Hit the Left with Truth and They Holler

My dad, ol’ Herman “Buck” West, had a lot of great sayings. Heck, the ol’ folks down South were filled with witty wisdom. My dad used to say things like, “Boy, an empty wagon makes a lotta noise.” The meaning is that folks who ain’t that smart are normally the ones being the loudest, and most obnoxious, to cover their incompetence. He would tell me that “folks will know ya by the company that you keep” and “stay away from crabs in a barrel,” in other words, do not hang around people who want...