Well....that's kind of a 50-50 proposition here. I devote a goodly portion of time to writing letters to my legislators, and for the most part, I get condescending, pat-on-the-head replies, letting me know that my opinion means squat- they can justify almost any stance, even ones that most of us know are absolutely…

Come on back! We need more college-educated folks over here! :)

Won't ask where in WA you're at, but grew up there! :) I had to *learn* to be friendly and open, and not to panic if I couldn't find my car- unlike Seattle and Portland, my car doesn't get stolen here! Deli George is still going, I think- they're the place with the upside-down awning sign, right? I suspect that the…

I would like to cordially invite the women of Michigan to move to Idaho. Yes, we're a red state. However, when this kind of BS was being bandied about by our legislators, their wives (yes, those helmet-haired GOP ladies) told them to DROP IT. And they did. Our cost of living is relatively low, and we still have…

It's wonderful that you're in their corner. Best of luck, gal!

Can't argue against that- sounds like you had a helluva rough ride. We have the same kinds of corruption here. It's gonna be a long, hard fight against the "good ol' boy" systems we have in place....

In the future, only 2-dimensional women will not be curvy.

Yay! This is what I was talking about, when I argued that yes, there are Mormon feminists, and that Jezzies making nasty comments about them was damaging both to them, and the feminist movement as a whole! (And look at how much abuse they're getting just for a little thing like this....) BTW, found some interesting…

Agreed. Much to lose, and nothing to gain. The perfect equation for slavery.

Point taken. But my thinking was, further criminal charges could be pursued....

Point taken. But my thinking was, further criminal charges could be pursued....

Not sure about that, but it certainly seems that way to me, too. The thing is, I seem to recall that this happened before, right before some big undersea earthquakes. They were washing up in large numbers in San Diego, right before the Japanese tsunami disaster....

I don't understand- isn't there some kind of a city ordinance or something against B-girls? A lot of places have laws on the books, banning that....

Jeezus. Good luck, and I mean that. I grew up in a rural town, white, and poor, and none of the girls there knew any better, either. Granted, the 80's were a different era (although people have seemingly forgotten that it wasn't all neon colors and parties- rural areas were awash with nastiness), but...this stuff…

Nope, we're here, hiding our lights under bushels (of paperwork)! There are many of us, secretly watching, always watching...Smiling slyly at our coworkers' shenanigans, and tolerating (with gritted teeth) long discussions of how the U.S. of A. is going to heck in a handbasket, thanks to them damned libruls! And the…

Yet another great reason to visit the magical place that is Toronto! (Grew up on BC's border, watched Canadian TV throughout childhood, American wasn't available in the area without cable- Toronto was a mythical, jazz-infused wonderland to me. Screw Disneyland, I wanted to go to Toronto!)

Oh Lindy, you have no idea how hard I'm laughing right now! As my name implies, I work in a tractor shop. In IDAHO, one of the reddest of the red states. With a few good men, and a whole lotta Rush Limbaugh fans with major misogynistic issues (including one whose wife left his sorry ass for a state congressman, no…

I suspect that that's so. Guess I'm kinda tired of seeing ANY group of feminists being marginalized for their faith, or for anything else, for that matter. It's that kind of divisiveness that fells great movements- that tearing-apart-from-within.

I hope you're right- it sure seems like there's been a nasty streak of anti-LDS stuff on here lately, though. Not really fond of these kinds of prejudice, regardless of who's being attacked. Just. Not. Cool.

Yes, definitely, reason being that the live, active bugs can continue the process in the human body if they're ingested- happy live bacteria just keep on making MORE toxins, and make you much, much sicker. Your chances of getting something horribly life-threatening are much reduced, if the critters can't multiply- but…