Romney may lose Arkansas due to Mormon Massacre

History may catch up with these Mormon slaughterers...

CARROLLTON, Ark. — On the wildflower-studded slopes of the Ozarks, where memories run long and family ties run thick, a little-known and long-ago chapter of history still simmers.

On Sept. 11, 1857, a wagon train from this part of Arkansas met with a gruesome fate in Utah, where most of the travelers were slaughtered by a Mormon militia in an episode known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Hundreds of the victims’ descendants still populate these hills and commemorate the killings, which they have come to call “the first 9/11.”

Many of the locals grew up hearing denunciations of Mormonism from the pulpit on Sundays, and tales of the massacre from older relatives who considered Mormons “evil.”

There aren’t many places in America more likely to be suspicious of Mormonism — and potentially more problematic for Mitt Romney, who is seeking to become the country’s first Mormon president. Not only do many here retain a personal antipathy toward the religion and its followers, but they also tend to be Christian evangelicals, many of whom view Mormonism as a cult.

In another quirk of history, both of the main presidential candidates have ties to this region. Parley Pratt, an ancestor of Romney’s and an esteemed figure in the Mormon Church, was murdered in Arkansas shortly before the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Historians have speculated that anger over this killing may have played a part in the massacre.

And in a cemetery nearby is buried Nathaniel Bunch, an ancestor of Obama’s, according to local genealogists, who say Bunch was a contemporary of the wagon train emigrants.

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Blood feuds run deep. How long until we find out that Mitt’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather personally nailed Jesus to the cross? There goes the Italian-American vote. I wish the Washington Post saved this for an October Surprise. Anyone hear anything about the economy?

And we know Mittens can't be trusted with scissors. :bash

FredHayek wrote: And we know Mittens can't be trusted with scissors. :bash

Or dogs

Off topic...

So... about an hour ago, I'm on the front porch walking my cat (don't ask me to explain) and I'm leaning on the fence, enjoying the birds, the view and the fresh air... and I look to the left, down the side of my house... and guess what I see?



Yep... he's been tagged once... left ear... he hung around for about 15 minutes... then finally noticed there we people looking at him... about 40 feet away and he lumbered out to the woods.. about 200 yards and continued to graze, rub his back on a tree... and a few minutes ago he lumber off to the woods.

Good shoot.
We tend to have cinammon bears more than black bears around our place too.

S/he is cute. It looks more like the size of usual black bears instead of the monsters we have been seeing.

More evidence of what a mild winter we have had. I love seeing wildlife but I'm worried about bears coming in so close to homes and in to urban areas for the easy food. I guess all we can hope for is more rain and an early summer full of berries, bugs, and tasty animals.