I resent the Term FLY-OVER-COUNTRY | Eastern NC Now

    It is common for conservatives to use the term 'Fly-Over-Country' to describe that base of support that cannot really be identified with any specific beliefs but seem to all reside somewhere between the two political left coasts of New York and California.

    I am not an expert on geography but it occurs to me that everyone in the United States or maybe even the rest of the world actually lives between two coasts. Before you point out to me that some people live on the water, I would assert that they live between two coasts as well. It is just that their two coasts are not separated by a land mass but by water. Everything on the earth is between two coasts. By inference that would make everyone living anywhere to be living in FLY-OVER-COUNTRY or FLY-OVER-WATER. Even a person living at the beginning or end of a runway is in "FLY-OVER" something. Planes will fly over them when landing or taking off.

    The obvious question then is:

    Why would I resent the term FLY-OVER-COUNTRY?
    The answer is simple. I live in Atlanta. Atlanta is the only place on the earth that is not 'FLY-OVER-COUNTRY. Anyone who has ever made a trip in an airplane knows that you cannot fly over Atlanta. You must first stop, change planes, walk about five miles to the next gate and eventually board another plan that is heading for "FLY-OVER-COUNTRY." I am sure you have heard the joke that if you die and go to hell you have to change planes in Atlanta.

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