[jobim]

what business of it is his? An odd response. His sister grew up there and he lives there and he's a US citizen.

He didn't provide a single example of a 15 year old getting sterilized Probably difficult to get this info on minor children. And the fact that a law exists at all addresses Olson's thesis.

you can't pump your own gas in New Jersey That's bad as well, but doesn't lessen the badness of Oregon's nannystatehood

they get defeated at the ballot box. Democracy at work... That would seem to be Olson's point - that the population of Oregon has a majority of nature-loving nannystate socialists.

I know about such things, living in jaw-droppingly beautiful redredred Hawaii. Carl Olson is a writer I often read, and respect.

[Salvation]

** That would seem to be Olson’s point - that the population of Oregon has a majority of nature-loving nannystate socialists.**

Only Portland and Eugene areas are blue. The rest of the state is Republican — but it is hard to fight the big cities. Eugene is the home of the University of Oregon and the Ducks. Liberal spot to be avoided in my opinion.