“Two Sides of the Same Redneck Family”

The title of this post is from Karen, and she’s certified to say such things. And this clip below is where it all gets going… and if you don’t laugh go see Ms. Schiller’s psychiatrist:

Juan Williams had been a popular news analyst for public radio. Popular, that is, until NPR decided otherwise and canned his butt. Vivian Schiller, NPR’s head mucky-muck, not only tossed Juan Williams overboard, she let it be known that as far as she was concerned Mr. Williams never belonged in the same NPR lifeboat as her. He was never really one of them. “Juan is not an employee of NPR,” she said. “He’s an independent contractor. He’s not NPR staff. He’s an NPR analyst.”

Make that was. He was an analyst up until that moment when he confessed to Fox New’s Bill O’Reilly that he feels a little bit anxious about getting on planes and seeing people dressed in traditional Muslim garb. Mr. Williams was not promoting such biases he was only admitting that he has them.

I have a confession of my own to make: I get nervous around rednecks at the 7-Eleven. That’s why I avoid 7-Elevens although I really like Slurpees. I’ve practically given up those cold ones as a matter of personal safety. You never can tell when a redneck is going to turn a rabid possum loose or whip out their dallywanger and take a leak in the parking lot in front of God and everybody. My buddy Jeff Foxworthy will likely be disappointed in me for admitting to my biases but Jeff’s not the kind of fellow who would outright disown me in public the way Ms. Schiller did Mr. Williams.

Personally, I think Ms. Schiller is about as low-class as they come and I grew up in a trailer park, which makes me a certified expert on low-class culture. How else can she explain her no-count remark that Mr. Williams ought to take up his anxieties with “his psychiatrist or his publicist – take your pick.”