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Skip Zilla's Blog – August 2010 Archive (1)
Hick hillbillies or glimpse of Palinesque future Americans?
Are these kids and their teacher simply an isolated, amusing island of "hick hillbillies" in a wider culture of Americans who know better? I wonder if they aren't instead a new breed of Palin-lead Americans who's know-nothingness is a badge of honor they use to identify… Continue
Added by Skip Zilla on August 27, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments
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