Over at Hogg’s Blog the Hogg shares a little something from his friend in Kentucky:

Just keeping you posted so you will not embarrass yourself.

Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading America,
those of us in Northern Alabama, North Georgia, Tennessee, North
Carolina, Western South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky
will no longer be referred to as “Hillbillies.” You must now refer to
us as “Appalachian-Americans”.

Thank you.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got possums to fry.

Much debate ensued in the comments about the proper technique for preparing possum. 

Upon further inspection I was probably wrong in using the title "PC Cracker" since hillbilly seems to be a more specific derogatory description of white folks than either redneck or cracker.  From Wikipedia:

Hillbilly is a term referring to people who dwell in remote, rural, mountainous areas. In particular the term refers to residents of Appalachia and later the Ozarks in the United States.
Usage of the term "Hillbilly" generally differs from other terms
referring to rural people in the United States in that it can be used
for mountain dwelling people anywhere but is generally not used to
refer to rural people in non-mountainous areas. While terms like redneck and cracker
often connote rejection of, or resistance to, assimilation into the
dominant culture, theoretically hillbillies are merely isolated from
the dominant culture. Nevertheless, the term is sometimes considered derogatory depending on the context in which it is used or the attitude of the target.

That last sentence cracks me up.  When have you ever heard the term hillbilly used in a fashion that wasn’t derogatory?  And what does it say when you type "hillbilly" into Google and the image below is one of the three that appears at the top of the search results?