HumblePi

I'm sorry to hear that. It was the one decent thing they had done.

How about Michelle and Jim Bob come in front of the public with some sort of 'mia culpa', specifically to lesbians and gays, for being guilty of judging homosexuals as child molesters and admit how wrong they were since they found out their own son was a child molester. The LGBT community deserves an apology from the Duggars for lobbying to have the rights granted to them through legislation be reversed.

You're absolutely right. A sin is not always a crime, and a crime is not always a sin. But this was a sin that was also a crime. It's just inexcusable for Josh or his parents to treat this as a sin alone. Nobody will ever know to what extent his molestations went on. He was only discovered because Jim Bob caught him in the act. Now, he molested five different children. In our minds we think 'oh five times' but no. Five separate incidents over a long period of time and it could have been many multiples of times he molested each girl. Josh and Anna have taken down their website. I'm sure people are thankful for that. Nobody needs to see a smiling Josh Duggar who we know now was hiding some dark and vile secrets from the public. Michelle and Jim Bob knew when they signed contracts and cashed checks from TLC that they were not only setting themselves up for public scrutiny but every one of their children as well. There was some talk about a spinoff show for Jill and Derick and I would bet there would be a spinoff for Jessa and Ben as well. I hope that TLC decides to leave the Duggar controversy in the dust just as they had left the Honey Boo Boo controversy behind.

Here's another photo of them on the same day, different view. The second girl doesn't look like a Duggar. Maybe everyone in Arkansas wore red dresses that election day and the interloper slipped into the lineup without being noticed? Meh, what's one more girl more or less anyway?

I think they had already figured out their system. Michelle gives birth and nurses the baby. Once the baby is weaned it gets 'assigned' to one of the older girls to fulfill all their needs. The girls were handed immense responsibilities at very young ages. But, that's what girls are for (according to the cult) aren't they?

Now that the dust is slowly beginning to settle on the Duggar revelations and assuming there will be no further disclosures made by the family, I can't help but think about the future of the Duggar children. Nearly all these children have been in the public eye since birth. They have become accustomed to the attention and curiosity of strangers. They have lived under spotlights, in front of cameras and under sound booms all their lives. I wish I could be around in 20 or 30 years to see how this has affected each of them. I wonder how many books, interviews or confession will come forward once they're adults and have been out of the spotlight for a comfortable amount of time. How many of them will appear in a one-to-one interview by a prominent journalist that will ask the honest questions. Those are some of the things that I wonder today. Basically, where is the future leading them and how many of them will break away from the religious cult. How many may even come out of the closet with their own sexuality and their own opinions that haven't been influenced or manipulated by their parents or church members. The fact is that out of 19 children there are inevitably going to be at least one of them that's lesbian or gay. Will they have the strength and courage to break away from the crowd of Duggars to be honest and free to live life as they choose, and not one that Jim Bob and Michelle dictate they should.

I count six girls also. At the time the photo was taken, 2002 the Duggar's had five girls. I don't know who the sixth girl could be.

I watched the Erica Hill special with the Duggar family and it was nauseating. Erica Hill is nauseating all by herself but when she spoon-feeds every question to them which has been decided beforehand, it just makes me want to throw up my breakfast.

From an article in Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3093136/How-squeaky-clean-photo-launched-Duggars-fame-2002-belied-sordid-molestation-secret-home.html Producers came across photo of Jim Bob Duggar, his wife Michelle and their children - then, 13 of them - heading out to vote in Arkansas in 2002 Family was offered first one-episode show, which led on to a series that became one of America's longest running, and most loved, reality shows The photo that started it all: Jim Bob Duggar and his wife, Michelle, beam as they head out to vote in his unsuccessful 2002 run for a seat in the US Senate with their children (then, 13 of them). This photo was seen by a writer, who penned a story on it, which was subsequently seen by an executive at Discovery TV channel

I'm just tired of TLC entirely since all they can do is program shows that intrigue us because the subjects are either bizarre or unrealistic on some level. Do we really want to see mentally ill people that hoard or little girls dressed up like strippers and paraded in front of judges to be scored on their level of sophistication? After realizing that TLC had full knowledge of the Josh allegations yet knowingly enabled this family because it was a huge cash cow for them sickens me. I'm not only anti-Duggar type shows, I'm completely anti-TLC programming. I will never trust any programs produced by TLC again.

I like Bronn, he's honest about his dishonesty. Although the scene in prison when the Oberon girl, (I believe her name is Tyene), showed her beautiful breasts to Bronn to prove that the Oberon's are beautiful became just a little too gratuitous. Although, my husband clearly enjoyed the lengthy display of her amazing figure, I think that the scene just had a little more of it than it needed. I think the writers just wanted for fill up a few extra minutes on the show and thought that although it was unwarranted after a time, that the display of her breasts is something viewers wouldn't object to. But I have found many instances in Game of Thrones where displays of nudity did seem to be gratuitous as well.

Lancel became more of a hottie since he started to fly with the sparrows. He used to have a Prince Valiant hairdo and looked like the kind of guy that would rather sleep with Ser Loras than Cersei. Now he's all mafia looking with the hot-ironed insignia on his forehead. I wonder if Cersei will get a cool tattoo too? I was hoping they were going to throw her in the same cell as Margaery, that would have been so funny!

Brienne was shown briefly surveying the castle from far away as if looking for the candle in the tower window and a sign to move in.

They all had access to computers, both desktops in the computer room and laptops. I would bet that all of those had been donated to the Duggar family. Reading the article and the statements made by "Alice" I've concluded that she's an older woman judging from some of her terminology such as "a pretty penny' and I also concluded that she's a member of their 'home church'. But I can also see that she isn't highly educated which means she's one of their cult members. “Around 9:00 a.m., the children start their music & individual studies–for grades 3 and up, studies such as Mathematic, Language Arts, Science, and History & Geography are done on the computer with Switched On Schoolhouse,” Michelle said.

Michael & Guinn Seewald must be very busy today deleting all replies to comments that aren't positive and praising the Duggar family. I've left 5 replies to comments there, and they have all 'waiting moderation', they are there one minute, then they aren't. Poof.

I had read that the molestation took place in the communal bedroom of the girls. Which to me, is even worse than the molestation taking place in a closet or in a computer room or ANYWHERE else in that house. The little ones were there in their own twin beds during these incidents. I had read one article that made light of the whole thing by saying that "he touched her breasts and vaginal area and all the while the girl was reading a book." Holy shit, how could anyone try to make it sound as though the girl was bored and not alarmed or scared? If any one of the girls was 'reading a book' while being sexually molested by her older brother, it was probably the Bible and she was asking for forgiveness for causing him to lust and do that to her. That's the way this cult thinks.

I read just about all I could stand from Michael Seewald. This paragraph in particular almost 'broke my brain' as you say. "There are others that see this episode as a result of sheltering and repressing human desires. They think that had he access to sex education by Planned Parenthood, been allowed to watch edgy Hollywood films, been encouraged to experimentation with a girlfriend, or gotten free condoms from the local school nurse, then none of this would have happened. Right. The stupidity of some people is mind boggling. Fan the flames of youthful lust and you end up with what we have: unprecedented numbers of unwed mothers, millions of abortions, rampant STDs, and the unraveling of the fabric of our whole society. Josh didn’t sin because he was repressed, he sinned because like all of us he is a sinner." [snip]

Here's some consolation. Josh is getting bald fast. Not only will he be a fat old man, he'll be a bald AND fat old man. Even God has a sense of humor.

AND I wonder if Anna will continue to have a baby for Josh every couple of years, 4 children now in a span of 5 years. Truthfully, Anna's face is showing the strain in my opinion.

According to Forbes, Jim Bob Duggar's estimated net worth was $3.6 million as of May 2015. Josh Duggar's parents sent their son to Little Rock in March 2003 after learning he repeated the behavior he confessed to in 2002 and been disciplined for at that time. According to the police report, Jim Bob Duggar told Hignite in 2006 he sent his son to a Christian ministry in "the old Veteran's Hospital in Little Rock." Duggar said he couldn't remember the name of the program, but it involved "hard physical work and counseling." Michelle Duggar told police the place her son attended "was not really a training center" but Josh went to work for a "guy they knew in Little Rock who is remodeling a building." If one of my children was caught molesting anyone, a neighbor's child, or a sibling, I sure as heck wouldn't call on the plumber, carpenter, or the electrician to counsel him or her.

TLC... the other guilty party. 'The Learning Channel' Originally, The Learning Channel, owned by Discovery, was created as an informative and instructional network focused on providing real education through the medium of television. The channel mostly featured documentary content pertaining to nature, science, history, current events, medicine, technology, cooking, home improvement, and other information-based topics. The channel was geared toward an inquisitive and narrow audience during this time. Perhaps due to poor ratings from a narrow target audience, TLC began to explore new avenues starting in the mid-1990s, deemphasizing educational material in favor of entertainment. In 1998, the channel started to reinvent itself by offering programs that were less educational in nature and more towards reality-based drama. And so it began. The shows took a good market share of viewers who watched out of curiosity, and by indulging in some sort of twisted voyeurism, prying into the lives of dysfunctional families, mentally ill shutouts, and terrible parents. Shows such as Jersey Shore, 19 Kids and Counting, Hoarding: Buried Alive, and Toddlers and Tiaras,“Toddlers and Tiaras” frequently came under fire for its twisted values.TLC consistently aired shows that exploit mental illnesses and misguided members of society for the purposes of entertainment. The TLC channel and the 'powers that be' within the framework of the corporation are an inseparable element from the entire scandal. TLC was fully aware that Oprah sent them all packing from Chicago without appearing on her show, and they know exactly why too. Harpo Productions is a giant with a slew of legal resources that clearly verified the information and deemed it true enough to send the Duggars swiftly back to Arkansas. TLC had a contract with the Duggars and were very much aware of the reasons they were cancelled from the Oprah show. TLC was making way too much money from the Duggars to divulge this crucial information. They had already paid the Duggars $200,000 to build their new home. Every stick of furniture, musical instruments, and just about everything inside the house except for the kitchen was given to the Duggars. The kitchen is the only room in that huge home that the Duggars paid for themselves. TLC has become the clogged garbage disposal of American culture. TLC may have its fair share of viewers who only watch out of a sense of morbid fascination, but I believe that it's possible that a TV network like TLC could offer a far more enjoyable platform without this sort of trash.

People seem to think that the sexual molesting of his sisters was a one time thing, or over a short period of time, it wasn't. The inappropriate sexual touching went on for as many as 4 years that we know of. I don't think that the Duggar girls that were molested should feel in any way guilty for being molested, but I'm pretty certain they were made do feel that way by not 'binding their breasts' tight enough, or wearing skirts that showed the bottom of their knees. Don't forget that this cult empowers males and denigrates women. In their self-righteous beliefs, if a man commits any carnal sins, it's all the fault of the female for making him molest them by not being modest enough.

State Police have jurisdiction throughout the entire state. Local police officers have jurisdiction within their own town. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on what side of the uniform you're standing, the State Trooper only gave Josh a 'stern warning' and didn't follow through on charges. But of course that's understandable since he was later arrested and convicted for child pornography and sentenced to 60 years in an Arkansas State prison.

It seems that there was more than one whistle blower but their identities will probably never be disclosed. This link may provide you with more information as to the 'whistle blower(s)'. http://defamer.gawker.com/the-web-has-known-about-josh-duggar-for-years-when-did-1706258269

That's true, he's 17 not yet a legal adult of 18