Probably the same reason that the FBI didn't catch the 20 terrorists that wanted to learn to fly commercial airliners, but weren't interested in learning how to land them. Since 9/11, if something isn't a direct threat to national security brought about by foreign terrorists, or those perceived to be foreign terrorists, Homeland Security and the FBI don't want to hear about it. A couple of years ago, a friend who teaches at Northern Arizona University asked Janet and me to do a disability awareness presentation to her Intro to Special Ed. class. There was a woman in the class who was getting her teaching certificate who was part of the polygamist sect. They are easily recognizable, especially in the general population. She looked like Ma Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie, while the other women in the class were in shorts and t-shirts, as it was a summer class (even in Flagstaff, it was in the mid 80's). Kendall An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!) The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 -----Original Message----- From: Linda Walker [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:14 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Polygamists may go the way of Al Capone Yes there is finally some movement but lots of mishandling by authorities as well. Tell me why our premier law enforcement the FBI cannot pick up a 6 1/2 foot tall man traveling around the country with a gaggle of girls in nineteenth century dress and a dozen armed bodyguards. Warren Jeffs has been on their most wanted list for over a year and one half and we've reported his whereabouts twice and both times they blew the pick up. It's distressing because every child inside that compound is at risk. And don't even get me started on the subtle effort to legalize polygamy in this country tying it to gay rights. At 09:56 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote: >Probably not, but it may be a step in the right direction, especially >since the group is being pressured internally as well as externally. >External pressure often serves to unite fringe groups, while internal >conflict is more often destructive to group unity. > >Kendall=20 > >An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!) > >The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one >persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all >progress depends on the unreasonable man. > >-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linda Walker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20 >Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:19 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Polygamists may go the way of Al Capone > >As someone who has worked on this civil and human rights abuse issue=20 >for over twenty years I can tell you it is not that easy. > >At 05:14 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote: > >The polygamist group in southern Utah and Northern Arizona looks like >it > >might get dismantled by state tax collectors, and internal politics. > > > >=3D20 > > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/us/21taxes.html?_r=3D3D1&th&emc=3D3Dt h= >&or >ef=3D > >=3D3Dsl > >ogin > > > >=3D20 > > > >=3D20 > > > >Kendall=3D20 > > > >=3D20 > > > >An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!) > > > >=3D20 > > > >The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one > >persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all > >progress depends on the unreasonable man. > > > >=3D20 > > > >-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 > > > >=3D20 > > > > > >----------------------- > > > >To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > > > >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=3D3Dc-palsy > >----------------------- > >To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=3Dc-palsy > >----------------------- > >To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=3Dc-palsy ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy