I Demand A Recount!

In this season's finale of Real Time with Bill Maher, the winner of the Stupidest State contest was announced. With the Tim James commercial*, I was confident of Alabama's victory as we had racist, ugly, stupid, and fact-free. "There were a lot of strong contenders this year," said Maher. "We thought Alabama might be the Cinderella victory. But it is Arizona. Arizona has won." The trophy, a man with his head up his ass, will be sent to Arizona's governor, Jan Brewer.

Don't get me wrong. I love so many things about the State of Alabama and even Maher realizes there are some good things about these southern states. But, Alabamians take their guns and shoot us in the foot over and over and over again.

*Blogger Osborne Ink called Doris Teague at the Alabama State Troopers HQ in Montgomery, who told him that driver's license manuals are printed only in English -- and the tests are auto-translated by a computer.
When you pay $5 to take the exam in any language, the kiosk you use is the same whether you take the test in Farsi, French, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, or English. The system was funded by a federal grant, has been in use since 2003, and came with the translating software pre-installed. So much for "saving money" by offering tests only in English.