Lessons from Kansas - Historical Sites
Lecompton was the capital of the pro-slave Kansas territory. While visiting its Constitution Hall, this old lady was telling us about its use over the years. She was a real talker. The bulk of the building was dedicated to the time leading up to Civil War, during which Kansas was admitted as a free state, but there was a small corner of the room dedicated to everything the Hall has served as since. There was some KKK stuff. The old lady told a story about how the KKK protected this woman from a Catholic priest ("I hope you're not Catholic"), who was somehow demanding that she sell off everything she owned and give it to the church. The KKK had a little talk with the priest and stopped that nonsense. "So the KKK protected the town from people that would do us wrong." Uh...
Kansas has a new marketing headline being used by the tourism board. "As big as you think." Last week Kansans voted to "protect marriage" from the gays, and as we were driving through Ottawa, Kansas, on the way to Osawatomie (as in "Osawatomie John Brown"), one house had put up a sign - Kansas: as bigoted as you think. Two enormous women with mullets were working on their lawn. I'm guessing they're "out."
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posted by Dan G @ 9:08 AM
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Not too surprising about the sign considering the proximity to Douglas County, which by the way was the ONLY county in Kansas to vote aggainst the amendment. I still don't wanna talk about it. But perhaps a move to Lawrence.......
Did you know that Lawrence is a hotbed for hot graphic novel writers? And by hot I mean up-and-coming versus, well, hot.
Ali, I think you've posted that very message before.
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