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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:33 PM Original message |
Woman Threatened With Fines For Watching Neighbors' Kids |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank goodness for the internet so these stories get publicity. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. What possible right does DHS have to stick their nose in this? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. None whatsoever. It's not an income source. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. I don't think that matters |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. amazing... |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wonder who complained. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. someone with an axe to grind would be my bet. |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. First guess--the bus driver. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Or the daycare down the street. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. If it is a daycare complaining... they need to be identified and publicly humiliated. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
67. My state allows unlicensed people to watch 3 kids |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Good guess. n/t |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I gotta ask..... |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I don't know how long ago it's been, but I wrote it all up here. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. Geez, doesn't the |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good thing Michigan has tons of money to waste on nonesense like this... oh wait a second... |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Actually, money (hint: fines) may be the motivator here. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. Woohoo! Let's be sure to punish people willing to do good deeds for their neighbors. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. It's sad, it really is. nt |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. I would suggest she take a good hard look at her neighbors and determine which one made |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wow a blow to teenage girls across the nation... ;) |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'd tell the DHS to fuck off and mind it's own G-Damned business... |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Figures.. |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
70. Barry County has some nice scenery... |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Tell them to Fuck Off. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. Wow. I have two little girls and my neighbor helps me out now and then. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well, it is for the betterment of all that we have such strict regulations |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Dude, I smoke. Not everything is about smoking. If it is, it might be time to quit. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You mention issues, I am talking about guiding principles |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. That's a long, twisted road to get from smoking laws to abortion to daycare regs |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Not really, think of it this way "My Body, My choice" |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Daycare is about children's safety, not "your body". |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I wasn't actually discussing that topic :) (nt) |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Dupe |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. All too common a complaint with DHS. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Perhaps she should call it a 'before school play date' |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
74. Exactly. Are they going to regulated children playing at another child's home. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. If she takes no money, I don't get |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. she's still an unlicensed person strangely willing to watch kids every day for free for nothing |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Watching your neighbor's kids |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. I'm guessing a pretty sad one. nt |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. What a dark frackin' world you live in. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Wow. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. Much of what's wrong with society right now is contained within that comment. (nt) |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
60. You forgot the "sarcasm" emoticon - |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. maybe she's the one who tipped them off herself |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Thank God |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. You would have told your neighbors |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. I hope you are being sarcastic. |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. I take it you don't have children or if you do... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. I guess in your universe people don't do kind things for their neighbors. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. do you really suspect - |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
68. "Ignored" exists just to stir things up around here |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
61. Maybe you don't know how emoticons work - |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
71. I've watched many a kid for free--for friends, neighbors, relatives, classmates of |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. Fucking nanny state. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. Unlicensed daycare is unlicensed daycare, is unlicensed daycare |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. So should all teenage babysitters |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. To take the same analogy further... |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Depending on the ages and number of children they are watching, yes. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. 30 minutes now and then?..of course not, but EVERY day |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Nonsense. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. "we do the same" is a game-changer.. as I said in BOTH posts |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Your comment, |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:38 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. You just injected common sense into the discussion, and... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:43 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Welcome home, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Neighbors are neighbors are neighbors. (nt) |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
56. How is a "daycare facility" legally defined? |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. a neighbor probably complained because the kids were disruptive. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
69. I had 13 children screaming next door to me for years |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
65. What happened to "It takes a village?" |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
66. This is a lot like |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
72. "she watches three of their children for 15-40 minutes until the bus comes" |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Agreed. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
75. This is outrageous |
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