There are people in the blogosphere who are less than thrilled with my anti-CPS agenda. They are also regular readers, and I think it only fair to express exactly WHY I write these articles detailing CPS abuses.

The reason why is plain and simple: the lack of public outcry. Drudge won't touch it, nor will Limbaugh or O'Reilly. As for the lefties, they believe CPS is a godsend and that all children should be the property of the state, so as far as I'm concerned, they're beyond hope. SOMEBODY needs to be the voice.

My research has pointed out some staggering facts about CPS, including the FACT that in states where CPS oversight is increased, child abuse deaths went UP, because CPS was too busy investigating spurious claims while serious cases were reported and overlooked. I also found that child reunification is the goal in only 44% of the CPS cases, which runs contrary to their stated purpose of helping families rather than destroying them, especially in light of the fact that only 18% of parents in child removal cases will even be tried for criminal activity, and only 3% will ever be convicted.

Let me be blunt: If I had reasonable cause to believe you were abusing or maliciously neglecting your children, nothing short of your incarceration would satisfy me. And I believe that that is the position of a reasonable person; a child abuser is pretty much always a child abuser, and letting them go without criminal charges, let alone a conviction, is only opening the door for them to abuse another. I have very little sympathy for child abusers. The fact that most feel as I do, coupled with the fact that so few parents in child removal cases are even TRIED, let alone convicted, compels me to believe that in most of those cases, CPS simply does not HAVE a case. And without a case, the child should be returned home, plain and simple.

As a parent, one of the cruelest things you could do to me is take away my children. If you gave me the choice of a year in the hardest prison in America or removal of my children, I'd take the prison time. For you see, with prison, the sentence ends. When one's child is stripped from their arms, even if the child is returned home, the parent and child are forever scarred, the child by the lack of trust that develops when they realize their parents aren't powerful enough to protect them from a system that can afford better lawyers, and the parent because they will always be met with suspicion in the community and a feeling that they somehow "got off on a technicality".

And the fact that I can cite, and HAVE cited not one but THREE Constitutional amendments that are ROUTINELY violated by CPS workers, and one that was violated in a specific case I have documented, and have presented these violations to a chorus of defenders of the system tells me I have an awful lot of work to do. Too many people "rubber stamp" constitutional violations by authorities, feeling that it is in society's best interest. To that, I say this: A society where even the law enforcement will not respect the law is a society where the rule of law is no longer in effect, and where anarchy is a serious and imminent risk. The law enforcement agents who have worked hand in glove with CPS workers have shown a blatant disregard for the law, and they have not been held accountable. They NEED to be held accountable.

In this cause, I speak not as a Libertarian, not as a Christian, but as a parent who has seen far too many loving parents conditioned to fear that the next knock on the door may be the last time they ever see their children outside of a stale locked room at the nearest CPS office. These parents live in fear, and often in hiding, and they need to KNOW that someone is speaking for them.

Even if I'm the only one.