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."We aint a-payin no 'tention to them thar A&E folks. They's plumb crazy"
1 posted on 04/28/2005 9:05:26 AM PDT by kingattax
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“We’re a progressive town,” Justice said today

I will side with A&E in that case.

2 posted on 04/28/2005 9:07:14 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance
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“Obviously, being labeled the town from hell can not be interpreted in any way as positive.”

Captain Obvious to the rescue!

3 posted on 04/28/2005 9:09:41 AM PDT by dighton
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“You start the piece by showing a rebel flag on Julius Avenue, an overweight man without a shirt smoking a cigarette and an old pickup with a few women in the back,” Blackburn said. “As I am sure you would agree, you can go to almost any city in America and find the same.”

But not nearly in the numbers that you will find in Pikeville! : )

4 posted on 04/28/2005 9:13:45 AM PDT by Bluegrass Conservative
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“You start the piece by showing a rebel flag on Julius Avenue, an overweight man without a shirt smoking a cigarette and an old pickup with a few women in the back,” Blackburn said. “As I am sure you would agree, you can go to almost any city in America and find the same.”

While no doubt you can find less than flattering images in any town... these 3 images are not something you are going to find in "every town".

5 posted on 04/28/2005 9:15:32 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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Remember passing through Pikeville, KY on the way to Virginia to visit my grandparents a number of times with my folks when I was small. My dad liked to use the backroads to travel as opposed to the interstate which was linked to a toll road. The backroads weren't patrolled by the police. Remember a one-lane wooden, rickety bridge that we rolled across at about 5 mph. I just knew that bridge was going to drop into the river below. That bridge was replaced about 25 years ago with a concrete one.


6 posted on 04/28/2005 9:21:58 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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What's wrong with flying a Confederate flag, not wearing a shirt, and having old pickup trucks in a rural community?

There may be some legit complaints that residents of Pikeville could make about the show in question, but these items are simply a case of oversensitivity and brain washing...
7 posted on 04/28/2005 9:23:00 AM PDT by LRS
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Blackburn said he watched the show when March 26 and was shocked that Pikeville was portrayed as a hillbilly haven, a stereotype people throughout the region have fought vigorously to overcome.

Yeah, I can see from the Visitor Page on their official website, and their web page dedicated to their biggest annual happening, "Hillbilly Days", how they are 'vigorously fighting' that stereotype.

8 posted on 04/28/2005 9:23:46 AM PDT by Antonello
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Oh, and what's up with a town of 6,000 people having over 100 attorneys? Is it normal for a town's population to be nearly 2% lawyers?


9 posted on 04/28/2005 9:27:33 AM PDT by Antonello
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Maybe this publicity will keep out some of the D*&@ Y?*&%%s, but I doubt it.


10 posted on 04/28/2005 9:28:11 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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I dunno...Pikeville is only about forty-five miles west of my hometown, and it sounds to me like that A&E hit the nail right on the head. The town "pillars" should probably keep quiet about the whole thing and not bring anymore publicity upon themselves and their "city," if it can be called that.


14 posted on 04/28/2005 9:34:55 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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"a place most kids will do anything to escape . . ." I know I certainly felt that way.


15 posted on 04/28/2005 9:36:04 AM PDT by LanPB01
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was shocked that Pikeville was portrayed as a hillbilly haven, a stereotype people throughout the region have fought vigorously to overcome.

They don't need to fight to overcome the stereotype, they need to cease the behavior and lifestyles that gave them the stereotype in the first place.

23 posted on 04/28/2005 9:49:04 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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>murders committed by a group of occultists


Well, you know, the town
got off easy compared to
some localities . . .

24 posted on 04/28/2005 9:50:52 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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"The reputed ringleader of the group, then 19-year-old Natasha Cornett, had told her attorney she was the daughter of Satan."

Somehow, I believe her.


34 posted on 04/28/2005 10:30:26 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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The spot they did on Atlanta, Georgia was just the opposite. I made downtown look a whole lot better than it is! I think they wanted to do a puff piece on the "New" South. Downtown Atlanta is nothing but government and coruption. If it wasn't the capital (i.e., govenment), it wouldn't exist.


35 posted on 04/28/2005 10:52:10 AM PDT by TigerSilly (All Liberal Things Considered)
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The dude who narrates “City Confidential” has the creepiest voice.


39 posted on 04/28/2005 11:03:26 AM PDT by petercooper (Put Mark Levin on the Supreme Court.)
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The dude who narrates “City Confidential” has the creepiest voice.


40 posted on 04/28/2005 11:05:28 AM PDT by petercooper (Put Mark Levin on the Supreme Court.)
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For the Pikeville Chamber of Commerce call BR-549 -- ask for Junior.


41 posted on 04/28/2005 11:28:02 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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The A&E show on Houston was all about the cheerleader's mom who took out the murder contract on her daughter's compeditor.


43 posted on 04/28/2005 11:34:00 AM PDT by Liberal Classic (No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi.)
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If'n ya'll member back fur'nuf, Pikevil's th' place whar Les Moonveees went to get some folks fur that thar show called the New Beverly Hillbillies.

(I'm from the county next to Pike County and speak fluent hillbilly.)


44 posted on 04/28/2005 11:40:06 AM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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