News is out today that blue states Minnesota, Vermont, and New Hampshire have been ranked #1, 2 & 3 in a "healthiest state" rankings, while five Southern states continued to score as the nation's least healthy. Mississippi ranked at the bottom, followed by Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, and South Carolina. Those states continue to see high rates of obesity, smoking, poverty, and persons lacking health insurance, according to the report.

The story is much the same when you measure "smartest state" rankings.

It doesn't exactly take a rocket scientist to figure out the so-called "liberal" or "blue" states have a much better standard of living than the so-called "conservative" or "red" states.

It also doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the reason for our current Red State Republic is that the Republican dominated states are too stupid and sick to vote in their own best interest.

Taxes: it's what pays for a high quality of life. So why do the anti-tax Republicrats keep getting re-elected?