Barbecue Is The Third Rail Of North

There's An Ethic That Says: 'you Don't Run Off To The Church For The Sacraments Of Salvation, You Establish A Personal Relationship With God. You Don't Run Off To The Courts For Justice, You Settle It Yourself. You Don't Run Off To Labor Unions To Sort Out Your Work Relations, You Can Take This Job And Shove It If You Don't Like What You're Doing.

I Think There's A Suspicion In The South Of People Putting On Airs. You See It In Most Successful Southern Politicians, But You Also See It In Someone Like Richard Petty, Who May Be A Multimillionaire Stock Car Driver, But He's Also Beloved Because He Has A Nice Self-deprecatory Way About Him.

I Do Believe States' Rights Was A Sound Doctrine That Got Hijacked By Some Unsavory Customers For A While - Like, 150 Years Or So. I'm Professionally Obliged To Believe That Knowledge Is Better Than Ignorance, But Some Kinds Of Forgetting Are Ok With Me.

As Long As There Are Japanese Tourists, There Will Be A Market For The Old South.

I've Occasionally Wished I Had Caller Id. Even Telemarketers, I Hate To Hang Up On Them. I Try To Explain I'm Not Interested, But They Have All These Canned Responses So I End Up Having To Hang Up On Them Anyway.