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There is a lot of angst among many people about the ‘untraditional marriages’ of the FLDS and in particular the age of some brides. As I’ve mentioned earlier, for those who study history the FLDS marriages not only don’t seem … Continue reading
FLDS: Raising The Responsibility Bar
There are clearly incidences where children need to be removed from their homes. Some parents are intentionally abusive and some are either mentally incapable of caring for their children or are just plain stupid. Removal though needs to be extremely … Continue reading
FLDS: Those Atrocious Underage Marriages…
In this post I mentioned the 51 marriage licenses the state of Texas issued to brides under the age of 14 in 1970 and speculated that based on our current thinking these must all be awful marriages with such terribly … Continue reading
FLDS: Here Today, Pervert Tomorrow
This is an issue that has bugged me for some time. But I’ve had and am still having difficulty putting it in to words. On April 21 in this post I pointed out the hundreds of people Texas considered good … Continue reading
Reimposing a national 55mph speed limit
Sen John Warner has asked the Energy Department to look in to what the impact would be of re-imposing a national speed limit. Some very quick comments: – With newer cars the savings are much less than they were in … Continue reading
Texas authorities aren’t alone in incompetence…
Authorities in the tundra of Minnesota bungled one pretty well. Story Here. I have no clue if this was a bungled case, a wrong prosecution, or, very likely a bit of both. It appears more than reasonable that the parents … Continue reading
FLDS: Financial Costs
The Deseret News today published this article stating that the costs to the State of Texas thus far are about $14 million. That’s a lot of money to most of us, just not to many politicians and law enforcement. The … Continue reading
Who do You want to rescue You?
Listening to news reports of Boy Scouts in Iowa springing in to action to save their mates I thought about some of the persecution the Scouts have come under. I also thought about the FLDS kids and many of their … Continue reading
FLDS: When We Get Restraining Orders Against Our Own Government!
A Judge has issued a well deserved restraining order against Texas’ CPS. In her order she stated: “I am not going to allow CPS or any other agency to interfere with parents in this state.” From: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA061008.1B.FLDShearing.3899a1c.html Can’t wait to … Continue reading