So much for tolerant and good-hearted lefties:

"Three Iowa civil rights investigators have been fired after sending hundreds of gossipy emails calling co-workers derogatory nicknames like "Psycho," "Monster," and "Roid Rage," and forwarding pictures that made fun of fat people, Wal-Mart customers and others, according to public records and interviews.

The other interesting issue here, of course, is that these workers had the time to send huge numbers of personal e-mails during the workday. This suggests that there are not enough civil rights complaints and issues in Iowa to keep them busy.