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Sleeping in EQ · 07-18-2006, 05:49 PM

"Myrtle Dobson was an amiable and social woman, but she didn't hesitate to whack her son with a shoe or belt when she felt it was required. Consequently, Dobson writes, he learned at an early age to stay out of striking distance when he back-talked to his mother. One day he made the mistake of mouthing off when she was only four feet away and heard a 16-pound girdle whistling through the air. "The intended blow caught me across the chest, followed by a multitude of straps and buckles wrapping themselves around my midsection." The girdle incident did not dampen his defiance, however. One evening, after Dobson's mother forbid him from going to a dance, the recalcitrant teenager told her that he was going anyway; she picked up the telephone and called her husband. "I need you," she said."

And it gets even more interesting. I'm tempted to surmise some things about Dobson here, but I don't like it when journalists and pundits play "Freud on the Couch" or "Mind Reader" with people. Still, it does make me wonder...

Here's the article:

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/7938.html

Mormon Red Death · 07-18-2006, 05:54 PM

I guess I need to ask.. who is/was james dobson?

Sleeping in EQ · 07-18-2006, 06:13 PM

He's the big cheese at Focus on the Family. He has a syndicated, nationwide Christian radio show, oversees a Christian University, and has published lots of books. In terms of political influence, he's in the league with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.

07-18-2006, 05:49 PM	#1
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	James Dobson's unhappy childhood "Myrtle Dobson was an amiable and social woman, but she didn't hesitate to whack her son with a shoe or belt when she felt it was required. Consequently, Dobson writes, he learned at an early age to stay out of striking distance when he back-talked to his mother. One day he made the mistake of mouthing off when she was only four feet away and heard a 16-pound girdle whistling through the air. "The intended blow caught me across the chest, followed by a multitude of straps and buckles wrapping themselves around my midsection." The girdle incident did not dampen his defiance, however. One evening, after Dobson's mother forbid him from going to a dance, the recalcitrant teenager told her that he was going anyway; she picked up the telephone and called her husband. "I need you," she said." And it gets even more interesting. I'm tempted to surmise some things about Dobson here, but I don't like it when journalists and pundits play "Freud on the Couch" or "Mind Reader" with people. Still, it does make me wonder... Here's the article: http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/7938.html __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

07-18-2006, 05:54 PM	#2
Mormon Red Death Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Clinton Township, MI Posts: 3,126	I guess I need to ask.. who is/was james dobson? __________________ Its all about the suit

07-18-2006, 06:13 PM	#3
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	He's the big cheese at Focus on the Family. He has a syndicated, nationwide Christian radio show, oversees a Christian University, and has published lots of books. In terms of political influence, he's in the league with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies. Last edited by Sleeping in EQ; 07-18-2006 at 07:54 PM.