GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     ACROSS THE WEB THERE HAVE BEEN MANY POSTS PUT UP PUTTING DOWN THE SOUTHERN FOLKS AS HICKS.  WELL, I AM NOT FROM THE SOUTH, BUT I SPEND SEVERAL YEARS IN THE SOUTH AND THIS IS WHAT I DISCOVERED. 

MOST SOUTHERNERS WILL:

1.  USE THE NASCAR METHOD TO TEACH THEIR KIDS TO COUNT, IE. STEVE PARK, RUSTY WALLACE, DALE EARNHARDT, WARD BURTON,TERRY LaBONTE, MARK MARTIN, ROBBIE GORDON, DALE EARNHARDT JR., KASEY KAHNE, SCOTT RIGGS, AND THEY HAVE AS MANY MATH SCHOLARS AS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.

2.  COMPLAIN THAT THEIR WIFE'S DON'T KEEP HOUSE WITH THE EFFICIENCY OF A HOTEL, THEN COMPLAIN THAT A HOTEL IS NOT RUN WITH THE WRMTH OF A HOME.

3. COMPLAIN ABOUT LOW WAGES AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, THEN TAKE A WEEK OFF TO GO TO DAYTONA OR MARTINSVILLE.

4.  WHIP YOUR BUTT FOR MAKING FUN OF THEIR DOG, BUT DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO DO IT EVERYTIME.

5.  COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FOOD IN A 5 STAR RESTURANT, THEN GO CAMPING AND EAT HALF FRIED BACON AND EGGS AND DRINK COFFE MADE WITH CREEK WATER  AND BOILED IN A RUSTY TIN CAN, AND SWEAR IT'S THE BEST THEY EVER ATE.

6. CUSS THE NATION'S LEADERS TILL THE AIR TURNS BLUE, BUT NEVER SPIT ON A SOLDIER WHO HAS JUST CAME HOME FROM IRAQ.

7.  TAKE A HIGH SCHOOL TRANSFER FROM OKLAHOMA AND MAKE HIM FEEL LIKE HE'S LIVED THERE ALL HIS LIFE.

8.  MAKE FUN OF EVERYONE WHO LIVES NORTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE, THEN OPEN THEIR HOME AND SHARE THEIR EVERY MEAL IF YOU ARE IN NEED.

9.  ARE PROUD OF THEIR RELATIVE WHO RODE WITH JEB STUART, BUT LOVE THIS COUNTRY WITH AN UNBELIVEABLE PASSION.

10.  WILL LAUGH AT YOUR LACK OF KNOWLDEGE ABOUT NASCAR, COON HOUNDS, AND FIELD PEAS, BUT WILL COVER YOUR BACK NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF A JAM YOU GET YOURSELF INTO.

11.  THEY ARE NOT AFRO-AMERICANS, MEXICAN-AMERICANS, IRISH-AMERICANS OR GERMAN-AMERICANS, THEIR JUST AMERICANS, FIRST , LAST AND ALWAYS.

AFTER I LOOKED OVER WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT SOUTHERNERS ARE HICKS.

                                                          H - HONORABLE

                                                           I -  INDIVIDULE

                                                           C - COLORFUL

                                                            K - KNOWLEDGEABLE

                                                             S - SELF- GIVING

I AM BEGINNING TO THINK IF MORE OF US WERE HICKS THIS WHOLE WORLD MIGHT BE ALITTLE BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN.

THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT