It struck me today as we were traveling down I 70 in Missouri that there is this duality of billboards.  On the one hand there are those for Porn @ exit whatever.  Competing for you soul are the boards letting you know that Jesus is in fact real.

And then there’s the middle ground - buying stuff to blow shit up with

This reminds me of the Obama quote of 2008.  It was an “ill advised” statement if you’re being politically correct but at the same time absolutely true:

Obama was caught in an uncharacteristic moment of loose language. Referring to working-class voters in old industrial towns decimated by job losses, the presidential hopeful said: “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”