thank god i'm not from mississippi

between football and all the other problems of michigan, i can take consolation in one thing. at least we don't live in the great "magnolia state." turns out mississippi's poverty rate is increasing, 1/5 of its residents are uninsured, they have had an outbreak of west nile virus in the south, and it is the fattest state in the nation. besides the west nile, it's all probably related, but damn, that's some problems.