The Freedom Journal

Never Say Never - Fight For Your Kids!

2011-11-23T12:04:00.000-08:00

If you're fighting CPS for your children - never say never. Keep at them - like forever! What I mean is that you're a parent forever, once your children are born. If your children are taken away by child protective services injustice, and if your parental rights are terminated by termination of parental rights (TPR), they are still your children by GOD's law if not by man's law. So regardless of

Fighting CPS for Grandparents

2011-08-05T11:39:00.001-07:00

Nobody needs to agree with me. Even if I face opposition, I will protest the evils of child protective services as long as I need to. However, a lot of people do agree - most of them, because they've had children taken from their families by this over-active, family-destroying government agency. It isn't only young parents who are feeling the pain. Many grandparents are traumatized when their

Foster children sue CPS and win $7.3 million

2011-06-05T11:40:00.001-07:00

In Washington state three foster children sued CPS and won 7.3 million dollars. Apparently the three girls were placed with a man who had a criminal history. For ten years they tried to tell CPS social workers that they were being abused physically, sexually, mentally, emotionally ... everything! But the social workers ignored their pleas from 1996 to 2006. Finally in 2006 the fosterer (I can't

How Some Divorced and Separated Parents Destroy Their Own Freedom

2010-09-25T15:11:00.000-07:00

Child Protective Services - Should you call them to report your ex's bad parenting? I run a large family rights website that seeks to protect parents from Child Protective Services injustice. Over the course of many years I've heard from parents who called CPS to report the other parent, who then had the tables turned so they were deemed the "bad parent". Many of these people lost their children

Battlestar Galactica: Freedom vs. Desperation

2010-09-18T20:41:00.000-07:00

The collision of freedom and desperation Battlestar Galactica, the "Reimagined Version", was often called "the best show on television" during the years it graced the airwaves via the SyFy network from 2003-2009. Though the crew of the Battlestar Galactica roamed the universe, there wasn't much freedom. They were too desperate for that. Crew members complied with a very strict and exhausting

Nothing Else to Lose

2010-08-28T00:35:00.000-07:00

Lesson learned Like most Americans, I have a lot of possessions... probably a lot more than I really need. I don't live in luxury, but I've got a few boxes of things I want to give away. Still, I may never be one of those people who can walk away from every possession and lead a free life without concerns for material possessions. I very much admire those who do that... such as Peace Pilgrim.

Beneficent Freedom

2010-08-22T23:02:00.000-07:00

Dowsing For Freedom Do you think it can't be done? Think again. There's a dowser named Raymon Grace helping people find freedom through dowsing. How awesome is that? I'm his student. He is awesome. On the page I just linked to there's a series of videos called "Blueprint For Freedom". He doesn't care if you believe he can do it or not. He can change energies from archetypes and thoughtforms of

The Media Gods Are Drowning

2010-08-15T08:08:00.000-07:00

Media's reputation dwindles It appears that the vast majority of Americans no longer trust the media. No surprise there! The large networks are stifled by special-interest-group ownership, funding, and management. People want truth, not brainwashing and propaganda! When will they ever learn? I used to own a small town news service. Even on the very small scale, I knew that the acceptance of

David Duke - Will He Run For President?

2010-08-15T08:00:00.000-07:00

David Duke is willing to work for us... I admit I don't know much about this man, though I've heard the name before. He seems like a sincere man who wants to put American back on the road to freedom and prosperity.

Is There Still Any Reason to Hope?

2010-08-12T22:33:00.000-07:00

Hope as a universal philosophy Seriously, do you still hope things will get better? Do you expect that the people of America will ever find "justice and liberty for all"? I'm facing reality. Did we ever have it? I don't know; I do know, however, we don't have it now. My introduction to the fact that there's no justice in America came with an attack from the child protective services industry. I

Back in the Saddle

2010-08-01T13:37:00.000-07:00

This was one of my first blogs, way back in 2001 when I started blogging at Blogger.Com... but I abandoned it in 2005. Well, I'm back. I've never stopped having political opinions, but I hid them for a few years. Maybe I had other things on my mind. I was busy working... something I no longer have a problem with since I lost my job in September 2008. Now I just write. LOL I'm mainly an

2005-04-28T15:56:00.000-07:00

Too bad we need this! Just Say 'No' to Police Searches : FlexYourRights.org .

2005-04-23T17:40:00.000-07:00

Oregon: Brian and Ruth Christine Newsletter Brian and Ruth Christine are in prison for trying to get their kids back from Oregon's version of Child Protective Services - unfortunately - they did it the illegal way, taking them out of a social worker's van at gunpoint. My sympathy has always been with the Christines. They are a young Christian couple with five young children (at the time of the

2005-04-10T15:29:00.000-07:00

Big Brother's sick "New Freedom Initiative" can be stoppedCharlotte Iserbyt is a whistle blower and educational reformer whose book, The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America: A Chronological Paper Trail, blew the cover off American's communization of children via subtle school brainwashing.She has a new article out about fighting the New Freedom Initiative. See Miracles Still Happen to read about

2005-03-14T03:19:00.000-08:00

Stop and think about it..."Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it is time to pause and reflect." -- Mark Twain

2005-03-06T19:06:00.000-08:00

US Government Experiments on US CitizensCheck out the History of Secret Experiments Conducted on U.S. Citizens. This article doesn't go far enough as it doesn't mention the current use of foster children who are being placed on psychotropic medications at an alarming rate. Many are forced to take Risperdal, a drug intended only for adult schizophrenics.

2005-02-27T23:29:00.000-08:00

I'm BackJust ignore that last post! LOL.. I couldn't stay away for long. I do so many other things... homeschooling, writing, studying literature for kids ... but politics are never far from my mind.Since the election is over, I'll have to start back in with rants against CPS...

2004-12-17T01:56:00.000-08:00

Okay, now that's overNow that the election is over and half the country is terribly depressed that George W. Bush is still our president, I may come back in here and post something. Or I may close up the journal permanently. I'm thinking the second choice is more likely. I've got so many other things to do these days. Well, for now - consider it closed. Its a sign of the times that

2004-09-19T16:57:00.000-07:00

This stuff is hilarious... but so much of it is also very sad. The Truth About George W. Bush - Bushisms

2004-09-11T13:19:00.000-07:00

US Government complicit in 911 attacks, half of New Yorkers believeReleased: August 30, 2004 Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11 Attacks and "Consciously Failed" To Act; 66% Call For New Probe of Unanswered Questions by Congress or New York's Attorney General, New Zogby International Poll Reveals On the eve of a Republican National Convention invoking 9/11

2004-08-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

Keeping Children and Families.... WHAT??? Thank you President Bush for the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003. We now feel so safe . . . . NOT!!!

2004-08-19T03:24:00.000-07:00

Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

2004-08-14T02:01:00.000-07:00

NWV Exclusive -- 9/11 Video Shocks Sacramento Citizens

2004-08-06T12:43:00.000-07:00

My letter to the Austin ChronicleIn response to this diatribe against Alex Jones in the Austin Chronicle, I wrote a letter to the editor of that publication: Why did Mike Clark-Madison attack Alex Jones in his "Access of Evil" commentary? Jones is trying to protect freedom of speech. Isn't that important to Clark-Madison? It seems Clark-Madison is defending a commitment to ignorance, and is

2004-08-02T00:20:00.000-07:00

Who is Christopher Bollyn?I'm listening to Alex Jones daily now - and have joined his Prison Planet TV site so I can learn from what he's done and said for the past few years. Tonight I'm listening to the interview he had with Christopher Bollyn. Here's a bit of what he said: "My friends, we must bring the globalists to justice. We must at least expose the fact that they're behind the terror,

2004-07-24T10:53:00.000-07:00

Do you ever wonder what happened to John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban"? I came across his name this morning and decided to do a google-search to see what's going on with him. This looks like an up-to-date source: www.freejohnwalker.net... complete with shocking photo and his address. As a mother, I know one of the worst things I can imagine is that one of my children might be

2004-06-29T19:01:00.000-07:00

More about Bush's declining mental stateIts getting scarier all the time. I just read this over at Alex Jones' InfoWars website: "One troubled aide was quoted as saying: 'The mood here is that we're under siege, there's no doubt about it. In this administration, you don't have to wear a turban or speak Farsi to be an enemy of the United States. All you have to do is disagree with the President.'

2004-06-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

Unbelievable! ---but trueMedicare drug lottery to help 50,000 - Now isn't that nice... our government plans to help 50,000 medicare patients with serious illnesses like cancer, MS, and rheumatoid arthritis. The problem is - there's more than 500,000 eligible people needing their prescriptions filled, and most will be out in the cold. I guess our government is too busy paying to kill Iraqui

2004-06-22T01:11:00.000-07:00

Iraq DispatchesI'm adding this weblog to my side column.

2004-06-19T22:05:00.000-07:00

God help us...U.S. Concentration Camps - FEMA And The Rex 84 Program "There are over 600 prison camps in the United States, all fully operational and ready to receive prisoners. They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards, but they are all empty. These camps are to be operated by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) should Martial Law need to be implemented in the United

2004-06-19T20:31:00.000-07:00

This is what I just wrote......on my WebRing profile page: "Political Announcement: This year I'm getting involved in a Presidential election for the first time in my many years on this earth - because after doing a lot of research about Bush and Kerry, and after researching the Libertarian Party and Michael Badnarik's platform, I believe he's the best choice. I believe what he said in his

2004-06-19T19:54:00.000-07:00

Why Kerry-supporters should consider voting for BadnarikAnyone But Bush! Why Die-hard Kerry Supporters should support Badnarik, by Travis Pahl... if you're against war... consider voting for Michael Badnarik. He's more likely to end the war than Kerry is.

2004-06-19T18:31:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow evening: Michael Badnarik on web radio!!...WooHoo... as they say... three hours of web radio with Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Badnarik tomorrow. From his calendar: Michael Badnarik internet webcast (grradio.com) 8:00PM - 11:00PM www.grradio.com will webcast an interview with Michael Badnarik, pre recorded earlier in the week. They are on 8-11P ET; listen at

2004-06-19T18:00:00.000-07:00

More bad press for BushAfter reading this fascinating article on Alex Jones' InfoWars website I almost feel sorry for President Bush. Both Democratic and Republican psychoanalysts agree - Bush is unfit for public office due to "violent mood swings, bouts with paranoia and obscene outbursts". Reading this reminds me of all the parents that have their personalities torn apart by CPS caseworkers

2004-06-18T23:13:00.000-07:00

The question is...How many American war casualties have there been in Iraq? John Kaminski, author of this revealing article: Uncle Sam wants you ... dead!... wrote this: Do you remember how many U.S. soldiers died in the first Gulf War? On television at the time, they told you it was around 64. Later, as news agencies recalculated the total from a variety of sources, it became 146. But now,

2004-06-18T21:58:00.000-07:00

I'm looking for peace-loving people with websites to join my new webring: Give Peace A Chance Join Now :: Ring Hub :: Random<< Prev :: Next >>

2004-06-18T21:55:00.000-07:00

John Lennon Day For Peace And Love On Earth PetitionYou can sign a petition... to declare his birthday a holiday.

2004-06-15T00:56:00.000-07:00

What next?If the American public en-masse were to wake up and realize the truth about the elite conspiracy that's ruling our nation, they might vote for someone like Michael Badnarik. I was more optimistic when I wrote here a few days ago. The word about Bush and Kerry is out all over the internet and still the people are sleepwalking towards the polls ready to vote Republican or Democrat...

2004-06-14T23:56:00.000-07:00

G-MailIf G-Mail is too creepy, I wonder what Google plans to do with our blogs. I wonder why companies like Google want to offer so many free services. What's the catch?

2004-06-14T00:42:00.000-07:00

Protest the DraftI just made this website for my teenage daughter. If you're against conscription legislation, please check it out.

2004-06-12T21:28:00.000-07:00

Freedom Fighters... don't give up hope... victory will be ours!Don't forget: "First they laugh at you, then they fear you, then they fight you, then you win." --GhandiDo you doubt it? I don't.....

2004-06-12T18:59:00.000-07:00

Vote Vote Vote !!!Vote in the online Mock Presidential Election... which was mentioned by Doug Kenline at Michael Badnarik's weblog. Somehow I feel we'd have a much better picture of how the election might go if there were more of us voting there.

2004-06-12T17:19:00.000-07:00

600 concentration camps? I wonder what those are for...Check out what the Jailhouse Lawyer has been up to on this forum: Let Freedom Ring. The posting about 600 concentration camps in the USA is pretty scary, but so is most of the rest of the stuff he posts there.

2004-06-11T23:59:00.000-07:00

Another Badnarik quote:"If you were in prison and faced a 50% chance of death by lethal injection, a 45% chance of the electric chair, and had a 5% chance of escape, would you vote for lethal injection because it was the most likely outcome, or would you try for escape? Voting Libertarian is our only chance for political survival. Choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil." - May 31

2004-06-11T22:39:00.000-07:00

I got this great message in email today...Dear Linda Martin, You endorsed the separation of ***school*** and state on JAN 31 01. We've reached 26,591 endorsers, and most are going to be delighted to read the good news in this email. I hope you are, too! Do you want an organization representing 16 million Americans to take a major step toward separating

2004-06-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

EmploymentMichael Badnarik's position paper on employment has been posted on his website. He wrote: "Have you lost your job to downsizing or corporate mergers? Are you fearful that you might? If so, you won't want to vote for the Democrats or Republicans this November."His solution is to downsize government agencies instead. I appreciate that though I know it will cause a lot of government

2004-06-08T01:50:00.000-07:00

More blog postings I want to keep links for:Interesting collection of quotes from various bloggers both for and against Badnarik's nomination. Refers to a great article by Harry Browne: In Praise of the Libertarian Party. A fellow Austinite politician speaks out in support of Michael Badnarik. Doug Daniels suggests that Andrew Jackson can fix this situation. I like that approach. Jeff Trigg

2004-06-08T00:59:00.000-07:00

Michael Badnarik said 'there's no reason' he can't take President Bush's place in the White House.I agree!! This CAN be done, and this is the year to do it. The combination of Bush and Kerry make it possible. I liked what Drizzten wrote in his weblog about Badnarik... and appreciate that he quoted a bit from the L. Neil Smith interview that disappeared from Badnarik's website when he won the

2004-06-08T00:19:00.000-07:00

Ally underestimated Badnarik...Either that or I'm an incredibly naive optimist. She left a long message in her weblog last February telling how much she liked him, then concluded, "He's not got a chance in hell...". I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I do think he has a chance to win the Presidency. Would I be throwing my efforts into the campaign if I really thought it was a futile waste of

2004-06-06T04:20:00.000-07:00

How to Analyze the News and What Goes On Around YouWorld Affairs Brief, February 13, 2004 Copyright Joel Skousen Worth reading!

2004-06-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

AlterNet: Patriot Raid Hey! Why should I care? It couldn't happen to me! ..Or could it? More information: US Patriot Act.

2004-06-02T22:17:00.000-07:00

John Kerry, man of the common folk.... he feels your painI enjoyed looking over some of the homes of John Kerry... I would love to own a home even 1/8 the size of one of those.

2004-05-30T23:25:00.000-07:00

And now for some GOOD news!After that last post I remembered, all is not lost. Today I got some wonderful news... At the Libertarian convention today in Atlanta, Michael Badnarik won the party's nomination. I am so thrilled. He's the one I was hoping for. Several months ago I mentioned in this weblog - I wrote to every Libertarian candidate on my ballot asking their opinions on the child

2004-05-30T23:17:00.000-07:00

Berg decapitation video was filmed inside the Abu Ghraib prisonIts really a shame we can't trust our government anymore. After looking at the evidence I have to agree. The Nick Berg video is a fraud. He was killed in the Abu Ghraib prison - probably by Americans. My government is a fraud. I've been lied to all my life about "liberty and justice for all". It doesn't exist here. I feel like

2004-05-16T16:48:00.000-07:00

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - remember him?A great author... an unforgettable author, if you've read any of his books. He recently wrote a political essay worth reading: Cold Turkey.

2004-05-11T17:24:00.000-07:00

What's really happening over there?If you're like many Americans, you wonder what's really going on over there in Iraq. We know we're not getting the full story from our news media. We Americans.. I mean, we the commoners who aren't involved with government matters, are kept in the dark. That's why it means so much to read the stories of life in Iraq under American rule... from an unbiased

2004-04-05T19:43:00.000-07:00

Another child dies from medical neglect in state fosterincarceration

2004-03-27T18:20:00.000-08:00

Julia Phillips in the Tribune StarThis Indiana mother is bound to get attention.

2004-03-15T16:24:00.000-08:00

Thank you, Hugh Downs"This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference. All the really good ideas belong to the Libertarians." (Hugh Downs, Co-host ABC-TV's 20/20, 31 March 1997) He was one of the best news hosts ever. I miss him and Barbara Walters too.

2004-03-13T10:13:00.000-08:00

Another Child Dies In Foster CareThis is the second baby dead in a Bakersfield foster facility in less than six months.

2004-02-29T00:22:00.000-08:00

She's half rightColumnist Mona Charen is right that the foster 'care' system is broken. She wrote: "New Jersey and the rest of the nation should be attempting to think more radically about overhauling the child welfare system. The foster care idea is a failure. Too many children fall through the cracks. States do not have the capacity to make judgments about the fitness of hundreds of thousands

2004-02-29T00:14:00.000-08:00

A common eventAnother foster parent arrested for molesting children. "...investigators think there could be more victims because Hill had been involved in mentoring youths for six years and also had been a foster parent."

2004-02-24T15:46:00.000-08:00

Good News Should Be Shared Every time I think about this article by Troy Anderson in the LA Daily News, I feel happy all over again. I printed out a copy and stapled it to the local store's bulletin board. It was there about five days, then someone took it down. Now I wonder who wouldn't want the public to have good news like that! So I've printed out a few more copies and will put them on

2004-02-23T00:23:00.000-08:00

After saying I was going to be gone, I found I couldn't stay away!I just had to share this because it made me feel so good. I was looking through my stats for Fight CPS And Win today. They sometimes tell me where people were right before they looked at my site. I came across one from a search engine and decided to go look at it. Here it is. Someone typed in "where can i find laws for child

2004-02-19T02:24:00.000-08:00

GoneI will be missing from advocacy for a while due to an extremely heavy work schedule. Great things are happening and I'm very encouraged, especially by the California Governor's determination to reform child welfare funding. Thank you so much Governor Schwarzenegger!! In the meantime you can get good news about CPS from AFRA and commentary from Sharon Secor. I love having a small

2004-02-18T10:22:00.000-08:00

Something about having guts to stand up for your beliefs A person who signed my guestbook "your local CPS worker" apparently doesn't know I'm in California, not Colorado. Here's the posting: Fight CPS And Win - Chat Information. Look at all the brave victims of CPS tyranny - not afraid to sign their names. And who's hiding now? "...men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds

2004-02-13T08:45:00.000-08:00

Its for our own good?Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of

2004-02-12T23:03:00.000-08:00

The White RoseTonight I came across a site about The White Rose - a Nazi resistance group whose very young members were executed during WWII in Germany after distributing leaflets at the University of Munich. Here's the link: White Rose members were memorialized in 1993 as it was the fiftieth anniversary of the executions. These remarks were made by German president Richard von Weizsacker as

2004-02-12T16:22:00.000-08:00

The Miller DecisionI hope they appeal it... the decision is found here. This is an appalling decision given by 9th Circuit Judges Myron H. Bright, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Pamela Ann Rymer. I was especially distressed to see that Judge Dorothy Nelson, a leader in the US National Baha'i Community, would not have more respect for the rights and dignity of grandparents than to be part of this

2004-02-12T16:16:00.000-08:00

A Bit Excessive, Don't You Think?A Maine man is being Fined $10,000 for Going to Church. After 40 years of attending church on the Canadian side of the border, Richard Albert is being fined for leaving his home, 30 yards south of the border, and going to church when the border crossing is closed. He used to have a Form 1 waiver but that program was cancelled in May 2003. Albert said: "This

2004-02-11T14:35:00.000-08:00

Breaking Down the Walls of CPS Confidentiality One state at a time, the light will shine on the lies of child welfare workers. Today its Florida where the public is getting access to child welfare documentation. Coming soon to a CPS agency near you!

2004-02-11T05:21:00.000-08:00

What Can Be Done I couldn't agree more, that CPS Sucks... and if you want to fight the system, there's always a way. Caseworkers and other system-players hiding behind claims of 'immunity' need to realize we remember you well and are looking forward to the day you will be prosecuted for your crimes against families.

2004-02-11T04:57:00.000-08:00

History Lesson There's a good, brief History of Fosterincarceration online at the Sacramento Bee's special report, Broken Lives - by Mareva Brown.

2004-02-11T04:13:00.000-08:00

Let's UniteI visited the Journey for Justice website today. This site is part of "a journey to end drug war injustice". The site says: "Journey for Justice springs from the extreme need and aspirations of thousands of drug war prisoners and their loved ones victimized by unjust drug and sentencing laws. We journey for justice to fortify resolve, and awaken the dignity of ordinary people

2004-02-10T12:26:00.000-08:00

Does Schwarzenegger Listen?I'm happy to see that California's new governor seems to be paying attention to the media handout prepared by CAFRA. It contained a statement addressed to him and numerous media releases about the pathetic condition of the child protection industry and its persecution of children and their families. CAFRA reps visited the state capitol building in January to

2004-02-10T12:17:00.000-08:00

Canada's CAS Retaliation DocumentedJohn Dunn at the After Foster Care website has been documenting retaliation against a mother, a child and a fosterer who want the child to be able to see her siblings. Their most recent assault is to forbid the mother's continued visits with her daughter. "The Ottawa Children's Aid Society is emotionally abusing a little girl in their custody as a tactic of

2004-02-10T08:48:00.000-08:00

Another baby died in fosterincarcerationMerced, California CPS drones have some questions to answer after a six month old baby boy died in their "care". The child's grandfather said, “I think Child Protective Services killed him. That system just screwed again.” I agree, Mr. Barnett, and hope you get your other grandchild home soon. CPS workers falsely claimed the child was drug exposed during

2004-02-10T07:06:00.000-08:00

Child Protection Reform WebsitesA website called Child Protection Reform has a list of upcoming activist events... Its a popular name. There's also a Child Protection Reform site emanating from Oregon and one from Virginia... plus my Yahoo Group (a mailing list) with over 500 people (!) which you can find here. All four of these sites are unrelated (they aren't of one organization)... except

2004-02-09T10:46:00.000-08:00

Upholding the ConstitutionHenry Lamb just wrote a new commentary called Wanted: New Candidates Who Will Uphold Constitution. Its a very simple explanation of the two forms of government and why the USA is heading for fascism and away from the Constitutional protections our Founding Fathers intended for this country. I printed out a copy to read to my children for their social studies lesson

2004-02-08T15:43:00.000-08:00

Mississippi: Opinions vary on legislation on social worker licensureThey're having such a hard time keeping social workers on the job, they want to lower their licensing requirements.

2004-02-07T21:39:00.000-08:00

Something to think about"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: The stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." - Ayn Rand, in The Nature of Government

2004-02-06T10:42:00.000-08:00

More siblings separated by CPS Three brothers are being separated by CPS after their father was imprisoned for the murder of their mother. "'They're going through hell,' said the foster mother of the two youngest boys, 10 and 6. 'They lost their lives as they knew it.' "And the three boys may lose each other as well. "They most likely will be separated to three different states once permanent

2004-02-06T09:58:00.000-08:00

Fosterers don't like being treated like trash by CPS caseworkers any more than natural parents do That's why they're trying to get a bill passed in Washington state that would ban retaliation by caseworkers. "OLYMPIA - State and union officials told lawmakers today that they oppose a bill that aims to protect foster parents from retaliation by state caseworkers. "But legislators also heard

2004-02-06T09:41:00.000-08:00

Ex-foster child in trouble with the lawShe says her foster 'father' sexually abused her and a flashback caused her to murder her husband. "She claims she had been sexually abused by her foster father as a child and her husband’s actions that night had caused her to have a flashback to her childhood. "She said she had no recollection of what happened after that but found herself standing by the

2004-02-05T13:59:00.000-08:00

More quotes from the 1976 testimony of Kenneth Wooden"Instead of orphanages, we now have so-called "treatment centers"--a "growth industry" which feeds on unwanted children just as the nursing home business depends for its existence on large numbers of the unwanted elderly. And, as is the case with the elderly, the systematic neglect and maltreatment of children in these facilities is being

2004-02-05T12:44:00.000-08:00

AFCARS Report - Current Estimates as of June 2001The 2001 report is the most recent report ACF has to offer at this time. I found this statistic there: "What was the relationship of the adoptive parents to the child prior to the adoption? non-relative: 18% 9,326 foster parent: 61% 30,969 step-parent: 0% 94 other relative: 21% 10,612 NOTE: Relatives who were also foster parents

2004-02-05T12:00:00.000-08:00

Still Updating Fight CPS And WinToday I updated the Research Resources page - a place where people who are serious about researching child protective service issues may find some good leads.

2004-02-05T11:46:00.000-08:00

Found on the Lifting the Veil website:"One of the surprises which I encountered in my investigation was the large number of youngsters locked up and being denied their basic rights even though they had committed no crime."--Kenneth Wooden, in testimony before Assembly committees in Washington DC in 1976.After thirty years of CAPTA, what's changed? Children are being locked up still, in record

2004-02-05T06:16:00.000-08:00

Gail Lightfoot for US Senator from California!I recently emailed all the Libertarian candidates on my primary election ballot to ask how they stood on the issue of child protective services. Gail was the only one to send a personal reply so far and she tells me she's very aware of the problem and feels the same way I do - that CPS manages to harm more than help. So though I haven't heard from

2004-02-05T05:41:00.000-08:00

Just when you think you've heard every horrible disgusting thing there is to do to a foster child... something like this comes along:In New Jersey a foster child was forced to 'feed' a corpse. How gross is that!? I can't believe the state is forcing children to live in foster homes where they're 10 times more at risk of abuse than in their natural family homes. Legislators need to take note of

2004-02-04T14:51:00.000-08:00

Foster-Adopter tries to kill kids - another one of those high-quality 'parents' the state found to take care of children. She tried to kill them but putting them in a car running in a closed garage. They were poisoned, but lived through it. Your tax dollars at work as family-meddlers collect their county paychecks.

2004-02-04T14:48:00.001-08:00

Get Ready For Elections!I'll be voting in the California primary election on March 2. I've registered as Libertarian because I believe that's the only party that's likely to put an end to CPS family intrusions and child kidnapping under color of law. I just sent all the Libertarian candidates on my ballot the following email: Question about child welfare services: I'm about to vote in the

2004-02-04T14:48:00.000-08:00

Bullying pervasive in middle schoolFive to 15 percent of children will be bullied or exhibit bullying behavior during their school years, studies show.Child abuse in the public school system is rampant, however CPS isn't likely to do anything about that. They're only funded for taking children away from their parents.

2004-02-04T14:46:00.000-08:00

Child-collecting adopter arrested for neglect"Bloomington, Feb. 3 - The mother of more than a dozen children in Bloomington, several adopted, turned herself in to police Tuesday. Fifty-three-year-old Diana Groves was released on $50,000 bond. She was booked on three charges of neglect and one of being a habitual criminal because she has a history of more than two felonies, including theft and

2004-02-04T13:55:00.000-08:00

Schools must report suspected abuse"In keeping with the changes in Arizona law, all school district personnel must immediately report suspected cases of child abuse or face a felony or misdemeanor charge."This is nothing new, really. Ever since CAPTA was passed into law thirty years ago the states were urged to pass laws forcing 'mandated reporters' to be the government's snitch-force for all

2004-02-04T13:15:00.000-08:00

Committee Chair Is Troubled By DSSYes, yes, yes! Thank you State Rep. Marie Parente of Massachusetts for telling the truth about CPS (its called DSS in her state). VOTE for this lady when she comes up for re-election, Mass-residents!! From the article in Mass News: "She explained that DSS has failed to abide by its original mandate, which is to seek "first" to preserve and strengthen

2004-02-04T12:11:00.000-08:00

In a moment of frustration...I decided to eliminate my Fight CPS And Win News weblog from the web because I keep having trouble uploading it to the server. For some reason the connection fails. So I've decided to use this weblog - which is actually my first weblog ever - for posting things about CPS. This one resides on Blogspot and appears to be working just fine.

2004-02-04T10:43:00.000-08:00

A quote from What a Libertarian Is - And Is Not:"Those exception makers and outright coercive busy-bodies in our midst (referred to as "interventionists" or "statists" by libertarians) who do want to abandon government by principle and instead put Whim in charge of the use of legal coercion are the people who help set the stage for arbitrary and capricious governmental tyranny - leading in the

2004-01-26T18:12:00.000-08:00

Barbara Walters Stepping Down From '20/20' I'll miss Barbara Walters. Sometimes I thought she was a bit too pushy with the questions but as someone who's too timid about conducting interviews, I admired her greatly. Also I saw her give sympathy to parents falsely accused of child abuse and for that I'll be forever grateful. I've been involved in advocacy for family rights for nearly fifteen

2004-01-24T15:09:00.000-08:00

Freedom?Its been a while since I've used this blog regularly. Since my shock and distress at the initial assault on Baghdad, which I recorded here, I've retreated to more mundane subjects like my housekeeping, diet, and taking care of my children... as well as my fiction writing which is always good for taking me far from the agony our country's political situation causes. I don't feel hopeful