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eggplant

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16. We left at the end of 1990.

Reply to catbyte (Reply #15)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 10:21 AM

Feb 2013

We couldn't deal with the social repression in west michigan back then. I remember the shools in Allendale arguing over whether the district should be the ones paying for the bibles for prayers. (That would be the public schools.) And people putting up flyers for alternate religion get-togethers (neo-pagans, etc) to lure people to have the shit kicked out of them.

By today's standards, that seems quaint. Now the whole place seems to have gone off the deep end.

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Michigan’s GOP House Speaker Rules Out Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill [View all] Tx4obama Feb 2013 OP

is our GOP learning? ZRT2209 Feb 2013 #1

No, they'll just find a way to name it something else, or ... Myrina Feb 2013 #21

I'm so glad they solved all their economic problems so they can focus on that, right? ck4829 Feb 2013 #2

Right to Work has been FREAKING AWESOME! We were #41 in jobs last year, now we're #45. catbyte Feb 2013 #4

At least that dipshit doesn't have the stones to push that particular horror. catbyte Feb 2013 #3

Just look at some of the bills about schools. knitter4democracy Feb 2013 #12

Well... ReRe Feb 2013 #5

I think Mr. Bolger got burned pretty badly last spring on something similar lastlib Feb 2013 #6

Not nearly enuf'. He's a crook and Snyder's a liar. Total leadership failure. MichiganVote Feb 2013 #8

it sucks that the best we can hope for in MI is a do-nothing legislature. eggplant Feb 2013 #7

That's for sure. The Republicans have managed to turn Michigan into North Alabama. catbyte Feb 2013 #15

We left at the end of 1990. eggplant Feb 2013 #16

I live in Grand Rapids & work at the university situated in Allendale catbyte Feb 2013 #17

I graduated from gvsc (c! not u!) in 87 eggplant Feb 2013 #18

I started working here in 1981 so maybe we've met! Did you leave before Meijer Gardens opened? catbyte Feb 2013 #19

My mom taught there for many years in the art department eggplant Feb 2013 #22

Just speculating that there may be some horse trading going on. maddogesq Feb 2013 #9

Or else the threat of passing the legislation was grandstanding mpcamb Feb 2013 #11

At least Michigan dodged that abomination for a while. freshwest Feb 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Tx4obama Feb 2013 #13

Kick! n/t Tx4obama Feb 2013 #14

Good. Keep government meddlers out of personal medical decisions. slackmaster Feb 2013 #20