What's with South Dakota?

South Dakota, the state that recently effectively tried to change its state symbol to a coat hanger (see right), continues to amaze sane people everywhere. Now they are threatening to send the police to consficate Heather Moriah's license plates. You see she got "personalized plates" that aren't obscene or even in poor taste, but they do offend the "Commander Guy."

As the Rapid City Journal describes the situation:

RAPID CITY -- Heather Moriah loves the personalized license plates on her silver Prius encouraging the impeachment of President George W. Bush. The South Dakota Dept. of Motor Vehicles have decided to rescind Heather Morijah's personalized license plates "MPEACHW" because of one reported complaint. The Rapid City residentis the conservation organizer for the West River Office of the Sierra Club.

 

(Photo by Steve McEnroe, Journal photographer)

 

But somebody doesn’t agree. And that somebody complained to the state. Now, the South Dakota Division of Motor Vehicles is trying to recall the plates -- which read MPEACHW. And if Moriah doesn’t turn them in voluntarily, the state might send law-enforcement officers to pick them up. Even so, she’s not immediately inclined to cooperate. “I don’t think I’m going to play,” Moriah said Thursday afternoon. “The plate isn’t in poor taste. It‘s not sexual in nature or pornographic. To me, a political message should not be considered offensive.” But Division of Motor Vehicles director Deb Hillmer said Thursday that the law clearly gives the state authority to recall the plates and have them forcibly removed if necessary. And although only one person complained about Moriah’s political statement, that’s all it takes to recall a set of vanity plates, Hillmer said.

Make 'em come and get it Heather, at least that's my opinion. The article in the Journal about this has generated almost 400 comments online, obviously I'm not the only one who finds this absurd. BTW, I agree with your plates, 2000% and yeah, I know that's a pretty large percentage.