Holy Bat Guano! What A Mess Texas Inherited!

The dirty little secret of the Beehive State has made its way from communities (Hillsdale, UT and Colorado City, AZ) on the Utah-Arizona border to a sparsely populated county in Deep West Texas (Schleicher County's 2000 population was 2,935 and its county seat, Eldorado (El-door-ray-doe), recorded a population of 1,951.) The 2000 Census count did not include the Yearning For Zion (YFZ) Ranch.

An earlier (2000) independent film, "Many Wives: Vows Of Silence," portrays the lives of five women, who have left polygynous marriages and communities mostly on the Utah-Arizona border. Their testimony is given in the context of the political controversy regarding religious plural marriage aka "spiritual/celestial marriage" in Utah. The film was directed and produced by Menasheh Fogel (Salt Lake City filmmaker) and Steven Pecchia-Bekkum (Salt Lake City filmmaker and staff member at the University of Utah's Film Department).

By now, most of the YFZ Ranch children (and young wives) have been reunited with the other Saints and back they'll go behind the security fences and locked gates of the YFZ Ranch. May the Lord of their choice have mercy on their souls while they yearn for Zion. If this is (fair & balanced) horror, so be it.

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Nick Anderson's View Of The Texas Supremes' FLDS Ruling

Copyright © 2008 Nick Anderson

[In 2005, Nick Anderson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning while he was with the Louisville Courier-Journal. In 2006, Anderson became the editorial cartoonist for the Houston Chrinicle.]

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Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part I



Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part II



Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part III



Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part IV



Many Wives:Vows Of Silence, Part V



Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part VI

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The Beat Goes On

Three Strokes/Rest/Two Strokes was invented by Bo Diddley on Chicago's South Side and revealed to the world with both sides of "Bo Diddley/I'm A Man" in 1955. Buddy Holly paid tribute to Bo Diddley's invention in 1957 with "Not Fade Away." Bruce Springsteen added his own version of the Bo Diddley Beat in 1975 with "She's The One." This vlog is a time machine. Who needs Dick Clark? If this is (fair & balanced) nostalgia, so be it.

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The Circkets Featuring Buddy Holly — "Not Fade Away"

[Vocal: Buddy Holly, Background Vocal and Guitar: Niki Sullivan, Background Vocal and Drums: Jerry Allison, and Bass: Joe B. Mauldin. Recorded May 29, 1957, in the Norman Petty recording studio in Clovis New Mexico. Released the same year as the B-Side to "Oh Boy." This outtake is spliced. The first 50 seconds are used from the original master, the rest is the alternate. This song was written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison, but Norman Petty, the producer, took partial credit. The record label credits the song to Norman Petty and Charles Hardin; Buddy Holly's given name was Charles Hardin Holley.]

℗ © 1957 Norman Petty and Charles Hardin (Holley)

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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band — "She's The One"

[In 1975, Bruce Springsteen wrote and recorded (with the E Street Band) "She's The One" for the album entitled, "Born To Run."]

℗ © 1975 Bruce Springsteen

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