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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:29 PM Original message |
Oops! Texas officials now discover 21 more FLDS children than they thought they had |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. How can they tell the ages? |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. it's amazing how deadly QUIET Salt Lake City is, huh? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. They're using "Let it drop" |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. mayne there's some relatives there.... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Exactly. It can be difficult to tell ages of young women. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. The authorities are in possession of the genealogical records |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. I read there are really lousy records and some didn't even have last names. |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. In an interview with the moms on TV, they seemed to be lying when asked by Larry King how |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. They are mindless drones |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Coached? No. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. They may not know how old they are |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sadly, if they are put in foster care, the outcome will often be |
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skyounkin (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I take great |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Thank you for the good comment. nt |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Most foster parents are good, and we don't pay them enough |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. Good points. Those kids have to be better off out of that hellhole. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Sorry |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. 21 more already? Man, they breed quickly! n/t |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I wonder . . . |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. well, they did find a 16 year old.. |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. She's 16 now? . . . |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. To be fair I think she's pregnant with her fourth now |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
56. Whoa, whoever the fathers are, I hope they do some serious jail time. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I did read.. |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. I looked . . . |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Ok, we seem to have a deficit of males, even among the very young, right? |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. My point . . . |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Well they were taken from other compounds, yes? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #43 |
59. One of the symptoms of consanguinity is a family having just one gender of children |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. I believe that many of the teenage boys do get booted out. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I wondered that myself, but couldn't find anything specific in news reports. |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think they're being intentionally vague . . . |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. The two dozen boys were all teenagers. |
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CookCountyResident (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Don't forget that the Jeffs nephew said he'd been abused |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Lots more girls than boys. I only saw the numbers once, though, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I've thought all along that would happen. Some of the "sisters" or |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I have a feeling . . . |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
52. They better hope they have a damned good reason. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I am going to hell, along with you. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. in just a few days, no less |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Those 21 were probably born to pregnant teens in the time |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. Sign on Volkwagen dealership: " '89 Rabbits Here Today!" |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm guessing that Father's Day in FLDS-land is somewhat awkward |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I read today that the kids call all the men "uncle." |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I've been in Mennonite communities |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Those are unfamiliar men. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Given how hung up this particular brand of fundies is on the whole |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Yes, indeed. Irony upon ironies. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Well, it's certainly clear that the men view all the females as |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. Your second sentence is correct |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. Hey, every day is father's day around there, it seems. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. This isn't surprising, really, given all the trouble they've had with |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
31. Well, if they were in the habit of sexualizing their little girls, |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
32. If they are raping children, they should be punished. Duh! |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
33. Actually that was due to a court order |
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ogsbee (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. How come they took the infants? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. All children need to be removed from a home where ANY children are being |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. They took the infants because they are investigating abuse |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Monsters? Are you familiar with the laws in Texas? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. How are they destroying the infants by getting them out of an abusive situation? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. How's the weather there in Texas today? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Because they waterboard babies to "break" them. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. The actual ages of individual wife-units or daughter-units or son-units |
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