Or perhaps: undereducated, opinionated rednecks, clinging o their guns and
religion..


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 5:07 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:

> beyond the pale
>> The phrase "beyond the pale" dates back to the 14th century, when the
>> part of Ireland that was under English rule was delineated by a boundary
>> made of such stakes or fences, and known as the English Pale. To travel
>> outside of that boundary, beyond the pale, was to leave behind all the
>> rules and institutions of English society, which the English modestly
>> considered synonymous with civilization itself.
>>
>
> In the US of A now, it means "beyond the beltway"  or thinking as a
> Merkun, not as a washington insider.
>
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