The second half discusses, in a way, the concept is covered very well by Bill Whittle here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dwz_Z62e0s
The two compliment each other extraordinarily well.
I recently moved to Utah from Maryland (THE Freak state). Meanest? Maryland was mean: people with pitbulls, people looking at you like they hoped to mug you, liberals...you know, human flotsam and jetsam. In the month I have been in Utah I have not met one mean person or seen one mean act. Everyone says hello, clerks are helpful beyond the call of duty and everyone has been coerdial ansd helpful. Have I died and gone to Heaven?????
Alaska is as conservative as they come, but more like a different country than a different state. Reason is all the different cultures and with the influx of Asians; becoming more so. Many Indians also tend to dismiss White Man’s Religion too and yet I know many Indians who are registered Repubs due to their military service.