Mississippi

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Mississippi has one simple role in the United States: stopping Texas from coming in fiftieth in measures of quality of life, health care results, education, and other such evidences of civilisation. It is a proud member of Jesusland. Oh, and also it was the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment on Febuary 7th, 2013.[1] Yes, Fucking 2013!

Motto: "Shit, Texas beat us again!?"

Nickname: "The Magnolia State"

Mississippi was a part of the land that the US got from Britain for winning a war in the late 1700s. A small slice was later bought from Napoleon and another bit "annexed" from Spain.

Much later, in the 1960s, Mississippi was a massive battle ground in the civil rights movement. It is only now bringing many Klan related killers to justice (assuming that they didn't get the benefit of jury nullification in the 60s). Unfortunately, there are still instances where they're not getting the message, such as when a white Baptist congregation refused to let a black couple get married in their church.[2]

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[edit] Things Mississippi ranks 50th in

  • HDI.[3]
  • Per capita GDP.[3]
  • Life expectancy.[3]
  • General health.[4]
  • Science and engineering readiness.[5]

[edit] Things Mississippi ranks 1st in

  • Teen pregnancy.[3]
  • Infant mortality.[3]
  • Poverty.[3]
  • Obesity.[3]
  • Conservatism.[6] (What a coincidence, right?)
  • Weekly church attendance,[7] religiosity generally. [8]

(Another astounding coincidence!)

[edit] Laws

Mississippi has some delightful laws, banning "unnatural sex acts", explaining what polygamy is, and having an erection in public.[9]

[edit] Mississippi in popular culture

Folk singer Phil Ochs penned a song at the height of the Civil Rights Movement about Mississippi's general backwardness, titled "Here's to the State of Mississippi." In each stanza, Ochs criticizes an aspect of the state stuck in the past century (the police, the laws, the churches, etc.). Eight stanzas, six minutes, and he doesn't run out of material to rag on the state for.

Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of / Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!

Mississippi's claim to fame is that it has substantial contributions to American music, with jazz, blues, and rock all having roots in the state. The state's tourism agency will never let you forget this.

[edit] Other Mississippians

[edit] Footnotes

The Bible Belt
Bible belt.PNG Alabama - Arkansas - Florida - Georgia
Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Mississippi
Missouri - North Carolina - Oklahoma - South Carolina
Tennessee - Texas - Virginia - West Virginia - Jesusland


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