Poor people can't have children

[Rudey]

Originally posted by valkyrie
Rudey, I'm sorry but I can't give you a gold star for sarcasm appreciation today. The gold star was nice and polished too.

What sucks about having sex with an 8 year old? Getting the blood off your clown suit.

-Rudey
--You want to ruin my thread, fine...but it's going down in style.

[valkyrie]

I'm afraid of clowns.

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by valkyrie
I'm afraid of clowns.

Is it because their red noses look polished?

[GeekyPenguin]

When I went to Catholic school I always polished my Mary Janes. I hope you couldn't see up my skirt.

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by russellwarshay
Is it because their red noses look polished?

I think it's that, and the way they eat their rice.

[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by mu_agd
is the silver platter polished?

Where is that handbasket graphic when you need it?



You know you need it! Y'all all need to get in the basket. Devil's waiting, lol.

[Taualumna]

OK, let's get back to our regularly scheduled program. Sorry for all the inappropriate interuption.

[cash78mere]

i don't know which is more disturbing---the plight of this poor child or the ignorance of some posters.

money has NOTHING to do with love or quality of life.

and this "polish" bull***t is making me nauseous. the word itself is absurd and just stupid. i keep getting pictures in my head of 19th century southern belles with books on their heads to improve their posture and corsets that were so tight that they passed out. what a life they had

"polish" has to do with proper manners and etiquette, not money.

this american couple has no rights to this child. this whole thing is a travesty and should never have happened.

i'm surprised none of their lawyers have yelled racism yet. by all means they should because that's what it boils down to.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by Taualumna
Actually, I don't intend to work very long. I intend to marry as soon as I find a decent man (or have my parents find one for me).

That's all well and fine, but a wise woman should know how to earn her own money, "just in case".


Anyhow, back to the original topic. I think Little Anna Mae He should go back to her parents. I just worry that, since she is now already 5 years old, and hasn't seen her biological parents that much in those 5 years, that it might be very psychologically disruptive / distressing to pull her out of the Baker residence? I'm thinking back to that story where 2 girls were accidentally switched at birth and then they found out at something like age 16? The courts decided to leave the situation "as is", because it would have been too psychologically disruptive to swap them back in with their biological parents. I believe that both parties worked to forge positive relationships with their blood kin, though.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by greeklawgirl
Yes, you have a right to do that and to believe what you want. Its not what I believe, or what I would choose for myself, but it takes all kinds to make the world go round.

HOWEVER, those biological parents ALSO have a right to raise their child, no matter what their financial situation is! "Polish" is not a legitimate legal reason to deprive a child of her family. Nor, I would argue, is it a moral one.

These parents did not understand the ramifications of what they were getting into. The foster parents and the foster agency took advantage of their inexperience and lack of legal counsel. This is an injustice, plain and simple.

I agree.

What the heck does being "polished" have to do with being good parents anyway?

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
What the heck does being "polished" have to do with being good parents anyway?

See the shine on Telly's head? That's good polish.

[AXO Alum]

Originally posted by russellwarshay
See the shine on Telly's head? That's good polish.

ROFLMBO -- that was funny, as was the cuckoo collection

Oh, and GP, you obviously like the windmill one because it is the only one that has NO polish! Are you sure that they were teaching you the right things at that Catholic school?

Crap...is this inappropriate interupption? {AXO Alum off to get her polishing mitt and start over...}

[KillarneyRose]

I'm sad because I'm only half Polished. The other half is Italianed.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by AXO Alum
ROFLMBO -- that was funny, as was the cuckoo collection

Oh, and GP, you obviously like the windmill one because it is the only one that has NO polish! Are you sure that they were teaching you the right things at that Catholic school?

Crap...is this inappropriate interupption? {AXO Alum off to get her polishing mitt and start over...}

I just don't know. Maybe it wasn't a good enough Catholic school because we had classes with boys and our uniforms weren't mandatory? And God knows we aren't learning about sex here at Marquette, where Abstinence is king yet Walgreens always runs out of condoms.

And KR, I'm only like 4% Polished.

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
where Abstinence is king yet Walgreens always runs out of condoms.

thanks GP.. i almost spit out my water on my computer screen!