I read two stories this week about women who were detained at the border when they told officials they were entering the country on business related to blogging. One was  an American going into Canada, the other a Canadian coming to the US.

It seems that Mom Blogging got red-flagged by The Department of Homeland Security. They don’t think it’s a legitimate profession. Didn’t they get the memo from the FTC?

I mean if the FTC can regulate you, and fine you, then you must be legitimate, right?

I guess we can take comfort in the fact that border officials were doing their jobs, watching out for all of us, and attempting to stop nefarious activity.

But are we Mom Bloggers really so dangerous that they’re profiling us now?

Well, there was that incident last year when someone in our community threatened extortion over a pair of free Crocs.

So, yeah, maybe some of us could make the jump to international terrorism more easily than others. [Read more...]