HEALTHIEST & HAPPIEST STATES IN USA for 2009

2009 STATE RANKINGS
HEALTHIEST:

1. Vermont
2. Utah
3. Massachusetts
4. Hawaii
5. New Hampshire
6. Minnesota
7. Connecticut
8. Colorado
9. Maine
10. Rhode Island
11. Washington
12. Wisconsin
13. Oregon
14. Idaho
15. Iowa
16. Nebraska
17. North Dakota
18. New Jersey
19. Wyoming
20. South Dakota
21. Maryland
22. Virginia
23. California
24. Kansas
25. New York
26. Montana
27. Arizona
28. Pennsylvania
29. Illinois
30. Michigan
31. New Mexico
32. Delaware
33. Ohio
34. Alaska
35. Indiana
36. Florida
37. North Carolina
38. Missouri
39. Texas
40. Arkansas
41. Kentucky
42. West Virginia
43. Georgia
44. Tennessee
45. Nevada
46. South Carolina
47. Louisiana
48. Alabama
49. Oklahoma
50. Mississippi

HAPPIEST:

1. Utah: 69.2
2. Hawaii: 68.2
3. Wyoming: 68
4. Colorado: 67.3
5. Minnesota: 67.3
6. Maryland: 67.
7. Washington: 67.1
8. Massachusetts: 67.
9. California: 67.
10. Arizona: 66.8
11. Idaho: 66.8
12. Montana: 66.7
13. New Hampshire: 66.7
14. Vermont: 66.6
15. Virginia: 66.5
16. Nebraska: 66.4
17. New Mexico: 66.3
18. Oregon: 66.3
19. Connecticut: 66.3
20. Alaska : 66.2
21. Texas: 66.1
22. Kansas: 66.1
23. Georgia: 66.0
24. Wisconsin: 65.9
25. New Jersey: 65.8
26. South Carolina: 65.7
27. Iowa: 65.6 - 27/50
28. North Dakota: 65.5
29. Maine: 65.5 - 29/50
30. Florida: 65.3 - 30/50
31. Illinois: 65.2 - 31/50
32. Pennsylvania: 64.9
33. Alabama: 64.9
34. North Carolina: 64.8
35. New York: 64.7
36. Delaware: 64.7
37. Rhode Island: 64.6
38. Nevada: 64.5
39. South Dakota: 64.3
40. Louisiana: 64.2
41. Michigan: 64.0
42. Tennessee: 64.0
43. Oklahoma: 64.0
44. Missouri: 63.8
45. Indiana: 63.3
46. Arkansas: 62.9
47. Ohio: 62.8
48. Mississippi: 61.9
49. Kentucky: 61.4
50. West Virginia: 61.2

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Last year, I posted quotes about being thankful. This year, I am grateful to be here now! I am grateful to be in America, to be an Awesome American, and to be FREE! I am grateful for my freedom, I am grateful for my special talents and abilities, and I am grateful for the cosmic happenings in my life every day!
You know, Thanksgiving is an American Holiday~ USA is the ONLY country in the world that celebrates being thankful! Also USA is the only country in the world who has a motto and an oath: "In GOD We Trust"

Olympics Over

Olympics over already? That was really fast! The athletes were all fantastic and very focused! USA is still the best! I am amazed at all the world records that were broken by fellow Americans! I am truly proud to be an American! The Chinese really put on a show- that was also fabulous! The Fireworks and the show at the Birdsnest was really over the top! Great place for a great and memorable Olympics, it will be remembered for many years as one of the best ever!

Olympic Gold

Lots of Olympic Gold! From swimming to wrestling, to gymnastics to volleyball, our USA does it again- and with new world records, to boot! The weather in China doesn't seem to bother anyone, after all the complaints about smog. We Americans are always up to a challenge, we always take it on! And we always win! Winning is natural to us, it is second nature. Keep it up!

Happy 232 Birthday, USA! May the FOURTH be with you!

This is America's 232nd Birthday! Happy Birthday and Happy Freedom & Independence Day to us (US). As the song goes, I AM Proud to be an American! In fact I AM Blessed to be an American! I LOVE AMERICA! I LOVE FREEDOM! We are ONE NATION under GOD! We have the freedom to be, do or have anything we desire. America is the ONLY Free Country in the world! If you don't think so, go somewhere else and TRY to be free! Long may Our Flag Wave ***=== (***=== is the internet shorthand for the Stars & Stripes) May the FOURTH be with you!

This is a true story that speaks the truth about how freedom is NOT free:

What ever happened to the Brave Men Who Signed The Declaration of Independence???
Posted July 4th, 2008 by Jdayh Declaration of Independence Facts
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed
the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the
British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their
homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the
Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56
fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their
sacred honor. What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine
were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated.
But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well
that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton
of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from
the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay
his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the
British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He
served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding.
His possessions were taken from him,and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer,
Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Rutledge, and Middleton. At the battle of
Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr, noted that the British General Cornwallis
had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged
General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and
Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties
destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few
months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was
dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his
gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in
forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his
children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a
broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution.
These were not wild-eyed, rabble- rousing ruffians. They were
soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they
valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they
pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on
the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each
other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." They gave you
and me a free and independent America. The history books never told
you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't
fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own
government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but
we shouldn't. So,take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July
holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for
the price they paid. Remember: Freedom is never free! It's time we get
the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has
more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games.
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom; go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.- Samuel Adams