Dolly Parton is the original Oprah. She's fascinating every time she explains it. One of the first and definitely one of the best. And Merle Haggard has got to be the bob dillon of country.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Back when I was a kid in South Patrick Shores (two streets over from the much, well, not toooooooo much older, dingpatch), Sat afternoon meant Theater X (with Art Grindle jumping on cars and yelling, "Cut 'er loose, Howard!!!"), then Gordon Foley and wrestling from Tampa, and then Porter Wagner with his co-singer Dolly Parton. That was real country, not this over produced crap they have now. (As a somewhat funny aside, I went looking for some Porter/Dolly videos on Youtube recently. As the years passed, both of their hairdos got taller and taller side by side.)

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Dora Hates You

Aaah, but, the real thing is better -

"If Teardrops Were Pennies (and Heartaches Were Gold)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LertAlqDFGk