Beer, Guns, and Confederate Flags: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Michael Berry, who is a conservative radio show host in Houston has opened the Redneck Country Club in Stafford Texas.
Michael says he is a Southern Baptist so I have no idea why beer is being served. Of course, he also says he’s a happily married man so I don’t know why he got caught at 11:00 pm in a well known gay bar where an eyewitness claims he did a hit and run in the parking lot when leaving.
The allegations have people talking, not only because of the alleged crime, but also because Berry, a conservative, was inside a gay bar at 11 p.m. on a Tuesday .
When Local 2 Investigates emailed Berry, asking for an interview, he replied, “My attorney is Dick Deguerin. I have been advised not to comment at this point, as much as I would like to.”
It all started Jan. 31 when Berry came to T.C.’s Show Bar alone. Only KPRC Local 2 has a copy of the bar’s surveillance video that shows him inside having a beer at the bar and then walking to the restroom.
The Redneck Country Club website has some real interesting stuff on it, including the need of confederate flags.
And the little dojibber beside the URL on your computer is a tiny little handgun.
What could possibly go wrong?
“My attorney is Dick Deguerin.”
Changed his name from Gozinya?
1Help me understand the “my heritage” thing – flying the Confederate Flag. Most losers would prefer to forget the drubbing they experienced.
2Ah Bud, that would mean they would have to actually acknowledge the loss. Look at Congress’ behavior following Obama’s election and re-election, the Repubs behave as if they did not lose and that Obama and the Democrats need to be the ones to make concessions.
3I’m sure he was just in there recruiting. You know, because the new GOP is so inclusive of gays and women. His next stop was going to be the corner of Third and Main, where the girls of the night hang out. I’m sure he would have offered them a place to sleep and a fine dining experience at his new club. Rednecks love women who will get their beer, take their boots off, and cook their dinner on command. And gays? Well, I hadn’t heard that rednecks loved them so much, but I did hear they were searching for voters. And the GOP does lie very very well.
4In the movie “Dancing With Wolves” Kevin Costner & his wagon driver drove up over a rise to see his post on the prairie for the first time. It was a run down, derelict group of sideways leaning shelters, and after one glance the driver says “Not exactly what you’d call a going concern, eh, Lieutenant?”
5When I read the list of items needed for donation by the Redneck Country Club, I got pretty much the same impression.
@Rick: after reading your comment I had to go look for myself.
On the list of things needed: Wine barrels (to class up the place?), galvanized stock tanks (impromptu baptisms?), a windmill (sounds liberal to me, don’t we use oil in Texas?), fire pits, and some rope…
Rednecks, guns, beer, fire and rope. What could go wrong?
6He thinks people are gonna spend $50K for a lifetime membership when it might not be around next week????
7Funny how all these right wing creeps go running to a Democrat when they need a good criminal lawyer. At least, I’m pretty sure Deguerin is a Democrat. Wikipedia says he is.
8The word on the street used to be “If you’re guilty get Dick…”
9So they basically need everything to open a Bar/club and they would like it donated…..So If I were to get the BAG membership and they close ,would I be entitled to donated picnic tables? What on earth is that boy smoking?
10Would someone (maybe Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen) could provide us with the names and logos of all the businesses that sign up for the Big Asss Guns and get to put up their company signs and logos. Then we can know where not to spend our money…….. First time I ever saw business advertise for helpful labor and donations for building decorations and furniture. If they go broke do donors get to take their pipe and chain link fencing back?
11First time I ever saw a business–well, hope-to-be-a-business–establish a “Registry.” I wonder if they’re on line at Crate & Barrel?
12And they’re extending the deadline for membership already; yep, this is going to be The Next Big Thing.
A night-time hit and run in the parking lot of a gay bar and the guy behind the wheel is an SB with an “exclusive” club of his own? Boy, I sure do like the smell of apocalypse in the morning!
13Southern Baptist? Really? Sounds more like an BINO.
14Also sounds like a Straight in Name Only.
15Just occurred to me that Straight in Name Only – is SINO – and they ALWAYS claim that sin got the best of them and God has forgiven them. Finally connected those dots.
16Mikey is burning both ends of the candle. If he gets outed & booted out of the Baptist church, he’s going to open the (gay?) Redneck Country Club. Good luck Mikey. I don’t know any conferate flag-waving, or redneck gays. Keep me informed JJ.
17Or (I hate to throw water on this) maybe his best friend/oldest son/cousin is lead guitar in a band opening there. You learn those things and go places you wouldn’t otherwise go if you have a kid in a band in town. True story: once in Abilene, our oldest son was with his band, Brutal Juice, at a club. Our youngest son, being underage, never had seen them. I took him over there and badgered and begged the bouncer to let him in just for a couple of songs. He finally relented, stamped the kid up and down his arm. We got inside and there were all these ah, er, Christian kids lined up. They all knew me. Finally one of them came over and asked why I was there. I said because my oldest son is lead guitar in Brutal Juice. Relieved, the guy went back to his friends and you could see them whispering up and down the row, pointing at me. They didn’t want to be reported to The Dean the next day.
18Now, the parking lot, I ain’t touchin’ that one.
Free ad here: Brutal Juice is recording a new set of songs, to be released whenever.
and re: donations? It’s a co-op, of course! How hip! A co-op bar and grill. He could also set up a generator and sell electricity from there, you know, the Redneck Bar and Grill and Power Source. That’s the wonders of the power grid and deregulation, dontcha know.
19Is “hit and run in the parking lot” slang for some activity outside a gay bar other than a fender bender?
20I asked a California kid (to me anyway, probably about 20) about the Confederate Flag on his arm, like all trash gave the ‘heritage’ excuse. I don’t know why they hate America so much.
Mike’s comment on notoriety-
http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/02/michael-berry-responds-to-hit-and-run-allegations/
“The only thing worse than a celebrity who gets it too easy is one who gets it too hard.”
Pull up to the bumper, baby.
21If he’s lawyered-up with Deguerin, that tells me that the gay bar incident is a real, career-threatening factor. If he manages to get that “country club” of his up and running, I hope the Houston-area gay community makes it a must-see venue.
22In reading the Country Club printup, I noticed they would like prospective donors to list their telephone numbers AND cell numbers.
23Here’s a little “joke” (more like the truth) about Baptists and fishing: How many Baptists do you take fishing with you? At least two. If you take only one he’ll drink all your beer. If you take two they won’t drink in front of each other. 🙂
24Okay… two things.
He IS kind of cute, if you know what I mean.
And he says the TV station did this as a sweeps stunt. Sorry, honey, but sweeps in TV-land occur in February, May, July, and November.
Mid-September ain’t sweeps.
What other excuses do you have, Mikey?
25They have ads for the club on KTRH radio which is only one of the stations Berry in on. Another sleazy anchor is Matt Patrick. I quit listening to the news there and went to 92.1 FM.
26Re the country club, I support anything that encourages these guys to hang out together and stay away from the rest of us. Add guns and alcohol to the mix and interesting things could happen.
27All the focus is on flags, redneck this and that and yet they’re raising $ by crowd sourcing? What next, kickstarter for rednecks? (lynch starter?) You’d think an R affiliated group like that would call up Grand Dragon Karl and set up a PAC.
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