tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post5146239034049090993..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: This is My Worst Day Since Moving to D.C.Dave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-91664122248046611182008-01-17T09:16:00.000-05:002008-01-17T09:16:00.000-05:00Kristin, they threw out the family's file when the...Kristin, they threw out the family's file when they were told they were homeless. You're the first person I've heard who doesn't consider this an institutional failure of astonishing proportions.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-35957391269910791022008-01-16T22:17:00.000-05:002008-01-16T22:17:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.KRISTINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938682423617877499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-7143010937900157262008-01-16T22:16:00.000-05:002008-01-16T22:16:00.000-05:00I hate all of you for being sheer idiots. Why hat...I hate all of you for being sheer idiots. Why hate this city because a mother killed her four children? She may have had mental health issues, but did you see the number of family member sitting behind her in court? Where the hell where they when their family members were being "held hostage" and mutilated by their mother? Why is it any more the city's responsibility than the family and neighborhood's responsibility? If any of you think that a government entity anywhere can stand in the place of family and familial obligations--you're wrong. <BR/><BR/>In addition, CFSA did not FAIL these girls. Hindsight is 20/20. CFSA did their job. They responded to a call of educational neglect--making several attempts to locate the girls. They do not have the legal right to break down doors. Would you want them to have that opportunity? You and your children could be next! They did everything they could do with the legal authority granted to them for an educational neglect case--as this case was reported.<BR/><BR/>Fatalities happen. That's the fact of the matter. Be disturbed with the Jacks' family members and be proud that at least ONE of the four government agencies touching this case made good faith attempts to locate these girls and provide assistance. Short of being psychics--that's all that could be done!KRISTINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938682423617877499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-77286980558252239942008-01-15T17:37:00.000-05:002008-01-15T17:37:00.000-05:00Usually I'm pretty jaded about my surroundings her...Usually I'm pretty jaded about my surroundings here, but yeah... this story filled me with revulsion. Those poor girls never stood a chance.Peteykinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15960842777164948590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-27701247308311581972008-01-14T14:50:00.000-05:002008-01-14T14:50:00.000-05:00I know. It was a humor joke.I know. It was a humor joke.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-30075177972406468852008-01-14T14:45:00.000-05:002008-01-14T14:45:00.000-05:00Baltimore. The Wire.Baltimore. The Wire.Lauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704216470496921567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-52230150955892257602008-01-14T11:41:00.000-05:002008-01-14T11:41:00.000-05:00It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527020690421880939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-37822338476713689802008-01-14T10:40:00.000-05:002008-01-14T10:40:00.000-05:00to quote David Simon's brilliant TV show about a c...to quote David Simon's brilliant TV show about a city just up I-95, "they're dead in the wrong zip code."Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781568839793807996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-55317552057009326872008-01-14T07:49:00.000-05:002008-01-14T07:49:00.000-05:00What you are all missing is this, DC is showing th...What you are all missing is this, DC is showing the nation where it's priorities are. People in DC's government are trying to get paid. That's it, nothing more nothing less.<BR/><BR/>It was more important for the last administration to find $611,000,000 dollars so that we could build a stadium no one wanted.<BR/><BR/>You can't tell me that no one noticed the tax supervisor that got paid $81,000 a year was pimpin' a Bently and different furs for every day.<BR/><BR/>I suspect when people did notice, their response was "she's gettin' hers...I'll get mine."<BR/><BR/>That leaves little time to do what you are supposed to do, govern.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712794766657001386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-5526870085026003142008-01-11T19:33:00.000-05:002008-01-11T19:33:00.000-05:00I thought of the four little girls in Birmingham a...I thought of the four little girls in Birmingham as well and the wretched gut-pounding contrast between that and DC today. <BR/><BR/>NO ONE in DC government will EVER be held accountable for their neglect into these girls' welfare. They just plain old DID NOT, DO NOT AND WILL NOT do their jobs. They're too busy stealing money from schools and blowing it @Neiman Marcus. <BR/><BR/>What's even more disgusting is that the DC government asshats will have a nice fat retirement to look forward to while these girls' bodies rotted in their own house for what could have been SEVEN FUCKING MONTHS if the WaPo story is true. <BR/><BR/>Some fucking moral-free shithole of a capital city!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892649267974373022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-51089229770036229272008-01-11T18:50:00.000-05:002008-01-11T18:50:00.000-05:00I never hated DC as much as I did the day I heard ...I never hated DC as much as I did the day I heard the story break.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636743895316601181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-5534718117679340492008-01-11T16:06:00.000-05:002008-01-11T16:06:00.000-05:00i read that WaPo story this morning and tried to b...i read that WaPo story this morning and tried to blog about it but i don't think words can describe my utter disgust with the city and utter sadness for those girls. It's just a horrible story...in every facet.Only One Heidi https://www.blogger.com/profile/17086076308077061527noreply@blogger.com