So where do YOU live and how dumb is it?
A new study has just come out that ranks the 50 states from the smartest to dumbest — which is of interest to me since I live in a state called California but have many friends and relatives in a state called inebriation.
The smartest state for the second year in a row is Massachusetts. Take that Rush Limbaugh.
The dumbest state for the third year in a row is New Mexico. Well, they got it wrong: sounds like they tested all of the rocks out there.
And California? It ranks 43. Can you believe that??
How can they have the audacity to rank California as 43rd? Hey Morgan Quitno Press, I don’t care how prestigious you are. You’re talking about CALIFORNIA here. We set the trend. We have a glamorous Governor who can beat up any governor in the country. We have In & Out Burger. We have Hollywood. We have Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in Santa Maria. And we have The Moderate Voice. We’re well edjuhkated out heyre. Don’t you think you need to redo your survey?
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.