Thursday, March 03, 2005

House OKs MSU name in landslide

House OKs MSU name in landslide

Alright, so now we have a Missouri State University. Big frickin' deal. What I can't believe is that this is what our lawmakers spend all of their time concerning themselves with...name changes. This has been a long-running issue, and probably the one to get the most press over the last few years. Below this post, I have written about Matt Blunt firing people from state jobs because they aren't Republican, despite the fact they do their job better than anyone who's been in the position before. That isn't bigger news than a fucking university name change? You know the other thing these lawmakers have been focused on??? Yes, naming-related issues! In the last six months to a year, at least two bills have been introduced trying to name something (specifically, a day and a bridge) after Ronald Reagan. What role he played specifically with Missouri that requires a state holiday in his name, I don't know.

Perhaps someday they will start focusing on those poverty-stricken without healthcare and stop focusing on whether it should be Missouri State University or Southwest Missouri State University...

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