Official site of...: February 2008

Before you go any further, read this...

Dictionary.com defines a redneck as:

1. an uneducated white farm laborer, esp. from the South.

2. a bigot or reactionary, esp. from the rural working class.

It goes on to say that redneck is A slang term, usually for a rural white southerner who is politically conservative, racist, and a religious fundamentalist. This term is generally considered offensive. It originated in reference to agricultural workers, alluding to how the back of a person's neck will be burned by the sun if he works long hours in the fields.

While I can't say all that fits me to a tee, a lot of it is pretty damn close.

You see, I lost both my parents before I turned 12 years old. I bounced around in a couple of foster homes before moving in with my uncle when I tuned 15. By age 17, I was on my own. I dropped out of school half way through 11th grade so I could go to work full time. Three months after my 18th birthday, I got behind the wheel of a cab for the first time.

I've learned more about life in 28 years in a hack than any philosopher ever could know. I've had multi-million dollar businessmen, celebrities and pro athletes as well as crack whores, drug dealers and murderers in my cab. I refuse to be an airport jockey or one of those guys that only stages at the hotels, so unfortunately, I have to deal with more of the bottom feeders of life than I do the upper crust.

It is the dealings that I've had the bad apples that has made me what I am today...

The Redneck Cabbie.

You see, to escape the madness of the city streets, my mind drifts off (not while I'm driving) to a quiet country town. A place where everyone knows everyone, and a man's handshake is as binding a contract as a person needs. A place where friends gather to down a couple of cold ones and listen to music that you can actually understand the words.

A place where young men don't walk around with their pants falling down over their ass, and young ladies don't have to dress like sluts to draw a man's attention.

I think you get the picture. I know, boring as whale shit to most city folks. I'd be living in a town just like that if it weren't for the fact that there's just not much demand for my line of work in most small towns.

This blog will reflect these feelings. If I seem a little bitter now and then, its just because that wonderful little town is nowhere in my near future, and because the life expectancy of someone in my line of work doesn't extend much past retirement age, all I can do is dream about it.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Obama... a role model?

Thursday, February 21, 2008

The McCain Affair?

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Yet another campus shooting...

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Hanoi Jane drops a C-Bomb

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Why say nigger or nigga?

My answer...

That didn't take long...

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The voters have spoken

Sunday, February 10, 2008

All's well so far...

Friday, February 8, 2008

They just don't get it

Looks like Rush Limbawl and Sean Whaanity just don't understand... The people have spoken... They want John McCain as the Republican nominee in the upcoming election... Plain and simple.

The political winds are changing. The Reagan era died long before the Gipper himself did. I don't think people are ready for full blown socialism, but it's become painfully obvious that trickle down economics policies of the 80's are only benefiting the upper echelon of our society.

This is also a different world were living in. Hard core conservatives are still trying to live in the glory days of the last war (besides Grenada) that this country has decisively won (World War II). Fact is, the world just isn't interested in our role as international policemen anymore.

I myself don't care who wins the Republican nomination. While I'm favoring Obama, I will vote for Hillary if she is the Democratic nominee. That said, I don't think McCain would be a bad presidential choice.

As long as he is himself, not a wannabe Ronnie.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Arkansas tornado, February 5th

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Welcome to Arkansas

The tornadoes that passed through Arkansas Tuesday missed us in Little Rock to the north and west. We did get some strong storms that uprooted some trees and knocked our cab company off line for a couple of hours, but there were no tornadoes right in the Little Rock area.

As of this time, there were 7 storm related deaths reported.

Friday, February 1, 2008

We made it

Well... We arrived around 5:30, Thursday morning. Didn't get in our room until after 10. That was fun...

Not a great first impression... Cold and rainy... Although, there was an impressive thunderstorm that ushered in all the muck. It's supposed to clear up today, I have some runnin' to do, so it will be nice to see the town without all that weather drama.

I will be on the road in a cab Monday. I like the look of this company.

I'll have more later...