It's official...

...Iowa > California

California Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Gay Marriage

It is indeed an embarrassing day for Californians. This just has to be humiliating for them, knowing that some podunk state in the Midwest is more progressive than their state. Bill Maher even said, in his New Rules segment, "The California Supreme Court better get hip before Hollywood moves out to Des Moines."

I actually spent all last weekend in Iowa. I loved every minute of it. Of course, I wasn't in total bliss since it wasn't winter, but it was still awesome. Never saw a single Arkansas license plate. Mostly Obama bumper stickers (as well as other liberal bumper stickers). It was a real paradise, "my friends" (in the words of the illustrious John McCain).

I've always thought Iowa, indeed the Midwest, was better than California. I like the weather a lot more, I even like the people a little better. Real estate is certainly more affordable (although that may change with Californians abandoning the expensive real estate out there and heading back to the heartland). But now, it's official. California flat out sucks. The weather sucks, the politics suck, their Lexus-driving Bourgeois snobs suck, it's just a shitty state altogether.

Oh well. Sucks for them.

-Matt