missouri

So we had our little primary yesterday, and the GOP chose Todd Akin to oppose sitting Senator Claire McCaskill. In a race that was characterized by endless ads as to who was the more conservative of the conservatives, Akin is likely the most conservative (if by that term you mean extreme...

A church in Missouri is featuring a haunted-house type alternative, featuring walk-through scenes depicting the horrors of drugs, alcohol, abortion, self-mutilation. Fun for the whole family! http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071024/BREAKING01/71024016

I heard it on the radio for the first time yesterday. The City of Columbia has given approval for a Neo-Nazi group to march in our very own downtown district this Saturday for 5 hours. Who the hell marches for 5 hours? The most notorious hate group in the world beside Al-Queda, that's who...

Twister rips roof off school seconds after drill Of course, the roof flew off faster than the speed of gravity. A junior high student, apparently with his finger extended, was quoted by witnesses as ordering another student to "pull it" minutes before the collapse.

House backs constitutional amendment on school prayer They did this in 2004 with the amendment banning gay marriage to great success. Note that before the marriage amendment was passed, it was against Missouri law for gay people to marry and those law never were in any danger of being tossed...

A news story that broke on local TV news last night: http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/030206ccklrKmovreligionbill.7d361c3f.html Essentially, one of our august legislators want Christianity to be declared the state's "official" religion. As well with the recent introduction of a South...