From Aluminum Tubes to Broken Bones: Texans, Lies and Statistics

Remember the Aluminum Tubes, Niger, and The Big Nuclear Threat from Iraq? These themes were brought to you by the Texan in the White House.

Well, now welcome to some new theatrical themes coming directly from Texas: Broken Bones and Teen Pregnancy Statistics. Texas officials are trying to put the spin on another questionable invasion, this invasion being merely that of an unpopular, religious sect rather than of a country.

For more on lies and statistics, media manipulation, and the current FLDS case in Texas, see the following:

Scott Henson, Dallas Morning News op-ed: Where's the evidence of abuse?

Grits for Breakfast: Lies and Statistics

The Volokh Conspiracy: More Statistics

Grits for Breakfast: Misleading PR initiative by DFPS muddies YFZ Ranch debate.


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