| We're number two, but closing fast! I know, if you are like me, you are sick and tired of Alabama being waaayy down at the bottom of every listing of states and their accomplishments. Here's a list that ranks us near the top! According to the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Alabama ranks second behind Mississippi as the most obese state in the union. That's right, and we are closing on the top spot fast! Ode to Alabama Each citizen takes pride in "Home sweet home",
And praises what his state does really well.
Had I the time, I'd surely write a tome
The praises of Old Alabam to tell. Our schools are pretty bad, I must admit
I cannot find a way to brag of that
Our economy is way down in the pit.
But thanks to God and cornbread, we are fat! For every Sunday morning we go pray
And nourish hearts and soul with saving grace
And then we move festivities outside
Get off out knees and start to stuff our face. Now Southerners are not a stupid lot.
We understand what good nutrition means
And veggies are a part of what it takes.
But put more bacon in these butter beans. So now we're close, quite close to number one
And we can make the grade if we just try it
So fry more chicken, bake more pecan pies
Or else put Mississippi on a diet. Prose will be found below the fold |
Isn't Mark Sanford just the gift that keeps on giving? I have reached the point of feeling sorry for him, because I truly think he is mentally ill, or at least temporarily vety confused. He has put his poor wife - who seems to be a decent sort- in an untenable position with all this talk about his "soul mate" and "trying to fall back in love with my wife". It appears that he cannot stop talking, and everytime he opens his mouth, he says something that will require another interview to explain.
Is there any possibility he will not need a new interview to clarify the admission of "other women with whom he crossed the line" but not "the ultimate line"? He is toast, politically. His marriage is cold toast, and he needs to get out of both his job and his marriage and go to Argentina forever. As a Democratic partisan, I am torn. As long as he hangs around he will be fodder for the talk shows and news programs. But, if he would resign and go away, they could turn their attention back to the incredible spectacle of Sen. John Ensign hanging onto his job, in spite of his admitted affair, which, like Sanford's lasted for months, but, unlike Sanford's, involved his paying his mistress quite well for her services. Heck, he even hired her teenaged son as an added bonus. Let's take another look at Sen. Ensign, CNN, whenever you can get around to it. (Michael Jackson just isn't breaking news anymore). Meanwhile in the frozen north, Minnesota finally has elected a junior senator. I am so pleased to hear that Norm Coleman was "really gracious" in his concession call to Senator Franken. About eight freakin' months too late, Norm! Sorry, Minnesota, no matter how hard you tried, you have replaced Florida for the most absurd election in the history of...well...elections. So, I have work to do, and my job is done here - having opened a thread for all y'all to tell me what is on your mind. So, what is on your mind? |
