re: Ranking tSEC states in terms of "Awesomeness"

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Que? Only in Louisiana would that be true. The rest of the south is Scot-Irish and English.

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Uh no. You've bought into a myth if you think that, granted it's a myth that's often told. Louisiana preserved French Code/Law and language and was legally under French control for a longer period of time than many places but was hardly alone in having French influence and much of why Louisiana is considered French has to do with Acadians (Canadian French migrating to a French friendly place because they were so unwelcome in British controlled Canada - Cajun culture is Acadian which originates with those migrants from Canada). Hell, Tennessee was French and the East was a neutral zone (Indian country that kept French Tennessee separate from British North Carolina).

And before then, the first European to set foot in East, TN (Tennessee period) was non other Conquistador Hernando De Soto and France was there in the 1690s. Even after E. TN became a part of British N. Carolina the mountains kept us from being ruled. French influence ruled the day. Even our peculiar accent, lazy speech, and other linguistic markers are due mainly to French influences while our way of putting things together or syntax, a few phrases, loan words, and the specific pronunciation of certain words is Scots influenced.

The South is diverse when you look beyond the myths and the oversimplified history we've all been told.