chow. We also caught glimpses of the Blue Angels performing while we were there, though we decided to avoid the traffic craziness of going to the beach to watch the show. The city’s tourism chief seems more impressed with Pensacola’s “highbrow attractions” like the opera, ballet, theater, symphony and art museum, and it’s nice to have those opportunities for enlightenment for the rednecks who want them. But I hate to hear this attitude: “I don’t have a fit when I hear [Redneck Riviera]. But it’s not a term we’re going to use to market our area. Pensacola is so beyond that now.” Beyond that? If you’re beyond it, you need to get back to it. Embrace your inner redneckedness! Filed under: Culture and Food and Rednecks and Travel Comments: None |
