From big mudding trucks to pole dancing, Redneck Yacht Club is down and dirty

St. Petersburg Times ^ | 06/14/2009 | Michael Kruse

[numberonepal]

that’s probably the most civilized thing to occur in Pinellas County all year.

Although I have nothing against this sort of gathering, I'm going to have to disagree with you there. The most civilized thing to happen in Pinellas all year was me moving here.

[TigersEye]

Hmmm.. get drunk and stoned and roll around in the mud or get drunk and stoned and listen to the Dead?

Hey! There's four weekends in every month. Most of 'em anyway. ;^)

[Texas resident]

“The media continually trash The South as uncivilized, uncouth, ignorant....” because of this type of party. Guess what obama media? This goes on in Vermont, California, Wisconsin and a lot other places other than the South. We just have better weather to party more during the year. My son just celebrated his 14th birthday and had a hell of a time. Even has the scars to prove it. If, during a mudding event, someone doesn’t get hurt or something doesn’t get broke, then it wasn’t a good party.

Alchohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Recipe for a grety party.

[Iron Munro]

"There’s a difference between white trash and southern."

EXACTLY!

I posted this because I feel it shows that southern and country culture is not yet dead in the ObamaNation.
These young people might not be celebrating in the same way country guys and gals did a generation or two ago but to me they show the same spirit.

At these gatherings you will see plenty of American flags and patriotic bumper stickers, and will hear a lot of country music with patriot themes and messages.

And don't ignore the fact that the author seemed to be hell bent on showing the seedier side of the gathering, and writing with a tone that is definitely snarky at times. If there were arrests, shootings and significant abuse of anything or anyone we can be assured this reporter would have had it in the headlines - but there isn't any mention of such events at all.

I believe the real message still comes through loud and clear - for the most part this is relatively (by today's standards) wholesome fun by good old boys and gals.

[SeminoleSoldier]

Agreed. Having grown up in a mostly black neighborhood I could write something much snarkier about them, but I hope I’m not so narrow that I don’t see that there are good folks there.

[Matchett-PI]

Agreed. Having grown up in a mostly black neighborhood I could write something much snarkier about them, but I hope I’m not so narrow that I don’t see that there are good folks there.

Exactly. Most of them probably weren’t slave holders, either.

Black Rednecks and White Liberals
by Thomas Sowell
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Rednecks-Liberals-Thomas-Sowell/dp/1594030863

“There were many black slave holders ...notably in the southern regions of Louisiana.”

[Miss Behave]

Sounds like good clean dirty fun to me. Cornbread just prefers more exciting recreation than a boring game of Cornhole.

And he might even prefer his girls' bottoms to have some mudflaps on 'em.

[Vigilantcitizen]

“Gimme back my bullets”

[HiTech RedNeck]

I think it’s possible to be morally clean in the mud.

[HiTech RedNeck]

And it would have to be confessed that there is no scientific instrument to measure “sexual tension in the atmosphere.” This might be mostly the writer’s dirty mind running away with him. Though I still wouldn’t approve of a four year old kid demanding a stranger lady show her endowments, that’s awful precocious. Can’t his dad or mom or uncle or aunt, whoever is watching after him, make him wait till he’s 13 or something.

[longtermmemmory]

and somehow the newspaper report thought that was a bad thing...

A leftist (moder liberal/modern progressive) is someone who stays up at night worrying that somehow, somewhere sombody is happy and having a good time.

[Slings and Arrows]

Standing in the back were three blonds in bikinis. The rear of one girl's bikini said DIRTY GIRL, and the rear of another girl's bikini said MUD HUNNY.

Bless me, Father, for I want to sin.

[a fool in paradise]

Standing in the back were three blonds in bikinis. The rear of one girl's bikini said DIRTY GIRL, and the rear of another girl's bikini said MUD HUNNY.

I got in trouble for trying to read what was on the back of one girl's thong.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out it wasn't writing...

[Xenalyte]

WOOHOO!!!! How's about a little Rock of Love-style truck stop game awesomeness?

[Travis McGee]

Sweet Home Alabama===Skynyrd version AND Kid Rock version. You bet.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yes, while You Liberals (no, not you, TIH) were sipping overpriced lattes and whining about how much money other people made, some people were actually having a good time!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

You have a point. Would that incident count as statutory rape or contributing to the delinquency of a minor?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

And we were tryin’ different things, and we were smoking funny things...

[Travis T. OJustice]

I could go for a weekend like that! Yeehaw!

[Tatze]