Update on Mother of Overweight Boy

Columbus, NC (TLS). Joyce Painter, the mother of the 10 year old boy who has been threatened with the removal of the child from the home unless he 'loses weight,' reports that her son has indeed lost some weight during the past week.

Painter and her son are being monitored closely by the N.C. Gestapo/KGB, otherwise known as the North Carolina Department of Human Services. DHS received an anonymous 'tip' from someone who claimed that the boy is so fat that it constitutes child abuse, in spite of no thorough medical investigation to get to the root of the problem.

The Painter boy weighs 250 pounds.

Mrs. Painter was told by state social workers than unless the boy loses weight, she may face having him removed from the home and placed in foster care.

State social workers also conducted an investigation last week into the Painters' eating habits by 'checking up on them' at their local grocery store. Store employees at Ingles' Supermarket state that DHS officials asked them if Mrs. Painter had been buying candy, snacks, and other junk food.

Excuse me for just a minute while I get this out....'IT IS NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS WHAT THE PAINTERS EAT YOU COMMIE-NAZI!'

One store employee stated that it was clear that DHS was on a 'witch hunt' to build a case against Mrs. Painter.

The good news, however, is that the boy lost weight last week. Mrs. Painter says that she had taken her son to a new doctor, who prescribed a different eating plan. So far the plan has worked.

This should hold off the SS officers of the Commie-Nazi DHS arm of 'big brother' long enough to give Mrs. Painter and her son a reprieve from the heavy hand of government oppression.

The Liberty Sphere condemns the state of North Carolina, particularly its social workers in DHS, for this shameful and frightening display of government power run amok. We continue to call on the state to fire outright any official who played a role in this sordid nightmare of Big Brother's attempt to rule over the private lives of citizens.

This is nothing less than an outrage.