[El Conservador]

We could use some Amish here in Missouri...

[Barnacle]

Amish are cool.

[benjaminjjones]

"complain about the body odor of the Amish, who tend to bathe infrequently"

I dunno, if all the Amish women looked as yummy as Kelly McGillis taking a stand-up bath in the movie "Witness", I might get over the BO, hehehe

[CruisinAround]

Let's see, hmmmm.

As a Wisconsin resident, if I were to choose between the Amish emmigrating to Wisconsin, or Illinois residents fleeing to this state (either professionals retiring or scumbags on the gov't trough), ...

I'm all for a barn raising!

[Choose Ye This Day]

Dumb question, but do the Amish pay state and federal income taxes? And property taxes? I imagine they do, I just wasn't sure if there was some sort of religious prohibition.

Do the Amish consider themselves Americans?

Do Amish ever serve in the Armed Forces?

I'm just curious. I know little about them.

[ApplegateRanch]

Sometimes animosity spills over into hate crimes, such as in northern Wisconsin, where police in three counties have been investigating several incidents since last fall of people shooting at Amish neighbors.

Looks like Wisconsin is a Democratic Paradise, a hot hotbed of Liberal values, celebrating diversity, multiculturalism, and tolerance...provided you attend the same church, go to the same BBQs, don't homeschool, and above all, don't successfully farm sans subsidies.

[dennisw]

Last I was in Lancaster county PA (15 years ago) it was just way too touristy and more or less an Amish theme park. I saw hardly any trees though there were many cultivated fields. They are smart to get out to Wisconsin. Good luck to 'em.

My father loves the Amish swiss cheese from Wisconsin.

[LadyDoc]

The Amish area in Pennsylvania is now a suburb of Philadelphia. Full of rich yuppies, commercialism, and a thriving drug trade. So they are now moving out. You now see Amish in the mountains of PA and KY, where land is cheap.

And there are several Amish groups-- some use nothing modern, and others allow gas refrigerators etc. Because there are few converts, there are genetic problems among the Amish.

The Amish have a lot of kids, but not all of them stay Amish. About half remain Amish, the rest join the English, or switch to the Mennonites.

Mennonites, who follow the tradition but are less strict. They drive cars and many become nurses or even doctors, and run hospitals in poor countries.

My mother's town has four high schools: Public, Catholic, Baptist/christian and Mennonite.

And some Mennonite churches now run ads encouraging people from liberal churches to consider joining them...however, they are strict pacifists-- in the good sense of the word.

[LibKill]

How do they get from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin? How do they move themselves and their worldly goods without motor vehicles? Covered wagons?

Just curious. If they want to live without modern gizmos that's fine by me.

[Fury]

Bump for later read...

[Spirited]

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[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"We raised the price three times, thinking they would just go away, but they kept coming back," said Napp, who along with her husband is in her 60s and has raised five children in the dairy industry. "We hated to sell, but we finally gave in."

Why does this statement bother me?

They gave them a price, raised it three times and then finally sold. But, they didn't want to sell. In a pigs eye.

If you don't want to sell, you say no, you don't give a price and then jack it up three times.

[upcountryhorseman]

God bless the Amish! They have preserved farming methods that are self-sustaining and treat the soil as a treasure.

[Museum Twenty]

bump for later

[Meldrim]

They are doing OK in Aroostook County Maine.