Doing their Best to Look Like Hicks

I actually know a few people from the Midwest, as Attaturk is somewhere in the Midwestarian Region of the Country.

Take Iowa for instance, Attaturk doesn't live in Iowa, but he has certainly been to it -- several times in fact. It is a state of about 3 Million people, most of whom are decidedly not farmers.

One of the things people from any region of the country do is tell jokes about their neighbors...which is always extra funny because there is generally not a bit of difference between say, Minnesota and Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. You get the drill.

Yet, it is always humorous to see somebody doing their best to make my region of the country look like complete and utter morons. For example,

"I left God's country," said Leon Mosley of Waterloo, Iowa, co-chairman of his state party. "They could use a bunch of people from Iowa to come here to show New Yorkers what life is all about, what being patriotic is all about, and what country is all about. I'm as confident about Bush being re-elected as I am that eggs are going to be in New York tomorrow morning.''

Now, not to rag too much on Iowa, but I think it is a little over-the-top to consider Des Moines to be the Capitol of Heaven. And that line, is the HIGHLIGHT of Mr. Mosely's statement.