Dana
> Please remember that when I wrote that I had heard it from Shawn
> Hannity, then I found the newspaper article just a while ago.
>
> - Matt Small
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dana tierney
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:24 AM
> Subject: Re:Again, and again it happens
>
>
> 2-year olds? The only mention in the story has a father playing tennis
> outside. Very dumb, possibly material for child protective services,
> but not gone for 8 hours, either. There are some grey areas here. My
> daughter is allowed to go to our local library when she wants and stay
> as long as she wants. But she is 11... Five is too young to be there
> without a parent. The eight yo is very border line and definitely not
> old enough to be responsible for a 5yo sibling. Sounds to me like a
> random collection of horror stories strung together. Possibly each
> true, but still.
>
> On the other side of the coin, I once dropped my son off at a
> McDonalds and told him to buy us burgers while I picked his sister up
> at babysitter's around the corner. I used the rest room and was going
> out the door when some employee came bustling up to me and told me
> that they were not a day care. My son was still in line, a long line
> at that. Oh and he was 12 at the time....In that instance I took my
> son and my money and we bought tacos instead. I called the manager the
> next day and told him his employee's attentions were better directed
> to serving customers than to second-guessing their intentions. I was
> really very insulted.
>
> > Actually, I just found the newspaper article he was reading. I
> think
> > you'll find it credible.
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4379-2004Feb1_2.html
> >
> > - Matt Small
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
>
> > From: Jim Campbell
>
> > To: CF-Community
>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:31 AM
>
> > Subject: Re: Again, and again it happens
> >
> >
>
> > Did he have any sources cited? That sounds so ridiculously
> plausible,
> >
>
> > I'd be interested in reading about it. Getting day care is more
>
> > difficult than ever... and it wouldn't surprise me in the least to
> > hear
>
> > about parents dropping their toddlers off at the library - my tots
> > love
>
> > going to story hour there.
> >
>
> > - Jim
> >
>
> > Matthew Small wrote:
> >
>
> > >And just yesterday on the Hannity Radio Show he talked about how
> the
> > new thing is for parents to drop their 2-5 year olds off in the
> public
> > library then go to work or to play tennis or some crap like that.
> He
> > said the librarians try to keep the children busy for 8+ hrs with no
>
> > food and no place to play besides in the libary.
>
> > >
>
> > >I'm having a hard time believing this. If I were a librarian, I
> > would have called the police and DSS after 5 minutes if a 2-year old
>
> > was left without supervision in the library.
>
> > >
>
> > >- Matt Small
>
> > > ----- Original Message -----
>
> > > From: Jerry Johnson
>
> > > To: CF-Community
>
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:16 AM
>
> > > Subject: RE: Again, and again it happens
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > She wasn't "waiting around near a car wash".
>
> > >
>
> > > She was walking home from a friend's house, and cut through the
> > parking lot of the carwash to save distance.
>
> > >
>
> > > (According to early reports, she followed this route often)
>
> > >
>
> > > I would hate to have had a childhood where I couldn't walk a mile
>
> > to a friend's house. Or jump on my bike and ride a couple of miles
> to
> > the store.
>
> > >
>
> > > It was these times off on my own (or with a groups of friends)
> that
> > defined, more than anything else in my life, who and what I am.
>
> > >
>
> > > It was learning to apply or discard rules I'd been given by
> parents,
> > teachers, sibling and friends that led me to who I am today.
>
> > >
>
> > > Jerry Johnson
>
> > >
>
> > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/05/04 11:06AM >>>
>
> > > Well, let's see if the man did it or not.
>
> > >
>
> > > The bottom line it, whoever would kidnap a little girl is an
> animal.
> >
>
> > >
>
> > > You know, the idea of an 11-year old waiting around near a car
> > wash
>
> > > bothers me a great deal too. I don't understand people who don't
>
> > cherish
>
> > > their children and go the extra mile to make sure things like
> this
> > don't
>
> > > happen.
>
> > >
>
> > > M
>
> > >
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
>
> > > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:27 AM
>
> > > To: CF-Community
>
> > > Subject: Again, and again it happens
>
> > >
>
> > > Man, I am gonna have to drive my kids everywhere. I already do,
> but
> > they
>
> > > are
>
> > > still too young. They are gonna hate me, but I am not giving some
>
> > sicko
>
> > > any
>
> > > chance with my babies if I can help it. When my 9 year old
> daughter
> > is
>
> > > over
>
> > > at a freinds house (that we drive her to), I am concerned the
> > whole
>
> > > time. I
>
> > > cannot even imagine the absolute stark horror this girls parents
>
> > are
>
> > > going
>
> > > through right now. How do they even function?
>
> > >
>
> > > I know innocent until proven guilty, but this guy is garbage.....
>
>
> > >
>
> > > http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/05/missing.girl/index.html
>
> > >
>
> > > Even if they find her alive(doubtful), he should still fry.....
>
> > >
>
> > >
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