Devil Must Go, Jeff Davis can Stay
From an article appearing in the Seattle Times, officials in New Mexico, Colorado and Utah, to appease Christian superstitions about what is probably a misreading of Revelations, will rededicate U.S. Route 666 to a different number. From the looks of the landscape in the picture, however, the original designation seems most appropriate. If you look closely, that glint atop the volcanic plug in the background is the sun reflecting off of a steel anvil with an “Acme” label, and that dust cloud moving on the horizon is a fast-approaching Road Runner.
While superstition can get you a highway renamed in the red states, officials in supposedly more progressive Washington state can’t bring themselves to remove the Confederate traitor Jefferson Davis’ name from U.S. 99. It is unclear how the Daughters of the Confederacy got enough clout in a state so removed, culturally and geographically, from Dixie that they got away with dedicating a highway. Even more inexplicable is why a Democratic state senator in the year 2003 is finding good things to say about Jeff Davis. She’s from Christopher Key’s county. Any word, Christopher?
