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Single Moms Are Destroying Sweet, Sweet Idaho

Submitted by FearTheReaper

Edited by erin_broadley

Tags: Idaho House of Representatives Family Task Force, Rep. Steven Thayn



These days it is difficult to think about Idaho without conjuring up images of violent youth dashing madly through their towns and cities. And when one thinks of those violent youth, one will undoubtedly then think of the single mothers who raised them. It is simply the obvious conclusion, especially if you are a fucking moron.

Turns out the Idaho House of Representatives Family Task Force is chalk full of morons. Personally, I love a good Family Task Force. Family Task Forces are the bedrock of our society, without them we would just be a bunch of animals raping and killing each other.

Let’s meet them! The Family Task Force is made up of Rep. Dick Harwood, Rep. Janice McGeachin, Rep. Marv Hagedorn, Rep. Branden Durst, Rep. Dean Mortimer and Rep. Steven Thayn. Notice there is only one lady on the Task Force. That will make more sense as we continue.

Thayn is a true nut. He is a freshman lawmaker who raised eight kids on his farm. They were all home schooled and we can only imagine, not well adjusted. Thayn has some fantastic ideas about how things should be going in our country.

Last year he suggested that Idaho reduce school hours to four a day – to save money. Turns out, he is not big on school and you can read all about it on the website of The Committee of Correspondence, a group Thayn started. I have looked at it several times and I really don’t know what the fuck is going on. I did manage to learn that they hate school.


In the future the grandchildren of the public school students of today, if families still exist, will tell stories about the state sending out yellow buses 5 days per week to collect the children to take them to detention centers for 7 hours every day to indoctrinate them in the state mandated way of thinking. The grandchildren of the future will listen in horror and ask, “Didn’t the parents love their children?”


So fucking true. And that's not all.


We have become state slaves, going to work everyday to pay the tax liability we incurred during the night while we slept. We will know that we have free nation when the government at all levels requires 10% or less of our income. This is our goal. If the state did not traffic in mercy (helping the poor) or in education, the taxes would fall to this level.


Right on. Fuck mercy and screw education. Just thinking about them makes my blood boil – but only because the government is involved.

Then there is this email that Thayn allegedly sent out.


Hunger is not always a negative as the report indicates. Without hunger or the threat of hunger probably half of humanity would not get up in the morning and go to work. Hunger is one of the great motivators of humanity. It is one of the tools that I used as a parent to encourage my children to do their choirs [sic] as young children. When used properly, hunger can motivate people so they can experience the joy of work and accomplishment.


Hello. I have a new favorite douche bag to keep an eye on. This guy is a treasure chest full of jackassery. I believe I will be writing many more stories about Steven before my days at SG end.

Thayn is, not surprisingly, the Chairman of the Idaho House of Representatives' Family Task Force. They believe that drug abuse, crime and domestic violence are the result of families breaking down and they want to figure out a way to get mothers back in the home and out of the workplace.


In one of the articles I read, quite a large percentage of mothers really do want to spend more time at home, and if that's the case, what can we do to help them?


Um, change the entire socio-economic structure of America? But they have found the perfect family to emulate: The 1950s American family. Although, Thayn does recognize it was not perfect.


I don't think the family structure was really ideal at that time, either. I don't think the family ever in the history of the world has reached its potential.


Someone is speaking the truth. Not until the family can shed its human form, come together in a ball of pure energy and shoot straight up to the Lord will it have achieved its “full potential.” Right now, we are far, far away from that glorious day.

According to the task force, single parent homes (moms) are causing rates of drug use and crime to shoot up, though, people living out of wedlock and divorce are also to blame.


Thayn believes that reducing divorces could save the state $200 million because the crime rate would drop if divorces dropped. He thinks making it more difficult to get divorced would help families avoid what he sees as the pitfalls of non-traditional families.


Right. It would only take one a couple of hours perusing the state budget to see that if there were less divorces in Idaho, that would mean $200 fucking million. It’s called math. After blowing minds with that obvious statistic, the Task Force came up with an obvious solution: End no fault divorce. Make the husband or wife prove they deserve a divorce.


"Divorce is just terrible," Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, said. "It's one of Satan's best tools to kill America."


Heyoooo. I thought Thayn was our crazy guy. Welcome to the party, dick. (Yeah, I didn’t capitalize that.)

Some lawmakers in Idaho believe the solution is not forcing people to stay married, but rather to strengthen day care regulations and make pre-schooling part of public schools. The task force disagrees.


Thayn does not shy from this view, calling pre-kindergarten education a "free babysitting service" and suggesting that early childhood education, day-care and Head Start may hurt families by keeping mothers away from home.


Also, ladies, why are you talking directly to me and looking me in the eyes?

Idaho is big on privacy and probably won’t go for the Task Force’s incredible forward thinking ideas but at least there are guys like Thayn to remind us there is always someone worse out there.

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dearambellina

dearambellina

Philadelphia, PA
October 2006

NOV 13, 2007 10:27 AM

Wow. Let's make it harder for couples to divorce -- great idea! I'm sure the kids in those unstable "families" will turn out much better than kids of single moms. Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm inclined to define a family by how much love and care is shared among each member, rather than solely by the number of parents involved.

I sure as hell would have done a lot more drugs as a kid (well, any drugs at all) if I had to live with parents constantly at war with each other... rather than a peaceful home run just by my mom.



This article got me so worked up mad Fucking douchebags, indeed.

AmbientLight

AmbientLight

I'm lost
March 2005

NOV 13, 2007 10:32 AM

This is really fucking scary! This "council" makes the Taliban look positively progressive by comparison.

Something tells me if we want a glimpse into Rep Thayns family life, all we'd have to do is watch the movie Deliverance.

Zarth

zarth

Seattle, WA
December 2004

NOV 13, 2007 10:32 AM

dearambellina said:
I'm inclined to define a family by how much love and care is shared among each member, rather than solely by the number of parents involved.


It's precisely that kind of shameless secular humanism that's destroying America!*

SPOILERS! (Click to view)
*As defined by people who couldn't think their way outside a paper bag if you gave them a string.



AmbientLight said:
This is really fucking scary! This "council" makes the Taliban look positively progressive by comparison.


They're fucked up, yes, but I wouldn't go that far. They're not actually stoning anybody, are they? Chopping off the hands of thieves? Banning music? Throwing acid on the faces of "whores"?

Bad, yes, but they could be even worse.

pariah002

pariah002

Yugoslavia
July 2003

NOV 13, 2007 10:41 AM

I can't wait to see how his kids turn out. That should be a hoot.
I wonder if "arbeit macht frei" is posted above his door.

"You get no food until your chores are done!!!"

AmbientLight

AmbientLight

I'm lost
March 2005

NOV 13, 2007 10:46 AM

Zarth said:

dearambellina said:
I'm inclined to define a family by how much love and care is shared among each member, rather than solely by the number of parents involved.


It's precisely that kind of shameless secular humanism that's destroying America!*

SPOILERS! (Click to view)
*As defined by people who couldn't think their way outside a paper bag if you gave them a string.



AmbientLight said:
This is really fucking scary! This "council" makes the Taliban look positively progressive by comparison.


They're fucked up, yes, but I wouldn't go that far. They're not actually stoning anybody, are they? Chopping off the hands of thieves? Banning music? Throwing acid on the faces of "whores"?

Bad, yes, but they could be even worse.



Bet they would if they could get away with it. This mind-set is reminescent of times when pressing, flogging, immersion and burning at the stake were considered acceptable forms of uh... proactive salvation.

smithers_jones

smithers_jones

I'm lost
November 2003

NOV 13, 2007 10:55 AM

FearTheReaper said:

Then there is this email that Thayn allegedly sent out.


Hunger is not always a negative as the report indicates. Without hunger or the threat of hunger probably half of humanity would not get up in the morning




I don't know about you, but generally the only reason I get up in the morning is because I have to take a leak. Once I'm up, I figure I may as well head in to work and drink free coffee.

shapeshifter23

shapeshifter23

San Francisco, CA
September 2005

NOV 13, 2007 11:04 AM



Maybe we need to just get rid of all the moms and institute single fathers as the norm...

hawtp1nk

hawtp1nk

Fort Riley, KS
August 2007

NOV 13, 2007 11:42 AM

I live in Boise,Idaho. My parents have been divorced since I was 10 and my mom never remarried. To my knowledge, I'm a pretty okay person. I've never touched drugs or gotten in any legal trouble. Niether have my brother and sister who grew up with me. I know a lot of other people who also didn't really have a father around and they're not running around the state commiting crimes. whatever

Chainlink

Chainlink

Key West, FL
August 2005

NOV 13, 2007 11:43 AM

The Committees of Correspondence web sit is a hoot !

Look ! They have a whole section dedicated to Definitions

DEFINITIONS

Freedom

Freedom: is the ability to do. A person gains freedom by obedience to the Natural Order. Freedom is not the ability to do anything one wants to do. This is a false freedom. It does not exist. Freedom is gained by gaining power. Power is not control over others rather control over one's self. Power is also gained by aligning one's actions and beliefs with the Natural Order. Liberalism is truly a mental disorder, as Michael Savage points out, because liberalals try to change the Natural Order. Liberalism is anti-freedom because it relies upon coercion to manipulate members of society. This is why Coercive Altruism is so dangerous. If society forces another person to act is a way that is good for him, he is cut off from the source of his own power. He loses freedom because he doesn't know how to gain power. Real men seek for power thru obedience to a higher power and are then lead by that higher power to bless the lives of others.



I love to highlight some extra crazy points for you, but there are none. It's all extra craZY. Enjoy.

BDeyeD

BDeyeD

Toronto, ON
January 2007

NOV 13, 2007 11:53 AM

46n2 said:
I also can see a point about hunger but it was expressed poorly. I don't want anyone to go hungry but I can see where it might motivate people to work if they didn't think they could get welfare and food stamps for all the kids they keep irresponsibily popping out.

Basically, I'm for smaller government and for people to take care of themselves and stop waiting for hand-outs.

This guys wasn't very smart but I also think he could have been critiqued in a more meaningful way instead of all the jokes and sarcasm which fail to truly address what issues might actually be there and then to counter-offer a solution. miao!!



Perhaps "they" wouldn't "keep irresponsibly popping out" kids if safe sex were taught in their schools.
Perhaps they wouldn't rely on foodstamps if there were real opportunity for job and career advancement and they weren't working fulltime and still didn't have enough money to pay for rent and food.
Perhaps they could get better jobs (and keep them) if US mega-corportations didn't slash their staff to move production to other countires.
Perhaps they could easily move on to other jobs if the education system were equal across all incomes.
Perhaps they could get awesome careers if they could pursue post-secondary education at reputable schools without having to sell their first born child.

Perhaps this is totally the wrong end to come at this issue. Prevent the issues from starting, and stop punishing the people who fell through the cracks they've created.

Cockzombie

Cockzombie

Japan
July 2006

NOV 13, 2007 12:05 PM



AmbientLight said:
This is really fucking scary! This "council" makes the Taliban look positively progressive by comparison.


They're fucked up, yes, but I wouldn't go that far. They're not actually stoning anybody, are they? Chopping off the hands of thieves? Banning music? Throwing acid on the faces of "whores"?

Bad, yes, but they could be even worse.


they do terrorize single mothers through. in case you couldnt tell, all these people are mormon, and mormon single mothers like myself are constantly harassed by the church. Before I got divorced or seperated I was being beaten by him and I was counseled to stay together for as long as possible to make sure HE got the help he needed, and then maybe when he was 'fixed' he would see all I did for him and



wait for it








convert

formerviking

formerviking

Denver, PA
May 2006

NOV 13, 2007 12:28 PM

Chainlink said:
The Committees of Correspondence web sit is a hoot !

Look ! They have a whole section dedicated to Definitions

DEFINITIONS

Freedom

Freedom: is the ability to do. A person gains freedom by obedience to the Natural Order. Freedom is not the ability to do anything one wants to do. This is a false freedom. It does not exist. Freedom is gained by gaining power. Power is not control over others rather control over one's self. Power is also gained by aligning one's actions and beliefs with the Natural Order. Liberalism is truly a mental disorder, as Michael Savage points out, because liberalals try to change the Natural Order. Liberalism is anti-freedom because it relies upon coercion to manipulate members of society. This is why Coercive Altruism is so dangerous. If society forces another person to act is a way that is good for him, he is cut off from the source of his own power. He loses freedom because he doesn't know how to gain power. Real men seek for power thru obedience to a higher power and are then lead by that higher power to bless the lives of others.



I love to highlight some extra crazy points for you, but there are none. It's all extra craZY. Enjoy.



That has to be some of the most fucked up shit I've read in a long time . The first time I got as far as Michael Savage's name & stopped dead as I have a aversion to him & his ilk . But I was just amazed to actually read that whole opinion piece .
If society forces another person to act is a way that is good for him, he is cut off from the source of his own power. - Does this mean that if we put a person in rehab to try to straighten their life out , that we're cutting them off from their power ? Man , the mind wobbles ...

freshprncebelair

freshprncebelair

Ellicott City, MD
June 2004

NOV 13, 2007 01:47 PM

I thought FeartheReaper was joking when he said the guy's name was Dick Harwood.

EcoAnarchy

EcoAnarchy

Sacramento, CA
October 2004

NOV 13, 2007 01:56 PM

Poe said:
Haha I love your articles, FTR. They bring me such joy. biggrin



I feel exactly the same way. Keep up the great work.

Waldo_Jeffers

Waldo_Jeffers

United Kingdom
OLD SKOOL

NOV 13, 2007 01:59 PM

Years ago I saw comedy sketch (possibly on Spitting Images) satirising the tendency of politicians to try to blame society's problems on single mums. The sketch was a parody of an advert for washing machine powder in which the catch phrase was "If you want something whitewashed use a single mum".

I find it very saddening when politicians point to the most vulnerable and underpriviledged groups in our society and try to use them as scapegoats for society's problems.

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