Ever since federal authorities raided the YFZ (Yearning For Zion) Ranch in Southwest Texas, the country - or at least everyone who watches Larry King Live - has been gripped by the images of polygamist wives in prairie dresses. It's easy to snark at their hopelessly outdated couture. (So '90s ... as in 1890s.)
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Posted Jun 24th 2008 11:00AM by Mo Rocca
Filed under: Mo Rocca, Polygamy, Tim Gunn, Yearning For Zion
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31.
SLGeer@snet.net
*Boink*!!!
S.L. at 1:08PM on May 1st 2008
32. Aw Mo,
I must say that there was something going on down there.
In the cult, I mean.
And you have no idea how loyal and loving your fan base is. Especially the garrulous ones!
It a kind of...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f9hqCCbl-2Q
JG^^
John Giza at 1:45PM on May 1st 2008
33.
.... & as soon as we get Stacy & Clinton in there w/ the 360 mirror, they will look the part.
Sherry
S.L. at 3:01PM on May 1st 2008
34. WOW,
SGS, that really was a great post!
ah, Clem at 6:18PM on May 1st 2008
35. MORMANS ARE INSANE! I KNOW I MARRIED ONE!
SHE TRIED TO KILL ME BECAUSE I WAS A NON-BELIEVER!
HER BROTHER TRIED TO STRANGLE HIS WIFE! HE HAD 5 CHILDREN! IF A NEIGHBOR HAD NOT HEARD HER SCREAMS
AND CALLED 911 SHE WOULD HAVE DIED!
AFTER HIS ARREST HE CONFESSED "YES GOD TOLD ME"
TO KILL MY WIFE & MY 5 CHILDREN!
I WAS AN ABUSED HUSBAND!
I WAS AFRAID TO LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE WITHE HER!
I HAD TO "LEAVE" SO I COULD LIVE!
Chandler Yergin at 8:32PM on May 1st 2008
36. They have chest plates on under their dresses to push down their boobs.
Celiene at 8:50PM on May 1st 2008
37. Get it right, it is SW Texas, El Dorado. Personally I say do DNA testing on all the young girls, and thier babies, match it to the fathers, sicko pedophiles and throw them in the big house with bubba.... who'll say who's your daddy now...
Man_in_Wilderness at 11:03PM on May 1st 2008
38. their fashion statement is similar to the one that the burka (pardon spelling) makes, which is "don't even look at us".
whoops at 11:48PM on May 1st 2008
39. MO,
Please correct this. The YFZ Compound is in WestTexas., not East Texas.
And yes, it does make a difference.
nn at 2:13AM on May 2nd 2008
40. Where are the men? What do they wear? I picture a trucker hat with a replica penis emblazoned on it with the words "I heart my religion" beneath.
Someone, somewhere, find pictures of the men for all the world to see!
Marsha at 10:50AM on May 2nd 2008
41. Marsha,
You are right. Those photos are hard to come by.
I did manage to find this one video of the cult leader though. Hope this helps.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1GBEaiOfkxs
JG^^
John Giza at 11:06AM on May 2nd 2008
42. Awwww....Steve Martin is not a polygamist! I did find some photos of the polygamist men, though. One held a book up covering his face and the others wore dark pants with light colored dress shirts that could fit nearly any era. All had unusual names. Old men and young women pictured together seem to conjur up images of something that is, well, "unsavory" no matter the clothing style...
Marsha at 5:00PM on May 2nd 2008
43. Tim & Mo............your hilarious. I thought the comment on the women's hairdresser was hysterical. Tim, love you sense of humor!!!
Susan at 1:55PM on May 2nd 2008
44. Aw come on! You're not ALL idiots are you?
It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter....
You're all bickering about stoopid fashion while Mr. Al Gore is Melting the Ozone Layer with Green Houses and Carbon Offsets! If we don't wake up soon, gas will be $8.50/gal and the price of corn will make bread cost more than electricity! You don't want to drive by candlelight and grow your own milk do you?!!!
Th1nkF1rst at 4:11PM on May 2nd 2008
45.
"Aw come on! You're not ALL idiots are you?"
That is entirely subjective.
"If we don't wake up soon, gas will be $8.50/gal and the price of corn will make bread cost more than electricity! You don't want to drive by candlelight and grow your own milk do you?!!! "
I have been a long-time advocate of a return to "village" style living, wherein each immediate community has a butcher, a baker, & (even!) a candlestick-maker... Everything w/in bicycle distance @ least.
15 years ago, peeps laughed @ me.
Now many are looking to rent space on Main Street, to sell artisan breads.
Turns out, Yesterday's "Tree-huggers" might just be the folks that have spent decades trying to figger our way out of this particular pickle.
Driving by MOONlight is pretty romantic, & the idea of growing my own milk doesn't really put me off, so much.
We don't drink milk in our house, so we have something to barter w/.
In the interest of thread topic: I refuse to trade my milk 4 1 of those dresses.
There IS a line in the sand....
Sherry
S.L. at 8:53PM on May 2nd 2008