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Strippers Have Rights, Too - UPDATE

I transferred that call to the paralegal who handles Workers' Compensation calls.  This is the (edited) report I got back:

Works for tips ONLY. Has to give the Club $20 to work there and had to sign some rules and requirements (no diseases). Tips out DJ 10% no less than $10 a night. Stage and pole are really dirty. Never cleaned. She gets dirt on her skin when dancing. She's been buying Lysol.

They have 50 girls working - Thursday and Fridays and Saturdays 2 girls dance at once. The girl they paired her with had a yeast infection. She didn't know that. [client name] had nipple rings so she did have open wounds, but they weren't new. After the two song set she accidently picked up the other girls shorts by accident and noticed green crusties inside. She reported that to management. Apparently the girl had gotten into a fight with another girl who bit her. The other girl had MRSA.

Strippers Have Rights, Too

Lady just called our office with a Workers' Compensation question.

Says she works at a strip club, and is complaining that they have "unsanitary conditions."

She contines: "I mean, they don't even wipe down their poles, or nuthin'.  And I know several girls up in there got yeast infections."

Just all part of being The People's Lawyer.

Poll (Pole?) On those In Favor Of/Against Gay Marriage

While the numbers themselves are interesting, that's not why  posted this poll:

How Many Five Year Olds Could You Take In A Fight?

22

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Graph Showing Consequences Of Allowing Gay Marriage! MUST SEE

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The 'Dangerous' Border: Actually One of America's Safest Places

Interesting.  Once again, the truth is almost exactly the opposite of what those with agendas would have us believe.

The 'Dangerous' Border: Actually One of America's Safest Places.

Macon Gets Grant to Redevelop Atlantic Cotton Mills Site

13WMAZ.com | Macon, GA | Macon Gets Grant to Redevelop Atlantic Cotton Mills Site.

This is a really cool old factory located not far from our new house, downtown.  I take a shortcut by it everyday, and was just thinking how cool it would be to make it into apartments and stuff.  Look like the city already thought of that. 

Can't wait to see this take shape.

Tennessee Pride Spokesman Comments On The Death of Jimmy Dean

Mosque At Groud Zero In New York: Can Someone Tell Me Why This Should Be Seen . . .

. . . as anything other than Muslims kicking sand in the face of the U.S.?  Correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding of history is that it is quite common for mosques to be built on top of the ruins of the holy places of other religions, in a show of dominance or conquer over that religion (see India, former Constantinople, etc.).  And now some group wants to build a 13-story super-delux mosque at the site of Ground Zero, and I am to believe this is not intended to send a message?  Or at the very least intentionally piss everyone off?

Keep in mind, too, I am no War on Terrorism nut.  In fact, the War on Terror, in general, scares me in that I see it, at least under Bush, as a way to erode freedoms.  And I am not one to think that 911 needs to be forecer enshrined and worshipped.  This isn't about that.  This is about a group of Muslims pissing on our territory, and thumbing their nose at the U.S.

Also, I am not advocating that we "do something about this."  I think the government's hands are tied by the First Amendment, unless this could be viewed as a symbol so strong it is meant solely to harass, and will lead to problems.

I just think it is very informative and instructive that someone would do something like this.

Georgia Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Caps Are Unconstitutional

Today the Georgia Supreme Court struck down the statute providing for caps on damage awards in medical malpractice cases.  In short, the Court held that the caps violate the constitutional right to trial by jury.

Now, interestingly, I keep hearing Republicans that are opposed to Obama's healthcare reform say that he is trying to "destroy our freedoms" and is "trampling on the Constitution."  These same Republicans say that the way to really reform healthcare is to impose restrictions on medical malpractice cases.

Now, my copy of the U.S. Constitution contains a right to trial by jury in civil cases.  Maybe some of these Republicans that are so big on the Constitution, yet in favor of medical malpractice "reform," need to take another look at the Bill of Rights.  Probably, they have just forgotten about the 7th Amendment.  I am sure they aren't being hypocritical on this issue.