You Are Going to Have to Secede From the St. Louis MSA

I love watching shows about drugs - something about people's lives falling apart scratches an itch for me. Just so you don't think I'm totally sadistic, I also like it when they get sober- ok, so there.

Naturally, I TiVo -ed the Discovery Channel's 3 part series "Meth Nation" "Heroin Nation" and "Cocaine Nation" because there are sure to be some good drug addicts in that mix.

Here I sit, watching a dramatization of a paranoia induced hallucination, when what do I see on the back of the Sherrif's jacket: Jefferson, County Missouri.

Damn it! The rest of the show is focused on "the meth capital of the world"and what the police in Jefferson County, MO are up against. Arrests are made, labs are busted and many toothless men in Nascar T-shirts are shown in Jefferson County, MO.

Listen lovely neighbor to the south, you have got to get your act together.

Hear me out, I love going to the river, I love shopping at the Bluffs and my own blood sister and mother live within your borders, but this is embarassing! It is as if our dirty underwear have been featured on National television.

The population north of 55 and 270 need you to shape up or ship out. St. Louis and Kansas City are the only two things holding this lame state together-can you start pulling your own weight, please!?