Kentucky

There are a lot of things I dislike about Kentucky, my native state. There's the appallingly low educational levels and general ignorance of the majority of the populace. There's the economy that is still overly dependent on 19th century industries, such as growing tobacco, raising horses, and coal mining. There's the corrupt, ineffectual politians that control the state. There's the ridiculously conservative, far right wing-nut, bass-ackwards, regressive and generally anti-intellectual attitude that seems prevail here over all.

But one of the things that drives me nuts about this state is that without a doubt, Kentuckians are the most negative, cynical, depressing bunch of people I have ever met. There was a recent study that stated that Kentuckians were second only to West Virginians as the most unhappy people in the nation. Boy, do I ever believe it too! These people can take the most positive situation or event and still somehow manage to find something to bitch about. And it's not enough that they have this perverse need to make themselves miserable, they have to make sure that everyone around them is miserable as well. Yeah, there's a real "can't do" attitude among these hicks. Is it any damn wonder that Kentucky ranks 48th or 49th in just about every socio-economic indicator in existence??

For the love of God, if life is that damn horrible, then just commit suicide and get it over with! Otherwise, shut the fuck up and stop all the damn complaining! Life is not that bad and the glass is not always half empty. Perhaps if more Kentuckians spent less time bitching and moaning about everything under the sun and instead focused more of their attention on ways to improve the quality of life here, then perhaps this state could move forward and become a more pleasant, progressive place to live.