Thumma said it's a clear effort to avoid some of the stereotypes about Southerners, such as negative perceptions of their racial views or reputed "damn-us-all-to-hell" fundamentalism.

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At this point the report launches into what I think is statistics, and while I am pretty good at lies and damn lies, I know nothing at all about statistics.

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We'll let you decide if this is too distracting or Big Brother-ish, but hopefully we can all agree on this: it's a damn good thing that the Discover Bar contains no ads.

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But that's a point to straddle, especially since brands like BMW have shown that luxury and performance aren't mutually exclusive, and Mercedes has done a damn fine job of showing that safety, performance, and luxury can all be rolled into one (at least in some of their cars).

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They believe in all that bumph like good and evil, love and hate, the worth of it all, having a harmless good time, and not particularly giving a damn about their own particular social standing.

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