Making Mississippi safe

If you live on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, there is a good chance that you no longer have a house, that your job is gone, and that you are having difficulty getting any kind of services or assistance. If you live in Mississippi and are poor, you had better not get sick because the governor and the legislature have cut so deeply into Medicaid benefits and the poor must now choose between eating and getting medicine.

But here is some good news for Mississippians: the law that forbids the sale of sex toys has been upheld. You may be homeless, starving, and too sick to live, but at least you don't have to worry that your neighbor is buying batteries for her vibrator. And don't feel bad for her--she can always pass the time gambling, or--if the frustration becomes overpowering--she can just shoot someone.