http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4156332Oh my.
The primitives are trying to spin the vice-presidential debate this morning, using two of their principal tactics--either lying, or avoiding the subject, jibber-jabbering about other things instead.
babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-02-08 11:01 PM
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Parents Give Up Youths Under Law Meant for Babies
OMAHA — The abandonments began on Sept. 1, when a mother left her 14-year-old son in a police station here.
A sign declaring the Alegent Immanuel Medical Center as a safe haven. Nebraska was the last state in the nation to pass a safe haven law.
Jim Jenkins said that for several years his teenage son was “out of control†and “I didn’t know where to turn.â€
By Sept. 23, two more boys and one girl, ages 11 to 14, had been abandoned in hospitals in Omaha and Lincoln. Then a 15-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl were left.
The biggest shock to public officials came last week, when a single father walked into an Omaha hospital and surrendered nine of his 10 children, ages 1 to 17, saying that his wife had died and he could no longer cope with the burden of raising them.
In total last month, 15 older children in Nebraska were dropped off by a beleaguered parent or custodial aunt or grandmother who said the children were unmanageable.
Officials have called the abandonments a misuse of a new law that was mainly intended to prevent so-called Dumpster babies — the abandonment of newborns by young, terrified mothers — but instead has been used to hand off out-of-control teenagers or, in the case of the father of 10, to escape financial and personal despair.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/us/03omaha.html?_r=1&...
babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-03-08 07:10 AM
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1. So, I wonder if this sterling economy has anything to do with this.
I found this pretty upsetting. I imagine it's just the beginning.
No, the economy didn't have a thing to do with it, in any single case.
shaniqua6392 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-03-08 07:17 AM
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2. I don't even know what to say.
How sad.
Ah, but don't forget to include the millions of victims of abortion profiteers in your compassion.
Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-03-08 08:13 AM
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3. I actually don't have a problem with this at all
Especially the case of the 10 siblings.
babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-03-08 08:18 AM
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4. How do you think the kids feel, and who will support them?
Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-03-08 08:26 AM
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5. I think the kids are in emotional pain
I think the state will do their best to help the children.
I think had the father not done this, in his state of mind the result could have been much worse. It may well have ended in severe neglect or abuse or even death.
What we as a society are lacking is a system to truly assist families in crisis. What happened is not my ideal. It is not something I applaud. But I do think it is good that a father so overwhelmed and mentally distraught has an option. perhaps he knew, deep down, this was what was best for his children.
