First, the words "cheese" and "moose" kept coming up, then this crazy "I Am A Bad American" post kept coming up over and over and over, and this picture of a tourist in aviator shades, and...Shoot, you figured it out!
We're not putting back the sidebars until all of those posts stop being repeated. :o)
Now that we've seen there is no longer a need for the sidebar moderators, perhaps you can be elevated to either lead or admin status.