Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon us sinners.

Speaking of Texas...

According to the paper, the proposal is sponsored by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson on behalf of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group that has won approval of the plates in nine other states, including Georgia, Maryland and Tennessee. It has filed and won lawsuits in states where its requests were denied.

According to the group, proceeds from the sale of the plates would be used to place markers on Confederate soldiers' graves and to build monuments honoring Confederate heroes.

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"But child protection officials in Texas, a state with one of the highest total number of child deaths from abuse and neglect in the US..."

(See "The Texas Experience" )

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Basically, untill we can get over our complete self-centeredness (expressed in attachment for our "friends" and "loved ones", we will continue to devour our children in order to maintain our self-indulgence.

Lord Jesus, save us!

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If you think about it, we AT LEAST know that McQueary's FATHER knew.  McQueary went to go talk directly to him about it, remember?  (See the documents)

And think about that.  McQueary's father NEVER...TOLD...ANYONE...ANYTHING this whole time. Nor did anyone else that was probably told.  And he KNEW about a 10 year old boy being raped. 

That whole community is goin' down.

Wow.

Interesting stuff, Barry was saying...

“I'll tell you how it happens — it's the American sports phenomenon. I've seen it happen all my life; we've made coaches and players and athletes more than what we are. It's what happens in American sports. Because of that, they've gotten away with more than they should have.

These students the other night, I watched ‘em occupy State College, and I thought, ‘They don't understand.' If they stopped and thought about … how many people were involved and knew this and did nothing, they just haven't lived long enough.

And what they've done is try to support somebody the university can't support.”

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ID Analytics estimates more than 140,000 children are victims of identity theft each year, based on a one-year study of children enrolled in the firm's identity protection service.

Advocates say the lack of reporting is most common when parents hijack their children's Social Security numbers. The unwillingness of victims to report these cases can be found in a small survey taken this year by the Identity Theft Resource Center.

Out of 55 identity theft victims who were targeted by family members, 24 percent said they "did not feel right" about filing a police report, the survey found. An additional 13 percent said "my family is ashamed and remains in denial" and 9 percent said "my family will turn against me if I take any action against this person."

"They're really torn about whether they should do something or not," said Gabby Beltran, a spokeswoman for the Identity Theft Resource Center. "They'll say 'It's my mom' or 'It's my dad, and I don't want anything to happen to them.' A good number of them don't do anything."

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According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are at least 100,000 underage girls being sex trafficked in America today.

That's a conservative estimate based on what little hard data currently exists; NCMEC believes the real number could be as high as 300,000.

Most are runaways, suffering from psychological problems or drug dependence, picked up and sold by pimps for staggering profits. According to studies, pimps can make up to half a million dollars a year, and they frequently prey on the young and the vulnerable.

The pimps ply their trade on the web, the new marketplace for underage sex trafficking. Last year, victims' advocates called the internet classified site Craigslist's Adult Service Section the "Walmart of child sex trafficking."