Meanness regarding Omaha.

I've thought some more about this habit of making fun of Omaha and I have to admit that it is shallow and false. In truth I do not think poorly of Nebraska; rather I value greatly you homespun people of the Middle, with your cornbread wisdom and your reknowned, authentic "culture of the pie". Those of us who live in sophisticated bustling coastal metropolises, with our too many sexual partners, our overpriced narcotics, and our distressingly wide choice of entertainment options, look to you "folk" in the doughy center to in a sense keep it real for us. It's up to you to hold our national keel planted firmly in the rich black soil of the prairie, and to guide this country by the twinkling star of homemade values in her times of trouble.