Disclaimer: I don’t hate Nebraska, the first song that I will mention just really sucked. I also wanted to use the ‘Free Hugs’ video but I think like eighty million people did that, so my anti-conformist mind won’t let me do the same.
That being said, here’s the situation, the problem, if you will. First, a twangy country singer named GINGER ten Bensel (never trust a ginger) was allowed to record a song and video and deliver it to the public. You may want to listen to the song before you continue reading. Don’t get me wrong, country is cool in the right time and place, unless it sounds like it’s being sang by someone with strep throat, a clothespin on their nose, and one of crazy horse’s arrows in their arse. Second, the song was written, without my consent, as a spokes-song for people every where in Nebraska. This is not the image I want people in Virginia to develop about us! Our image is bad enough already: A friend of mine went to Washington DC last summer, and in a passing conversation with a decently educated teen from New York, was asked, in all seriousness, if he had ever been attacked by Indians, and if he had ever driven a car. This woman isn’t helping our interpreted persona! The answer? Death sentence to Ginger… but that might be taken as a little to harsh, so this video was released by the honorable Thomas Irvin. It just takes a little more realistic and modern look on the wonderful aspects of our lovely state. Maybe if people see this parody, they will realize that the state isn’t stuck in the 19th century and that we have, in fact, come to peace and even become one with our pleasant native population. Until next time, hoorah for Nebraska and go big red…. Nice job in not losing to Ball State last Saturday.