The Holy Bible is now required reading in Texas schools.

Liberty Legal, a law-firm in Texas was instrumental in getting a law passed that will require all school districts to offer the history and literature of the Bible as an elective by the 2009-2010 school year. Liberty Legal’s Jonathan Saenez had this to say about their most recent legal victory:

“There are 1,300 references to the Bible in the works of Shakespeare alone. Over 60 percent of the allusions studied in [advanced placement] English come from the Bible. Students are going to be better academically and culturally when they hear about the Bible.”

Saenez went on to say that he didn’t expect this change in curriculum to affect enrollment for the Texas Bible Institute, His Hill Bible School, The Southwest School of Bible Studies, Hill Country Bible School (not to be confused with His Hill Bible School) or The Star Texas Bible School, in Waco. When asked if the new law was a violation of the First Amendment, Saenez said he wasn’t familiar enough with the amendment and would have no further comment.

Man, the law sure is blind in Texas…

Cop drags protester through the street, get’s tackled.

This video shows a member of the non-violent, human rights group, Blac Bloc getting tackled by a cop. Minutes later, the cop gets tackled by another protester which knocks his captive free. And that’s not all that happened yesterday.

Rage Leads March at 2008 RNC.

Yesterday, cops tear gassed a group of people that had initially assembled on the lawn of the Minnesota’s capital building after the Internet became rife with reports that Rage Against the Machine would make an appearance at the Convention. Zack de La Rocha and Tom Morello performed an unplugged version of Killing in the Name Of, and then led the crowd on a short march. The problem was that Rage’s unplanned march ran directly into another planned march being held by the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, swelling the size of Rage’s small crowd by several thousand. This of course made the cops freak out and overreact. Which is just pretty much what has been happening in St. Paul since last week.

Man, I know former Minnesota governor, Jesse Ventura, would never had let this happen in St. Paul.

Thanks to the Red Davey Kid for the protest linkage…

Pin-Up Zombie Girl by Susan.

These dolls by Susan make that fake whore Barbie look like a nun. Susan is an ex-mortician and taxidermist turned doll maker.

Susan’s Joan Crawford “Who’s Afraid of Baby Jane” Doll.

Susan’s sweet Joan Crawford doll comes with the wheelchair and a plate of dead parakeet. Susan will also create a doll to your specifications. Dolls can range in price due to materials and detail. Susan’s creeptastic homage to Baby Jane (above) will run you around $80.

Jacko! Doll by Susan.

If you like what Susan is doing, check out Jade Perez’s creepy dolls.

This is not Kevin Smith of Florida.

Kenneth Smith, age 29, was arrested yesterday in Rivera Beach, Florida for wearing baggy pants. The city passed a law in March of 2008 making “exposure of undergarment in public” illegal. Now Smith is out $150 and it’s 30 days in the pokey if he gets popped again. Cities in Louisiana and Michigan also has similar laws on their books.

I mean, if baggy pants are considered obscene, will laws banning muffin top pants be next? Don’t answer that question…