In On the News...

Okay, between receiving the Deseret Morning News (newspaper) at my home and watching the morning news on t.v. while preparing for work each morning, I'm fairly in the know. And all I have to say on the matter is how depressing. I know that's what everyone always says about the news, that it's mostly just bad news, but here of late that's been quite true (well at least in Utah).

For starters, here's the story of a five year old girl that was starved almost to death by her mother's boyfriend. The mother had been deployed to Iraq and left her daughter in the custody of her boyfriend (whom she trusted from their two year relationship). The boyfriend was also given access to the mother's checking account to help the cost of taking care of her daughter. The checking account was bled dry for a drug habit and the daughter was starved. On t.v. they're showing pictures of this little girl's body and it's like seeing holocaust victims all over again.

So this next story doesn't take place in Utah and it's not as horrifying as a five year old being starved to death, but the news clip (on t.v.) did catch my eye. A reporter in San Diego uncovered a real estate scam and was interviewing one of the victims, when the alledged perpetrators arrived on the scene. If you could see this video clip you'd realize why it caught my attention, it was an absolute circus. The reporter was a professional in the face of all the abuse, but those bringing about the beating were ridiculous (acting like little children throwing a tantrum).

Of course Warren Jeffs (the leader of the Fundalmentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Days Saints) has been in the news. Since May, Jeffs has been on the FBI's most wanted list and recently he was arrested about five miles outside of Las Vegas during a routine traffic stop. Jeffs is being charged with the unlawful marriages of teenage girls (subsequently resulting in rape). At this time Jeffs is in solitary confinment at Purgatory (the name of the prison located in Hurricane, Utah). Now with Jeffs imprisoned the government is stepping in to make reforms in the finances of the FLDS organization, which holds about 100 million in assests (and yet relies on welfare to support their children).

I could go on and on about the depressing news I've been hearing, but I think I'll leave you on the positive note of Warren Jeffs incarceration : )