This Is Not The Way Things Were Supposed To Work (Trees And Things)

MayorBob: The Omaha Triple A Club Thanks You.

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:18:06 EST

An out of work man donated a baseball team to the state of Nebraska. He dropped nine kids, ages one to 17 off at a hospital. His wife of 17 yea

pO157: -2, Offtopic.

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:14:45 EST

I would think most of us would want a family to invest the hard work and effort in resolving their problems before they dump them on the rest of us.

Do gooders don't seem to have much of a problem immediately tossing welfare funds a

skeptic: Re: What's The Problem?

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:52:28 EST

Even though it is true, as you say, that it is a "last option" for children to become wards of the state while their actual parents are still alive, it remains an option that we need to have. Some parents are just not able and/or willing to raise the

MayorBob: What's The Problem?

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:37:08 EST

See the headline for the story and consider:

The two children who were surrendered under this Safe Haven law were way older than 99 percent of those in favor of these laws would be supportive of.
All things being eve

Shy Elf: As Usual

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:08:07 EST

How dare you interpret the law as we wrote it, instead of how we imagined it?

harzerkatze: Re: This Is Not The Way Things Were Supposed To Wo

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:54:03 EST

I don't get the problem.

There are tools to take away kids from parents when the parent obviously can't handle kids, to keep the kids from suffering because of this. But why should the only way for this to come into effect be when an outside party like