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"Hillbillies making millions out of American gas rush"

Posted on 8/17/08 at 4:49 pm
Posted by Tiger JJ
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Posted on 8/17/08 at 4:49 pm


Count on the Europeans to be even more condescending than the New York Times:

quote:

Judy was, until very recently, a normal 61-year-old great grandmother from rural Arkansas who taught English at the local middle school and spent her spare time taking care of five troublesome terriers.

Now, in a story reminiscent of the 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, she has joined a rapidly growing group of millionaires cashing in on a natural gas gold rush that is sweeping the American south.


Wow. How deep of them to dig so diligently to find such a gem of a cultural reference.

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And by the time the big gas companies have finished, there will be plenty more hillbilly millionaires like Judy. 'It is possibly the fourth largest gas discovery in the world and the largest in the United States,' said Briggs. 'It's big.'


Outrageous.

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Posted by Tiger JJ
Member since Aug 2010
545 posts
Posted on 8/17/08 at 4:59 pm to
Per Wiki, here's the definition of "hillbilly":

quote:

a pejorative term referring to people who dwell in remote, rural, mountainous areas of the eastern United States, primarily southern Appalachia and the Ozarks.


This makes me think they used someone from Arkansas instead of Louisiana just so they could use the term.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 8/17/08 at 5:04 pm to
Wow! In a world of everything having to be PC that was pretty brave to print IMO.
Posted by Tiger JJ
Member since Aug 2010
545 posts
Posted on 8/17/08 at 7:41 pm to
Yeah, white people are totally off limits!

Posted by Colonel Hapablap
Mostly Harmless
Member since Nov 2003
28791 posts
Posted on 8/17/08 at 7:49 pm to
haven't we already discussed how much more racist eurpoeans are than everyone else?
Posted by MileHigh
Most likely a mile high
Member since Jan 2004
7920 posts
Posted on 8/17/08 at 7:54 pm to
quote:


haven't we already discussed how much more racist eurpoeans are than everyone else?


I would argue the japanese are actually the worst. All of asia is but the japanese bring it to new levels.

And so what, chances are those people are hillbillies. Look at zach!
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91028 posts
Posted on 8/17/08 at 8:19 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/11/08 at 1:09 am
Posted by Meauxjeaux
102836 posts including my alters
Member since Jun 2005
45644 posts
Posted on 8/17/08 at 8:57 pm to
I think the proper response is:

"Excuse me, Mr. James Doran, that's RICH hillbilly to you."
Posted by Checkmateking2
Paradise Island, Bahamas
Member since Aug 2008
6692 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 9:15 am to
Yeah I wish I lived in a 200 square foot flat in the muslim slums of london , but hey no dentist bills, because you dont have any teeth, really let you step up. If your lucky you can get a cot in the back of some gin house or pub.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91028 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 9:16 am to
quote:

Yeah I wish I lived in a 200 square foot flat in the muslim slums of london , but hey no dentist bills, because you dont have any teeth, really let you step up. If your lucky you can get a cot in the back of some gin house or pub.



Don't make me like you...
Posted by Tigah in the ATL
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2005
27539 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 9:19 am to
You're like the hillbilly/LA Anti-Defamation League lately.

Posted by Checkmateking2
Paradise Island, Bahamas
Member since Aug 2008
6692 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 9:23 am to
I would rather be with hillbillies than about half the poor immigrants in the world, leeching off and ruining a once great nation, anyone been to europe lately?
Posted by Tiger JJ
Member since Aug 2010
545 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 9:52 am to
quote:

You're like the hillbilly/LA Anti-Defamation League lately.


It's just outrageous to me these slurs are considered acceptable. And what's more, we're expected to actually take these other countries' opinions into consideration before our own national interest?
Posted by Tigah in the ATL
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2005
27539 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 10:37 am to
Bomb the Bastards!



See R. Newman lyrics.
Posted by Tiger JJ
Member since Aug 2010
545 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 10:38 am to
London and gay Paree?
Posted by LSU0358
Member since Jan 2005
8083 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 10:48 am to
I didn't think the news articles could get any worse, but here we are. I guess everyone thinks people in the Southern US are inbred rednecks...
Posted by Tigah in the ATL
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2005
27539 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 10:48 am to
More room for you & more room for me.
Posted by LSU0358
Member since Jan 2005
8083 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 11:08 am to
quote:

that's RICH hillbilly to you."
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91028 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 11:24 am to
quote:

More room for you & more room for me.


+1

Do we really want to be elbow-to-elbow with anyone down here? Personally I love the cheap energy, warm sun and my 'hillbilly' neighbors.

"The Southern United States - The World's Best Kept Secret"
Posted by poboydressedplease
Member since Jul 2008
9174 posts
Posted on 8/18/08 at 11:37 am to
only a hillbilly can call a hillbilly a redneck.

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