Yeah, the south is so totally backwater that Missile Control, Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center aren't based in Alabama or anything.

And all of this excludes Mr. Gore, who is apparently a special type of southerner, a prophet of sorts, who will save us from our ignorance and make us just like him. Wait...we already are. No one ever seems to feel the need to speak about the trash in some of the Northern states. I seem to have heard New Jersey referred to as "the armpit of the United States" on several occasions.

I'm sure there are just as many poor Jersey and northern boys in the army as southern.

You're tired of hearing from us? Then keep your noses out of our business, and we'll stay out of yours. We tend to have some manners, at least. I'm sure many of the intelligent, schooled people here would be glad to be rid of your elitist, close minded views.