FIA fit to operate in the Third World

I spent many years in third world developing countries. One soon discovers that he must have all his papers in good order. The officials look carefully for some technical error, especially for first time visitors as they are more vulnerable. The officials will create a problem even when there is none. To get out of this difficulty always requires a tip (bribe) to the government official.

It was always with a sense of relief when I would return to the States. Here the attitude seemed to be, "You have something here that is not quite correct. Let us help straighten this problem out for you."

I have found that since working with the Family Independence Agency and Child Protective Services that their attitude is just like the officials in the Third World countries I lived in. They look for a problem, or if they can't find a problem, and think they can get away with it, deceitfully create one. Then they boast of the fact that the judges are in their pockets.

Earls Cairns, in his book, "Christianity Through the Centuries" tell of how under the Spanish Inquisition "Those accused were always presumed guilty until they proved their innocence; They were never confronted with their accusers; they could be made to testify against themselves, and they could be tortured to extract a confession." This situation may not be true in America generally today, but that is how much of Child Protective Services acts.