I wonder if enough women were just angry and freaked out already over the recent Catholic birth control kerfuffle, the trans-vaginal ultrasound bill, etc.

I think that Rush was the tipping point for a ot of women (and men) and he is some one that is easy to figure out how to fight. Money talks

I proudly wear my Radical Militant librarian shirt.His words, but I take ownership

Heh. Sunday my roommate and I were at the grocery store and there were Girl Scouts outside selling cookies, and we were like "I want radical feminist lesbian cookies!!" (even though I'm on a diet and she's given up sweets for lent). I think the mom was trying very hard not to laugh, but the girls were either confused or ignored us. (We did buy a box of thin mints)

Argh. I get a lot of calls from guys in the field, probably because they know I'll try to help them.

The down side is when they call with a question I seriously do not know the answer to. I am not an industrial hygienist! I do not know what you're supposed to do about potential asbestos exposure if you're working in these old buildings! Argh. And the OSHA site is huge, and there must be someone here somewhere who I can point them to.

Bah. t goes back to calling people randomly

What about this, Consuela? [link]

You'll see there's a hotline number and e-mail at the bottom.

I just got dinged because no one looked at something I put into the system a week ago. I figured, no one told me to stop, I'd move on to the next step. I'd fulfilled all the requirements...this is why I offered to help my manager. Because I put it into the system, sent her an email telling her I'd put it into the system, and she missed it. And I have to move stuff through the system without nagging. There has to be a better way. I have to become part of the system. Fix it, somehow.

Thanks, Ginger! I am going to start with someone internal who is supposed to be an industrial hygienist. I do think this guy is too spun up: walking into an old building with asbestos in it, changing a lightbulb, and then walking out, is not going to expose him to anything significant.

OTOH, these are the guys who, a few years back, burned an old shack which had been painted with lead-based-paint, and then sat around the fire for an hour or so... (Yeah, they got sick.)

I do think this guy is too spun up:

Unless someone has recently been chopping on the asbestos material, it's unlikely there was a significant amount in the air.

(This gave me a flashback to a drunken rant I once made about how stabilizing asbestos in place is safer than removing it. Some people fight or sing when they're drunk. I explain things.)

OTOH, these are the guys who, a few years back, burned an old shack which had been painted with lead-based-paint, and then sat around the fire for an hour or so... (Yeah, they got sick.)

Sick like respiratory distress or cancer? Also, wow, not smart, guys.

Estimates range between 1.5 million and 20 million.

That's...specific. Seriously? That's the best estimate they can get?

That's...specific. Seriously? That's the best estimate they can get?

Only the people who sell the advertising know for sure... and that info is proprietary.

ETA: Rush claims 20 million. Media Matters estimates 1.5 million.