There was a story on the Internet recently that proves rednecks aren’t confined to the southern part of the United States. According to this story a man in Australia was fined after police discovered that he had used a seat belt to buckle in a case of beer while his five-year-old son was consigned to playing in the car’s floor totally unprotected.

Constable Wayne Burnett said he was “shocked and appalled” when he pulled over the car one Friday in the Australian town of Alice Springs. A 30-can beer case was strapped safely in between two adults while the child sat on the floor. (1)

We definitely know where that father’s priorities were. Here’s the question for the day: Will his son someday have the same skewed values? Have you heard the expression, “like father, like son?” Our topic today…