Dixie Land, The Deep South-East

This Goat was raised in the "Heart of Dixie", Alabama, and the morals espoused by the Baryard are built from a 'sharecropper' background on the maternal side, and a 'tool and die' backround on the paternal, Michigan, side. Doug Giles in his recent coloumn in Townhall expresses my sentiments very well though I now live in the Socialist Republic of California.
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The liberal Belief Police want America to hate the South because the South represents the Secular Regressive’s (SR) chief political and cultural (and armed, I might add) high hurdle.

The autoerotic “elite,” which form the intellectually line bred gene pool of the soulless Left, are hell bent to bar from our borders all praises and practices of the principles which have made the South substantial. What are the things that make Dixie so darn good? Well, I know it’s hard for those of you who are wedged up Hollywood’s backside to understand our virtues, but its stuff like author Clint Johnson points out in his predestined to be best-seller The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South (and Why it Will Rise Again) . . .

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This Goat was raised in a "Yes Sir,Yes Ma'am" polite enviroment, and got bopped if he wasn't. A true 'country boy' can attend a 'black and white(tux)' social and while possibly a bit uncomfortable able to mingle with ease. The best example I can think of is an old TV friend, Andy Taylor and Mayberry of the "Andy Griffith Show". I believe that show has far more hold on America than any show today and with removal of some of Barney's antics is very relevant to much of small town America. Though the Barnyard is less than a hundred miles from the "Silicon Valley" it is a different world alltogether, scooters and minibikes, kids running around the neighborhood, folks on horseback, everybody knows their neighbors and big BBQs are not uncommon. The elite might consider us poor and underclass, we don't, we just enjoy the riches the Lord provides us while moving on with our lives in His Grace. That is the joy of a rural community and those that have never experienced that joy are truelly missing something in the a world of computer games.
Being polite can take you far, for example: a long time A+client caleed the other day and because I was using 'yes sir' my boss thought something was wrong but in reality it was securing a $12,000.00 contract for my new company. Knowing the difference in polite and patronizing can only be found in how genuine you are and the reputation you have built. The absolute best reading on that subject, in the Barnyard's opinion, is Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends And Influence People" if you are a salesman or deal with the public on a regular basis. Another favorite is Zig Ziglar, his writing is as humorous as his name and every bit as informative. Dale's, a 66 year old opus, still remains as a guiding light for small businessmen and large alike.

If you learn to be genuinely polite, you will never lose, no matter how cutthroat the competition as the integrity needed to be genuinely polite is prerequisite to success in the long run.
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A couple more Mitt Romney links for my sceptical Sheepdog: from Townhall and Dean Barnett and from Hugh Hewitt tonight. The Barnyard holds few conservatives in higher respect than its Sheepdog. He wants to bark at Mitt and doesn't like his smell, while a good sheepdog is right most of the time they can go bezerk over a simple disturbance in the flock. Goats have to contend with sheepdogs as well, we just aren't as compatible as sheep.