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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:55 AM Original message |
(Houston) CPS takes custody of 6 kids living with parents in storage shed |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. The comments on this story were amazing... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And how much money is the state going to expend fostering out those children? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Nothing--they are staying with relatives. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. This proves that you know nothing about CPS. The placement is temporary... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:36 AM Original message |
I think you're being overly dramatic. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:36 AM Original message |
DELETE--dupe/sorry |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:36 AM Original message |
DELETE--dupe/sorry |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. DELETE--dupe/sorry |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
49. having a little visit? have you ever dealt with the foster system? had to go into the foster |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:17 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. CPS has "placed them"--with the maternal grandparents--ALL of them. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:43 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Of course I wouldn't do that. And I can understand why the kids were taken. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:04 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. You plainly didn't have family who stepped up like the grandparents did. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. My older sisters took my dad to court for custody of my little sister. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I do judge them--not your family, but these parents |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
70. Exactly |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
83. Isn't that the truth |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
104. P R E C I S E L Y . . . |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. No running water, but 2 computers? |
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Suich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I thought about that, too. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I knew a lady who lived in her storage shed during the summer. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Access to electricity but no pipes. How does that not make sense to you? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Why are you being confrontational? |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Doesn't say how old the computers are, either. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. They have fifty acres of land, and expect to get a loan to build a house. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. So they viewed this as a temporary living arrangement. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:30 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. We're not talking about Appalachia or rural Maine. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
126. How exactly, would it matter if it were in " Appalachia or rural Maine?" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #126 |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. always wanted to visit Maine...I hear it's a beautiful state |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. It is--and the people are top drawer, once you get to know them. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. gonna need to PM you with all that...some time, please |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #137 |
143. With due respect, you're biased against urban environments if you think it's that different |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #143 |
151. Nonsense, I am not "biased"--and who the hell keeps deleting my posts, and WHY? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. If by "back in the day" you mean the 1970s and 1980s, you may have a point. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. I am getting a very different impression from you, apparently. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #137 |
146. Are you seriously complaining about mods removing posts? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #146 |
153. I would like to know WHY, when I haven't said anything lewd, rude or offensive in them. |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
54. Summer school? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Turns out they didn't go to school. |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
53. Do they have a landline? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. They were enrolled in an online school, so I suspect they found a way |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
127. +1 |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Oh, I don't know. The guy had a job. No need to assume that the computers didn't |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. He also had fifty acres of land in Liberty County. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Is that land near schools? Is it close enough to readily access food? Is it wired |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Do you need those things in the summer, when one is CAMPING? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Nobody needs electricity during the summer? He and his wife do not need electricity |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Not when you're camping. That said.... |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. He does have a job. He was working maintenance on the property where they were living. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:36 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Now they are living in an actual home with rooms, with their grandparents |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. All you have presented is "ifs" and no facts. How much does it cost to have electricity |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. He's planning on building a HOUSE on his fifty acres. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Where did you read that? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. It's in the link I provided elsewhere in this thread. NT |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
45. One computer was theirs, the other belonged to the ONLINE HOMESCHOOL |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Many people have lived without running water |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:33 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Oh please. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
89. The children were healthy, happy and not abused |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
97. Those kids endured living in that hellhole for FOUR years. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
87. The kids look clean & fed to me |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #87 |
100. No "smell-a-vision" newspapers are available online quite yet. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #100 |
112. Where there allegations that the children were dirty? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. They had a composting toilet in their dirty little shed. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #112 |
120. +100. |
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mythology (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #112 |
161. Some people have different standards I guess |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #100 |
121. You keep posting that the kids never got out of the shed and it just wasn't so. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. I've seen the pictures. It's crappy macadam, with broken glass on it. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Most sheds don't have running water. Plumbing is expensive and you can haul water |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Apparently you also didn't read the article. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You can bring in water and, certainly, you can bury poop. No doubt life was not hunky dory |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You can bury poop? In Northeast Houston? Yep, that would go over real well--not. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Oh the ignorance of the |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Take them to your RELATIVES, then--like the relatives that took them in once CPS showed up. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Did one relative take in the entire family? NO. Thus the family was broken up. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Two relatives who live in the same house--the maternal grandparents--took all of them in. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
67. You wrote above that they had a composting toilet. That solves your "dump" situation. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. No, it really doesn't "solve" it at all. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. You do not seem to have any desire to understand what anyone else posts. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. What point are you making? All you're doing is yelling at me for |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. My point was that you stated they had "No running water, but 2 computers?" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #79 |
101. Right back atcha. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Are you really questioning no running water in a SHED? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Are you REALLY not understanding that those lines were FROM THE ARTICLE? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Haha! I do understand where those lines come from, I question your intent on posting those lines. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. My "intent" was to suggest that this is a pisspoor place to raise children. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Yeah, and raising children in GW & Laura Bush's house was a pisspoor place to raise children |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. They didn't have to--daddy was never home. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Air conditioner+refrigerator+2 computers = VASTLY less than |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Granny likely wouldn't ask for first/last or security. They should have moved in with her. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
74. Which gives you or the state ZERO right to break up their family |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Bullshit. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Did you ask the kids? n/t |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
102. They're babies, and they've lived in that shithole for four years. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
77. It's easier to run an extension cord then to install plumbing. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
108. Yup. Or even installing wiring in a shed is easier. |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. So... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Living in a storage facility garage (not really a "shed") is. |
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Cereal Kyller (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I get what you're saying, MADem |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Thanks. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. You're not alone - I agree. They're not bad people but they made some bad decisions |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I camped with a three year old for several months back in the early 80's.. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. They chose to buy land at the same time they made the decision to make that shed home. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:02 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. You suggested they live in a tent.. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:18 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. If they were "camping" on their OWN land the state wouldn't have gotten involved, odds are good. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:41 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. We camped under shade trees, had our pick of campsites.. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. As a former (retired) CPS worker, I most respectfully disagree. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Thank you for that. In Houston, CPS workers are getting murdered by crazy baastids, they |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
92. have you EVER been around a composting toilet? Far different than a "bucket of crap |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #92 |
103. Yes, I have, your royal smugness. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #103 |
119. You know what they say about assumptions. eom |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
84. Thanks for your input.. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Would you have done "better" with a little electricity? |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Ah .... Mom's parents ... that explains it. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Well, the article isn't clear on that at all. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
93. Educate yourself."a phone call"? It cost us over $10,000 to get electricity to our property |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #93 |
106. I'm talking about power to the pole abutting the property. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #106 |
118. So was I. $10,00 to the edge of our property."Property development" is getting power TO the property |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #118 |
124. If there is a power line on the abutting road, you don't have to |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. Notice your first word. "If". eom |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. And we're talking greater HOUSTON, not Montana. eom. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. Cool, You have now insulted Appalachia, Maine AND Montana! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #134 |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
85. I can think of a lot of kids in Africa (and here on Indian land) who could use people to rescue |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #85 |
107. Oh please. |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
80. The family was growing vegatables in front yard....nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #80 |
109. No they weren't. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
81. Just as a point of reference, a 2BR mobile home is usually 12' x 26' |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. I agree with you. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. A 1 bedroom travel trailer is 8X18-25 ft. 2 br mobile may be only 12' wide, but is longer than 26' |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Thanks. I was using my Irish mum's dimensions on a typical trailer size |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #81 |
110. They had a long term goal? They had lived there for FOUR YEARS. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
86. God I hate CPS |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
90. Only 6 kids? You need to literally be a millionaire to raise 6 children. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
98. Hey, I've got a fucking idea, why don't you keep the family together and pay for temporary housing? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #98 |
111. The parents didn't want to leave, that's why. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
99. It would seem more cost effective to keep the kids with the parents and find them all a home. |
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Glimmer of Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
105. Some very kind person has donated a home for the family to stay: |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
113. I actually have a good deal of experience with CPS, and... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. A voice of sanity and common sense. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. It's not like having the kids taken away means you can't get them back, either. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #117 |
122. Anytime. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
116. If the "state" really wanted to solve the problem they would be making sure employers |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #116 |
125. The father just graduated from one of those job retraining programs |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. And, the thing is ... |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. I know, and that is what I would expect from code enforcement. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. Who's suggesting these parents are not "caring?" |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. Maat, I have a lot of respect for the good CPS workers out there. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #128 |
155. I am really starting to warm to your "Granny made the call" theory. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. Indeed, MADem. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. There are all sorts of definitions of "help" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #129 |
138. Do you know anything at all about Houston? The people, the politics? |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. Wow, they lived for 4 whole years in this? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. There is no "point of view" when it comes to housing children in conditions that are |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. Link to where it says these children were locked up like prisoners. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Are you having trouble reading what I am saying? |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #142 |
158. Yes, and agencies act according to "community standards." |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
148. All these people need to do is wait. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. You need to read the whole thread. You're behind the curve. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #150 |
157. Whew. One family. Now what about the other couple of million. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. Who the hell said anything about this situation being a "one off?" |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. What the hell? Then what was the purpose of your snark |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #160 |
164. You said that all they need to do is wait. I said they've already found a place. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
162. This thread needs more Bobolink. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. +100 and |
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