CommentsDisplaying chaparra72's 10 most recent comments.

• Congress Looking to Create Possible Multi-Billion Dollar Farm Subsidy

  November 7, 2011 at 11:20am

  In reply to PABlackie.

  You are a fool if you think stopping the subsidies would be a bad thing, and that it would cause food prices to “soar”, as you put it. How do you think these farmers receive these subsidies, where is the money coming from? From taxes that we the people pay. DUH! We only think that food is cheap, based on what we see at the checkout stand, but we aren’t adding in the costs of the taxes we pay.

  Subsidies need to end, farmers need to be able to charge their own prices for their own products, not be told what they will be paid for it.

  Governent and big Ag walk hand in hand, they both depend on eachother. The Government does it for the money, and big Ag does it to be able to call the shots when is comes to rules and regulations, which also leads back to the money.

  I am in no way against people/businesses acquiring wealth through their business transactions, but this is corruption.

• Texas Judge Who Beat Daughter in Shocking Vid: ‘I Haven’t Done Anything Wrong’

  November 3, 2011 at 2:55pm

  In reply to ADNIL.

  I have a feeling the father was more concerned about his reputation if she was caught stealing, than for the daughter herself.

• Extremely Disturbing Video: Texas Judge Caught Whipping Daughter With Belt

  November 3, 2011 at 3:11am

  In reply to Jennifer_D.

  I really get sick of the “this was a private matter” excuse on a lot of issues, not just this one. There is definately a line that separates spanking from abuse. There are laws that govern these types of things. Parents can’t do whatever they please with their children, why do so many think they can? And while I do not agree that children have the same rights as an adult, they are still human being and deserve respect as such.

  Jennifer, you point out the fact that the judge has to live according to the law concerning downloading illegal music etc… Does that also not apply to abuse?

  You think that because the law of the land says that we have a right to raise our children as we see fit means we can abuse them in any way we see fit, as long as it is in our home behind closed doors? If that is the case, why are we so against honor killings, not necissarily in the US, but in the countries where it is allowed and “legal?” Those folks would say it is their right to do so, and in fact their duty. What is the difference?

  I think we need to decide what is right in these instances based on Gods Word. I also think that a lot of folks on here need to study up on the differences between “punishment” and “dicipline”, they are not interchangeable.

  And to all the bullies who keep reiterating that they got way worse then that, yada yada yada, and to shut up about it already, I personally don’t give a crap. You sound like the stupid boys who are arguing over whos dad c

• Extremely Disturbing Video: Texas Judge Caught Whipping Daughter With Belt

  November 3, 2011 at 2:25am

  @Fluter:

  Well one thing it did seem to do was affect your ability to spell.

  The whole concept of children should be seen and not heard is not Biblical. And it really doesn’t matter that this type of thinking has been around for a long time, or whatever you might say.

  Spanking, or rather beating in this case, serves no purpose when done in anger.

• Extremely Disturbing Video: Texas Judge Caught Whipping Daughter With Belt

  November 2, 2011 at 4:44pm

  In reply to ssortors.

  He was totally out of control. He had no right to do what he did. As I stated before, we do not own our children, but are rather charged with their care. We are not given the right to abuse them. And I am not saying that every “spanking” is abuse, so don’t take this out of context.

  This is proof that acting on emotion is not the way to handle anything.

• Extremely Disturbing Video: Texas Judge Caught Whipping Daughter With Belt

  November 2, 2011 at 4:15pm

  In reply to OniKaze.

  What jungle did you escape from?

  That is possibly the most rediculous load of crap I have ever heard.

  We all have a sin nature that we can’t escape from, that is a fact. However, that doesn’t justify our sinful acts.

• Extremely Disturbing Video: Texas Judge Caught Whipping Daughter With Belt

  November 2, 2011 at 3:57pm

  In reply to OneofMany.

  Well, my reply condemning the father‘s actions certainly wasn’t because I have no children. I have been married for 19 years, and have 5 children 17,15,14,12 & 10. There is no excuse for a parent to lose control and take it out on the child, it defeats the purpose.

• Extremely Disturbing Video: Texas Judge Caught Whipping Daughter With Belt

  November 2, 2011 at 3:23pm

  Extremely disturbing video.

  It is wrong to strike anyone out of anger, period. We do not “own” our children, they are a gift to us from God. We do not have a right to abuse our children, God never gave us that right. We are commanded to train our children up in the way they should go, and dicipline is not equal to spanking. I do acknowledge that there is a place for spanking, but this was not a spanking, it was a beating. He was hitting her as hard as he could, and I can guarantee you that he was not doing it with her best interest in mind. He said himself on the video that he was doing it because he was mad.

  I think one of the purposes of having children, and the subsequent responsibility we have to raise them, is so that we see into the heart of God. We get a clearer picture of who God is,and how he sees us. This is not a picture of that, and the words he chose to use is apalling.

  I speak from experience, as one who suffered physical and sexual abuse by my father as a child/teenager. This video turned my stomach. If my husband ever did that to my child, I would never stand for it, never. You can hear the mother telling him, when he went to get another belt, that he had done enough, but he refused to stop. I would have used the belt in my hand on him before I let him do that.

  I find it hard to believe those who say it was ok. Are you serious?

  I do think what she should have done was go to some law enforcement agency when it first happened, rather then now.