[Mengerian]

I’m quickly learning that the “Heartland of America” (quite frankly), sucks. (i.e. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, etc...)

[Kenny]

Do most people agree with this? How does a town do something so screwy?

[fatnotlazy]

It was enacted without council approval, apparently a violation of local procedure. Perhaps the edict can be reversed on those grounds.

The world is full of incredibly stupid, thoughtless people.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

In other news, Davenport will now be renamed Gommorrah.

[RichInOC]

“I owe a lot
“To Iowa pot,
“Iowa grown and grand,
“I never knew
“Such beautiful boo
“Grew in this groovy land I’m in
“And I’m in-
“Debted indeed
“To Iowa weed,
“Iowa raised and born,
“I owe a lot
“To Iowa pot
“And that’s not just Iowa corn!”

—Jerry Samuels a.k.a. Napoleon XIV

[oh8eleven]

"We merely made a recommendation that the name be changed to something other than Good Friday," said Tim Hart, the [Civil Rights] commission's chairman. "Our Constitution calls for separation of church and state ..."
One more ignorant American @ssclown.

[SkyDancer]

I wonder what would happen to this idiot if he decided to PC an Islamic holiday .... Ramadan could be renamed “Hunger Month” or something like that ....

[spankalib]

It was Davenport where Ronald Reagan cut his chops in radio.

http://www.ronaldreagan.com/radio.html

[DManA]

It only took till the second paragraph to find the source of this problem:

Taking a recommendation by the Davenport Civil Rights Commission......

Cities will let their streets revert to jungles, fire all the cops and firemen before they would cut the budget for their "Civil Rights Commissions".