I don’t do many political posts, but I have taken in interest from all the stupid crap that has been fed to the public when it comes to this whole health care issue. I myself do NOT have insurance, simply because I can’t afford it. So I’m taking my vitamins and brushing my teeth better than before to keep myself from doctors and dentists, because without insurance, it’s also expensive. Therefore, I am in favor of a public option that can create competitive rates and could, therefore, increase the chances of affordable health care. I also am in favor of family planning and reproductive rights, especially since I don’t think teenagers should have kids (they should be teenagers, not bogged by a life changing event).

[Warning, I can tend to be considered offensive to people (for some reason). You can dislike it, it's your right, just as its my right to read articles and point them out and point out my opinion on current situations; Oh, and it's long and lengthy, I googled many, many times over a few hours, and didn't really organize it well, so it's kind of a bunch of notes and stuff with some commentary]

Yet, the scary Republicans of the South (a red state/blue state map shows southern states primarily Republican) want the general public to think that this whole health care reform thing is a plot to kill old people and another means of government control (as seen in many clips of the current Town Hall meetings, lots of elderly want the government to keep out of health care, hmmm, okay, then I guess maybe we should discontinue Medicare). But how is it that these people are buying this crap?

There’s a beautiful little chart that shows the average I.Q. of each state and what president won for that state back in the 2004 election. Red Vs. Blue/Bush Vs. Kerry. Check out the I.Q. and Politics chart. What it basically shows, smarter people live in the blue-states, and the bulk of the south (Red States) are the reason we got stuck with Bush for another 4 years, turns out, they are the dumbest. I’m not saying everyone in those areas are dumb, this is nothing but a chart pointing out the average (meaning there are smart people, and then there are the REALLY dumb that bring their average down). I picked out that chart only to show what the dumbest states are, and the fact they are Republican States. Therefore, they fall for these stupid Republican tactics, because, as it turns out, they don’t know any better. Side note, apparently Red States are also the fattest: TIME.

Of course, part of the reason could be less money being spent in Southern States on education, and because of that, the food, which school food is supposed to be bad, [being from a southern state myself, and dealing with a terrible school (which has gotten worse as the state is now one of those dumb abstinence-only bullshit schools, luckily I graduated five years ago before that happened)], I should know, the food is TERRIBLE. Less money should be spent into Abstinence-Only programs, in favor of medically accurate sex-ed (and mention Abstinence, since it does work, when practiced, which in teenagers, least likely); less money should be spent trying to teach creationism, in favor of scientifically accepted evolution; less money should be spent on unnecessary building (When I was in Elementary School, they started on a new cafeteria, ran out of money, it remained a pile of sand for so long, eventually got done, only for them to decide to build a whole new school. They should’ve just waited for the new school, what a waste); more money should really go into nutrition, teachers (looking back, they really had to put up with a lot of shit, so I don’t think they get paid enough for it), and for better programs themselves (look at smarter countries, there’s about dozen that perform better than the U.S. itself). When it comes down to it, it’s not just the southern states, the entire country really needs a reboot.

Related/Source Articles: What U.S. can Learn from European Countries | Different List of Smartest to Dumbest States | IQ and the Wealth of the Nations – Wikipedia

To give an idea of how stupid us Americans are, here are some fancy numbers and percentages to illustrate the point. Only half can name the three branches of government (Civics 101: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial). Less than 10% (small percentage, yeah, but it really should be 0%) believe Astrology to by scientifically right. More than half of about 2,000 surveyed (in 2000) thought humans co-existed with dinosaurs. [Americans Don't Know Much About History or Science - by Stephen Goode].

Here’s a great little article, as well as a 5-question sample of a civics test (BTW, I got 5 out of 5): Americans don’t know civics – USATODAY.com, and here’s the full 33-question on (BTW, I got 24 right, about 72.73%): Civil Literacy Quiz. While I’m mentioning quizzes, how about an I.Q. Test: www.iqtest.com (BTW, I scored a 114).

Most Religious States

18% think the Sun revolves around the Earth. Yeah, you heard me, nearly one in five Americans. That’s scary. Another ludicrous belief: those that think the Earth is 6,000 years old, despite scientific EVIDENCE that places Earth in the 4.3 BILLION year range. The Bottom 10 States, Intellectually:

40. Oregon
41. Georgia
42. Hawaii
43. New Mexico
44. Louisiana
45. Alabama
46. Alaska
47. California
48. Mississippi
49. Nevada
50. Arizona

Less Religious States

This comparison shows four of the more Religious states, appear in the list of the dumbest states. This means nothing, since that’s less than half, however, if we look at the Less Religious, and then the Smartest states:
1. Vermont
2. Massachusetts
3. Connecticut
4. New Jersey
5. Maine
6. Virginia
7. Montana
8. Wisconsin
9. Iowa
10. Pennsylvania

Right off the bat, none of these states are among the top 10 Most Religious, and four of these are among the Smartest, including the Least Religious State, Vermont, is also the Smartest. The one thing this does show, the Smartest states, are mostly in the Northeast, which is generally less religious.

Now, back to the current issue of Health Care. I’m pointing stupidity out, because Republicans have been twisting the idea of Living Wills into Murder. Let me point this out, plain and simple. There are no death panels. A Living Will is nothing more than an advance directive to patient treatment to be followed by the doctors, this includes forbidding use of certain treatments, should the patient be at a point where they can’t speak to themselves. A person can disclose that if they get an incurable, terminal disease of some sort, that they don’t want to prolong their life with ventilators and the like (prolonging their suffering). Living Wills are documents made by an individual to express what THEY (not the government) want done to them shall they become extremely ill. (Advance health care directive – Wikipedia).

Furthermore, other Republican bullshit is the gay-marriage “storm” scare tactic ad from earlier this year. Again, only the dumbest of dumb fall for this shit, which is why there is so much turmoil and chaos that exists. I support gay-marriage, because I think they have a right to happiness, plus the opposition towards it is mostly religious, and therefore, there’s no reason for it to be such an issue, as, as our Founding Fathers wanted, this country is a place of freedom, and religion plays no part in government. Then there’s the death of an abortionist earlier this summer (I think) which is an act of terrorism by a so-called “pro-lifer” (hm, pro-lifer kills someone, there’s a headline). The sheer stupidity of this. BTW, the fetus stage begins at the 11th week, (~3 months), before that, there’s only an embryo (group of cells). Roe V Wade make abortion legal, and most abortionists rarely perform late-term abortions (or even third-trimester), unless health of the mother is at risk. Other than that, first 3 months, shouldn’t be an issue. Then again, the whole thing wouldn’t be an issue if schools taught medically accurate sex-ed, minimizing teen pregnancies, who get pregnant b/c they are extremely misinformed about sex (many may believe they can’t get pregnant the first time, which they can). Birth control should be covered by insurance as well, and any female teenager should really be on it, especially if sexually active. This whole thing is also got religious backing, as more religious men think women are supposed to have babies, and lots of them. [What's wrong with just two kids, at least then, maybe overcrowded schools wouldn't be a problem, and then people may actually learn something.]

For the most part, if men were the ones that got pregnant, there wouldn’t be any issues.

Sorry for all possible mixed up, incoherent ideas and comments. But thank you if you made it all the way through that mess and made some sense of it. I applaud you, and if you are like me, and was born and raised in a southern state, remember, we are the exceptional ones. We get it (or at least try to).