Meanest story nominee: The only country catfight that matters.

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 17 Oct. 2011

The low rent Examiner has one of those grab bag Who Hates Whom stories on their cover this week, this time dealing with women of country music. I'm ignoring the two preliminary fights to make the main event a Meanest Story of the Week nominee.

According to the low rent Examiner, Miss Loretta Lynn is in a tussle with...

Miss Dolly Parton.

Regular readers will know that when I call some lady "Miss", this means I take a dim view of anyone saying bad things about them.

This is a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week.

Dolly lip-synching scandal!

Publication: Globe
Date: 15 August 2011

The Globe believes their readers will be interested in bad stuff written about Miss Dolly Parton.

There is a simple rule here on the blog. Don't write bad stuff about Miss Dolly Parton.

Record execs to Dolly Parton: "You're too old!"

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 15 August 2011

The country part of the music industry is supposed to be built on fan access, but the people running it can be just as creepy as the rest of the very creepy business. The low rent Examiner writes that Miss Dolly Parton's record company wanted to dump her, so she bought the record company.

Good thinking, Miss Dolly. If Columbia could be so stupid as to get rid of Johnny Cash, there is clearly no honor amongst these thieves and you should do everything you can to protect yourself.

Dolly fights to save Dollywood!

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 18 July 2011

The low rent Examiner pretty much owns stories about Miss Dolly Parton in the supermarket rags and usually they are mean. This week, they say her theme park Dollywood is in financial trouble. Given the economy, I wouldn't be surprised if this is true, though I couldn't find confirmation online.

Still, the low rent Examiner is not all up in Miss Parton's personal business, so this almost counts as a positive story as far as they are concerned.

Happy 64th Birthday Dolly Parton!

Born January 19, 1946

"I'm kinda like a little cartoon character & cartoon characters don’t get old. I'm animated, over-exaggerated & I will never change."

***This quote was one of Dolly's recent tweets. I love her.