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  • TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13 2007 9:00 AM

Single Moms Are Destroying Sweet, Sweet Idaho



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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Clidna

Clidna

Canada
January 2005

NOV 13, 2007 11:16 PM

malkav11 said:
This guy clearly isn't aware that children can't vote.


Bahahaha!

Sadly, he's probably looking to the future, when they can.

"Remember me? I was the guy that wanted to shorten school days!"

whatever

captknutz

captknutz

Colorado Springs, CO
April 2004

NOV 13, 2007 11:28 PM

This really doesnt surprise me coming out of Idaho, I have relatives up there, all of whom are fucked in the head in some way or other. And hey, maybe he should talk about a REAL possible cause of the crime rate 1) the huge Meth problem not just in Idaho, but all over the country, and 2) the fact that Idaho has an extremely high amount of Neo-Nazi's Neo-Fascists, and other white supremacist groups(but of course those people wouldnt be the cause of any of that, I mean we all know those are good law abiding christians).

On the home schooling thing I always wondered what the value of a public education was myself up until I met this co-worker of mine who was home schooled all the way through school, he is by far the worst socially adjusted person I have ever met, and hasn't the slightest idea of how to interact with people, which leads him to constantly get fucked over in one way or the other

Lysdexia

Lysdexia

Omaha, NE
October 2007

NOV 14, 2007 12:14 AM

as someone who's lived in idaho for the past 4 years, I'm not suprised... I mean, this same state also decided to teach Abstinence Only classes and get rid of everything else, including the STD classes you have to take in highschool(which is a tad too late around here)....

Tallboy66

Tallboy66

Chicago, IL
January 2005

NOV 14, 2007 12:19 AM

dearambellina said:
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.



I always thought that some new people would buy our house and I could just live in the garage, since it was detatched and sooo quiet.



Manimatr0n

Manimatr0n

Lubbock, TX
November 2007

NOV 14, 2007 12:23 AM

These guys are dicks, and should be run out of office on a damn rail. But they did get one (mind you, one) thing right, and even that one thing they got right for the wrong reason. Most pre-K and some Kindergarten education programs are nothing more than glorified daycare.

strndniowa

strndniowa

Grimes, IA
May 2007

NOV 14, 2007 06:10 AM

How did the Asshole Fuckface Roundup miss this very disturbing man...I am just glad I live in Iowa for once...at least instead of Idaho....

Chainlink

Chainlink

Key West, FL
August 2005

NOV 14, 2007 07:23 AM

Rockoval said:

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.



The way he tries to combine religious moralism with individualism is especially crazy. Being obedient to a higher power certainty isn't rational self-interest by any means. And because "higher powers" often threaten to throw you into eternal damnation, it isn't especially non-coercive either.



Some very good points indeed Rockoval.
Sadly his definition of Freedom is not the only crazy one up there. I only hope they are there to be mercilessly mocked by every visitor and not actually taken seriously. But . . . frown

Clidna

Clidna

Canada
January 2005

NOV 14, 2007 10:41 AM

FallenKnight said:
These guys are dicks, and should be run out of office on a damn rail. But they did get one (mind you, one) thing right, and even that one thing they got right for the wrong reason. Most pre-K and some Kindergarten education programs are nothing more than glorified daycare.


Is this the case in all the states? My kids learned tons of stuff in JK and SK... they started their French immersion in Kindergarten too.

Nimbusfool

Nimbusfool

Moscow, ID
August 2006

NOV 14, 2007 11:00 AM

I have to comment because I live in Idaho. Thats all I can muster

boombands

boombands

Summerville, SC
May 2007

NOV 14, 2007 11:03 AM

FallenKnight said:
These guys are dicks, and should be run out of office on a damn rail. But they did get one (mind you, one) thing right, and even that one thing they got right for the wrong reason. Most pre-K and some Kindergarten education programs are nothing more than glorified daycare.



Are you crazy. do you know your letters? your numbers? how to read? how to tie your shoes? how to spell your name? Where did you think you leanred these things.

I don't know about where you live but when I was teaching preschool that's what I was teaching kids.

fountainofdreams

fountainofdreams

Batavia, IL
January 2005

NOV 14, 2007 11:30 AM

Tallie said:

FallenKnight said:
These guys are dicks, and should be run out of office on a damn rail. But they did get one (mind you, one) thing right, and even that one thing they got right for the wrong reason. Most pre-K and some Kindergarten education programs are nothing more than glorified daycare.



Are you crazy. do you know your letters? your numbers? how to read? how to tie your shoes? how to spell your name? Where did you think you leanred these things.

I don't know about where you live but when I was teaching preschool that's what I was teaching kids.



I'm fairly certain I learned all this stuff from my family before I even hit kindergarten, but...

Vidalia

Vidalia

SUICIDEGIRL

USA

NOV 14, 2007 01:31 PM

Clidna said:

FallenKnight said:
These guys are dicks, and should be run out of office on a damn rail. But they did get one (mind you, one) thing right, and even that one thing they got right for the wrong reason. Most pre-K and some Kindergarten education programs are nothing more than glorified daycare.


Is this the case in all the states? My kids learned tons of stuff in JK and SK... they started their French immersion in Kindergarten too.


I'm pretty sure that the democrats have something to do with why your children are speaking the devil's language.

bri2900

bri2900

I'm lost
September 2006

NOV 14, 2007 05:25 PM

You sound surprised and outraged? This is mild for Idaho, friend. The reddest of the red states (Utah's favorite colony). Welcome to the dark ages...

Necia

Necia

San Francisco, CA
August 2005

NOV 14, 2007 07:36 PM

His kids didn't get to eat until they did their choirs?

How horrifying. I don't even know how to do choirs. If I were his child, I'd have starved to death long ago.

eeek

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

NOV 14, 2007 07:55 PM

Necia said:
His kids didn't get to eat until they did their choirs?

How horrifying. I don't even know how to do choirs.



thas not what ah herd!

(the baritone section misses you wants a second chance.)

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