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"Wisconsin lit a fire that I saw clear down in the swamplands of Georgia" (Original Post) PeaceNikki Jan 2012 OP
low wage conservatives barbtries Jan 2012 #1
I know! I want to hug her!! PeaceNikki Jan 2012 #2
Thank you, Jeana for showing that there are SOME Georgians who are NOT GOPigs! CurtEastPoint Jan 2012 #3
Like it! Lifelong Protester Jan 2012 #4
Gotta love that girl madokie Jan 2012 #5
gawdamn yeehaw!! Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #6
OMG!! I love this woman! Tell them! That made my night! freshwest Jan 2012 #7
That was awesome. Made my night too. Thank for posting this. abq e streeter Jan 2012 #8
Of my 3 children; greiner3 Jan 2012 #9
History of the term "Redneck" James48 Jan 2012 #10
She's eloquent. Where was this video made??? Scuba Jan 2012 #11
The video description says: PeaceNikki Jan 2012 #16
Yeah, she gave him a good what-for. Will I see you Saturday? Scuba Jan 2012 #17
I think so. PeaceNikki Jan 2012 #18
Proud to say I'm from Georgia too. You go, girl! Thanks a million! ScottLand Jan 2012 #12
You GO Sister!!! Froward69 Jan 2012 #13
Preach it, Sister Jeana! alterfurz Jan 2012 #14
"Low wage conservatives" Atypical Liberal Jan 2012 #15
K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jan 2012 #19
Don't care which state takes credit for starting it... Deep13 Jan 2012 #20

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
4. Like it!
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 08:32 PM
Jan 2012

And want to know what that 'gift' was she had for him. I can think of several things I'd like to give him, like a new job for starters.

 

greiner3

(5,214 posts)
9. Of my 3 children;
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 09:36 PM
Jan 2012

One lives in Dotham AL, one in Valdosta GA and the other in Panama City FL (only a party town for 3-4 weeks in the spring. This time of year it's 'southern AL.)

I hope like hell they know this woman and MANY like her.

James48

(4,416 posts)
10. History of the term "Redneck"
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 12:48 AM
Jan 2012

goes back to the 1880's.

Around 1910 the United Mine Workers adopted the red neckerchief as a symbol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck

"The origin of redneck to mean "a union man" or "a striker" remains uncertain, but according to linguist David W. Maurer, the former definition of the word probably dates at least to the 1910s, if not earlier. The use of redneck to designate "a union member" was especially popular during the 1920s and 1930s in the coal-producing regions of southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and western Pennsylvania, where the word came to be specifically applied to a miner who belonged to a union."


Jeana Brown is one of the organizers of "The Redneck Party" in Georgia. Bless her heart she is one hell of a rabel rouser.

See her video on this page for some real inspiration:
http://www.redneckparty.org/

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
16. The video description says:
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 02:24 PM
Jan 2012

"Redneck Party's Co-founder Jeana Brown pickets as GOP Gov Scott Walker comes South to raise money for his recall election".

It was in October.



Awesome, innit?

 

Froward69

(5,098 posts)
13. You GO Sister!!!
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 12:51 PM
Jan 2012

Tell 'em to go pound sand in regards to returning society to such a dismal place our grand fathers and mothers fought and bled to leave behind.

Deep13

(39,154 posts)
20. Don't care which state takes credit for starting it...
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 09:03 PM
Jan 2012

...as long as the end of it is that we get our rights back.

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