Article: Ode to a Sycophant

I... wow. I'm in the process of sludging through the many, many, many articles I missed over vacation, nearly asphyxiating from all of the sugary-sweet holiday cocktail recipes and odes to Smithfield hams when I came across this gem of a tirade by Mitch Omer. The subject of the article is Andrew Zimmer, who has that show on the Travel Channel that's basically a watered-down version of No Reservations. Apparently he is, among other things, a prententious prick who hates the Midwest. Hmm, heard that one before. Anyway, Omer backs his shit up with quotations direct from the mouth of the beast. Anyone from the Twin Cities care to comment? I'm not terribly familiar with the scene up there.