Adding this conservative city, in what is arguably the most conservative state in the union, is an exercise in redundancy. The sidewalks roll up at 8:00 pm sharp, and not being in church on Sunday is a social no-no. Folks here have elevated conformity into the ionosphere. Tulsa's politics are to the right of Mussolini and provide us with such charmers as Representative Steve Largent and Senator James Inhofe, both of whom wax idiotic on the subject of gays and Lesbians. Inhofe ran in '94 on the Three G's: "God, gays and guns", whatever THAT means. What's scarier is that Tulsans have been voting for this bigot since 1966. Dole, of course, won Tulsa County, as did Bush, Reagan, Ford and Nixon. Tulsa's history of race relations is so pitiful, nicknaming the city "The Johannesburg of the Southwest" would not be too far off the mark. Add to this delightful mix a lot of Big Oil money, and then stir in the fact that Tulsa has more evangelists per capita than any other place on the planet. This is one funky town. Speaking of evangelists, two of this backwater's luminaries are the Reverends Oral Roberts and Billy "FDR-was-a-Communist!" James Hargis. Roberts saw a 600-foot tall Jesus in a vision, and don't forget that Oral Roberts University (aka Six Flags over Jesus) is a bastion of academic non-freedom. By the way, born-again status is a requirement for admission. Hargis, too, had his own university (Ahem.), until the world learned that he was dallying with the students; female AND male. He blamed it on Satan. All this makes one wonder if there is anybody in this burg who has it together. Oh, and everybody's favorite native... Anita Bryant. The only thing amusing about Tulsa is spelling it backwards.