Son,

... fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.

That being said, Georgia has the dubious distinction of being the 46th dumbest, and 12 fattest, state in the country. YA-HOOOOO! Oh, and we're getting poorer and sicker, too.



"Ya want some gofer, Everett?"

According to the Trust for America's Health, here's how we southerners rank amongst the rest of the country...

INSIDE TODAY: Fat sure knows how to say y'all
Holy Grits, Fatman. The nationwide problem of being overweight has a distinct Southern accent. A national health report released Tuesday finds eight of the 10 fattest states are in the South. A7 (teaser)

1. Mississippi ..........29.5 percent
2. Alabama ..............28.7 percent
3. West Virginia ........28.6 percent
4. Louisiana ............27.4 percent
5. Kentucky..............26.7 percent
6. Tennessee ............26.6 percent
7. Arkansas..............26.4 percent
8. (tie) Indiana ........26.2 percent
8. (tie) South Carolina..26.2 percent
10. Texas................25.8 percent
11. Michigan ............25.6 percent
12. Georgia..............25.5 percent
Source: Trust for America's Health

Must be all those chitlins, hamhocks, and collards swimming in backfat. Yum. Actually, I have no idea what a 'chitlin' is and something tells me I don't want to know. I've probably dissected one in biology class, but I don't want to know what it looks like covered in gravy on a dinner plate.



"Stupid is as Stupid Does"

Top 5 States and their average SAT scores (the highest you can get is 2400)?


1. North Dakota: 1815

2. Iowa: 1806

3. Illinois: 1786

4. South Dakota: 1772

5. (tie) Minnesota and Wisconsin: 1765

Now, I can understand why North and South Dakota are so high. First, they only have about 25 people under the age of 78 in the State. Second, those 25 folks have about a 1:1 student:teacher ratio. Minnesota and Wisconsin are high because it's so fucking cold, kids don't have anything else to do while they sit inside watching the blizzard snowfall. In Iowa, studying is better than farming and there's $$$$ in Illinois.

Now for the lemming nitwits:

46. Georgia: 1477

47. Pennsylvania: 1476

48. Florida: 1473

49. South Carolina: 1465

50. Hawaii: 1463


Hell, I could have scored a 1477 with a bottle of Jack and half a dozen qualudes. Don't ask me about Pennsylvania. Too many braincells killed in coalmines, maybe.

Of course, the new SAT has an added essay, which Gov. Perdue used to try to explain the low scores. However, since Georgia is now number forty-SIXTH and not forty-NINTH, he's touting it as a major victory and a great reason to re-elect him.

However, Sonny is also responsible for sending Georgia to the eighth highest group of folks that are uninsured. This along with our spiked poverty rate means the right-wing nutcases are doing what they promised. Elimate the poor and middle class through illness and stupidity, increase the wealthy base by eliminating taxes for the rich. Ahhhhhh, utopia!