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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:38 PM Original message |
"Please don't bring your teenager to Nebraska," 34 dropped off so far. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Now I understand why my family keeps talking about wanting to take me to |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. More tales from the annals of "Being A Parent Makes You a Better Person" |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thank you |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yes...the selfish ones who are expected to pay through the nose |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I hear you. |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I'm child-free, but I don't dislike kids at all |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. For real. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. that i agree with. absolutely. n/t |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
132. Isn't it amazing how casually some people 'get' pregnant |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
82. Exactly. The more resources ruin the environment |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
131. oh, they realized it |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 06:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
66. Rather Than The Whip... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. but but but.... they are not being parents. hence, why they are not better people. n/t |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Oh but, I thought as soon as they put the squalling infant in your arms |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. hm.... n/t |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Yes, because clearly these cases are the norm. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Oh dear, here comes an offended parent. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:34 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It's so selfless |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Here's a newsflash for you: |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:01 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I'm sorry. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:08 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Thank you. And I'm sorry for being so defensive. nt |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. thank you... |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #69 |
99. What's stopping you? Bring it on. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
105. Because being angry at selfish parents who travel 100s of miles to dump their kids in NE |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #105 |
130. to be fair, people who would do this must feel incredibly desperate - |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
118. My childhood experiences led to my not having children. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #51 |
112. Wow, talk about snarky dickheads! |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #112 |
122. You wanna piece of me too? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. No, you are passing severe judgment on people you know little about. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Amen. n/t |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
91. Exactly. |
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OregonProg (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. wow |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Statistics on the kids.... (and my heart breaks for them and the parents) |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Gee, I wonder why they're from single-parent homes |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Maybe the single parent took the kid and fled from the fucking insane one. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. I always imagine the worst |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
80. I think the presumption was |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
49. Or maybe single parent homes because the other parent is in prison or dead. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
62. "22 children had a parent with a history of incarceration." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. What kind of insanity is this. I couldn't even take a cat to a shelter |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Yipes, are they planning to gas the kids? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Lol. No, I just mean, I couldn't physically do it. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
73. Well, having raised both cats and teenagers, and having sometimes |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. just crazy. i am stunned, that anyone would interpret this as dropping off a kid |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think the idea of a rush is actually sicker than the original problem |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Think of all those dogs and cats dumped or abandoned. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Yes, that's the one I was thinking about (the one in FL), but I will admit I haven't |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. and yet, GAYS aren't allowed to adopt kids in several states. eom |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
135. Watch it - next they'll only be allowed to adopt teenagers |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. When you're talking about human children, maybe it really is in their best interest. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
18. I have a little different take on this than most of you I think.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. People go through more, quietly, invisibly, than most of us can ever imagine. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. A painful truth.. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
59. Now we all know where many a hardened criminal is made. On the street. Young. nt |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. One guy in the article flies from Florida with the kid..so he had funds for a round trip ticket and |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Well, we know he managed to buy them. We don't know if he actually had the money. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
86. Well if he didn't buy them outright, then he had sufficient credit or frequent flyer miles |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
102. I know you're angry with these parents and that seems reasonable to me. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. If the option had been available to dump your kid at a hospital in NE would you have done it? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. The guy could just be a selfish prick. He also could have his own issues |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #102 |
114. I agree, I wonder if the parent figured this was the only way to get the child help |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. So much harder. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. I hear ya |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
56. But there are people out there who just don't give a damn about their |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:37 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. You're right, that's true. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:00 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. There are. But there are other instances, and we don't know enough about these people to judge. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #56 |
96. "There are many people out there who should NEVER become parents!" |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 07:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
67. We've been through some desperate times - |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. It's amazing how little it takes to make you grateful sometimes.. |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
93. Yeah, i agree with your position. |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
136. I recall a Dr. Phil episode recently |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. way to go nebraska....idiots--whoever created this law |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. safe haven law isnt a bad thing. it is the parents interpretation of dropping of infant (teenager?) |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. i understand and think it is a good law for infants |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I don't know what to think. They may have accidentally done these kids a favor. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Can you imagine growing up with a parent.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. My single mom was an alcoholic and literally out of her mind |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Liberals are supposed to be good at "compassion" |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. you've got a point. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
76. exactly. and are five-year olds and teens not also entitled to a safe haven? |
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Disorientedx3 (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #76 |
101. I agree strongly. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #76 |
104. Children need just as much protection when they're past the cute years. |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #104 |
137. As do dogs and cats |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
24. the story was on abc nightly news tonite... |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. I suggested to my parents that they bring my freeper brother... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. lol. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
32. in the original intent, a safe haven law isn't a bad thing |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
44. this is so fucking horrible |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
50. To the people on this thread defending these parents: |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Going to court takes time and money... |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #57 |
83. One of the parents had enough money to fly with his son from Miami. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. That point has already been made and rebutted on the thread.. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. You do not need to hire a private lawyer to relinquish custody of your kids |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #85 |
92. Poor people don't know these things.. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #92 |
97. Poor people know a helluva lot more about the system than most. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #97 |
110. I am sorry for your history but you do not know the situation of these parents either. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #97 |
113. LOL... If poor people were so good with the system then they wouldn't be poor.. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. BTW, the point has NOT been rebutted successfully. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #87 |
94. You don't even like kids.. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Please link to the post where I said I don't like kids. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. No flames here; these "parents" are sub-human. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
55. I'm angry that parents are doing this |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:45 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Would they be better off sleeping in the car? |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #60 |
72. THANK YOU |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #72 |
79. No need to thank me, I'm just callin' 'em the way I sees 'em.. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #60 |
74. Or under a bridge. Many homeless people also don't have cars. nt |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. You're right about bridges.. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #60 |
103. You are assuming that every one of these parents is in dire financial straits. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #103 |
127. No I'm not making that assumption.. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
109. is abandonment better than 1st world economic hardship? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Is taking a child to a safe place = to "throwing him away"? |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
63. On the other hand we could build factories to supply "Soylent Green"... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:11 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. The US birth rate is already *below* ZPG.. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #65 |
128. That wont happen in this global economical meltdown. nt |
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123infinity (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
70. Apparently Father Flanagan has fallen from grace in that tiny state with no room to spare. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
71. Only 34? Since the lunacy came to pass, I'd expected a thousand unruly brats to be dropped by now. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
75. whatever happened to being given to the gypsies or the circus |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
77. To all the child-and-parent-hating posters whining about their taxes |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
98. We don't even know what horrible trouble the family is in, in this country. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #77 |
121. So many things wrong with this post I don't know where to start |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
81. actually, while this is a law that backfired... |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
88. This is so terribly sad : ( |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
89. if every state had this law |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
106. Maybe someone would start thinking seriously about the American family. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
90. This situation has all the makings of a modern horror movie plot. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
100. Wasn't that a line from a Jimmy Buffet song? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
116. I don't think I could get pissed off enough to leave my kids in Nebraska. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. "Please come to Omaha, she said 'No'" |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #116 |
133. Well kids, now we gotta cross Nebraska. No fighting or your asses are getting ditched. |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
119. Wow...What a dysfunctional society. Being a parent is the most rewarding gift |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
120. omg, could this thread possibly attract more judgemental, ugly posts? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. I know a woman in Tucson who put her 2 kids in foster care. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. ! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #120 |
138. I don't think so. I hope not. n/t |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
126. ""Do not judge me as a parent. I love my son" Brown said. "There is just no help" |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
129. that's very sad.... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #129 |
134. yep. sad indeed |
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