You Can't Do That! You're Not Qualified!

You Can't Do That! You're Not Qualified!

Another one of those government overreach incidents.

The youngest of the children, 3-year-old twins Erin and Eric, were born a few days before Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. The babies, along with their three siblings and their young mother, all got bused to the Astrodome in Houston.

Rhonda Tavey was passing by the Astrodome on her way to the doctor when she decided to stop and volunteer.

"I was recovering from a bout of breast cancer and surgery, and God turned my car around that day," she told WFAA.

She could not resist the need she saw in the Alphonse family.

"This mom needed my help, she was very young, and she had all these babies," Tavey said.

So she took the whole family home with her. She has taken care of the children ever since, and in the process became very attached to them.

That's from ABC News.

Interesting human-interest story, no? Here's Neal Boortz's expansion of what has happened here:

Rhonda Tavey lives in Houston, Texas. After Hurricane Katrina, she was passing by the Astrodome in Houston where many of the Katrina refugees had evacuated. Rhonda stopped to volunteer. That's where she met Erica Alphonse, the 22-year-old mother of the five children, ages 3 to 8. She's 22. She has five children. Do the math. No mention of a baby daddy. (Keep in mind that we only have one side of the story, so far.) So Rhonda took the family into her home. She cared for the children and apparently opened up bank accounts for them. The mother, Erica Alphonse, was described by Rhonda as a "neglectful mother who often went for weeks without seeing her children."

Something happened recently that caused Rhonda to take the kids and run away. Rhonda's daughter said the incident had to do with money. She says that Erica knew the children had bank accounts ... she had been stealing bank statements ... and demanded her right to the money. When Rhonda refused, Erica apparently pulled a knife on her. Then Erica said that her boyfriend would be coming to "take care of us." This is when Rhonda packed up the kids and left.

Now Rhonda has been arrested and charged with five counts of kidnapping. The children have been placed in the custody of Child Protective Services.

Ah, yes. Child Abductive Services! Those paragons of virtue who tend to miss incidents of actual, you know, abuse, and sometimes (far too often) place at-risk children with people who (oopsie!) kill them.

But only the STATE is qualified to handle these situations, don'tcha know!

Ms. Tavey is now charged with five counts of kidnapping. And we're supposed to believe this is justice.