Okay, here’s the deal.  A&E hires some religious right gun totin’ self-professed rednecks from the back bayous of Louisiana  and then acts shocked, shocked I tell you, when they say something religious right gun totin’ self-professed redneck.

Have you ever seen a person of color on that show?  No, you have not.  And how do women have a say in family matters?  By hoochy only.  And why does that one brother never appear on the show?  Uh, maybe he’s in the closet?

While the Dixie Chicks are not entitled to the First Amendment, rednecks are.  You gotta keep the rules right.

This is not a first amendment matter.  This is a free enterprise matter.

If this family thinks gays are going to hell and blacks were perfectly happy to be slaves, then they are going to be mighty lonely in the great hereafter.  Nobody is gonna wanna be around when Sweet Jesus gives them a talkin’-to.

By the way, today is Momma’s 88th birthday and we’re having a big ole party. Here she is last month meeting her new great-grandson Ben for the first time.  She’s pretty in pink, isn’t she?

She’s a fourth generation Texan and comes from a long line of strong women, all of who lived unhindered into their nineties.  Last month someone asked her if she had lived in Houston all her life.  “Not yet,” she replied.

Happy Birthday, Momma.