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[Bassi and Zainab 1]

I just read this on Fox News. Someone allegedly left their children alone while they flew to Africa on marry someone they met on line. Hmmm ..........

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,326758,00.html

This is so shameful and sad. We don't need anymore negativity asociated with Nigeria.

Her sister was watching the kids, yeah right,,,, The fact that the kids ran out of money and food in 8 days, and the CPS contacted the girl in Nigeria, and she stayed for the original intended time. Tells me she was totally at fault.

She probably would have had a hard time meeting the 125% over poverty with a household of 8, but now whe can forget it.

Must say that I absolutely agree with you.

The story seems awfully odd to me. Like something, a lot is missing. In between story. Maybe I just refuse to believe. But, they watch two young children for a father that works, why would he drop them off and leave them if no adult was there when he arrived. Every time? And a 16 year old and a 15 year old didn't heat up a pizza, or call the police or the missing sister for help. It doesn't add up to me. Something is off? Why were they starving if the fruit was sitting in a bowl going bad. Couldn't they have eaten the fruit if they were smart enough to climb up to the freezer and pull out a frozen pizza? They said the kids were starving and the older ones couldn't remember their dates of birth. That kind of effect comes from long term malnutrition, not from a few weeks. (less than a month as they described it) I just feel like the story seems incomplete and misjointed. Not all the information is there, kind of like a tabloid. The parts of the truth are presented that are sensational enough to sell.

I agree with you about the media pumping up the story for a sensational tabloid dimension. I also agree some of the small pieces to the story are some-what shady, the frozen pizza, the additional 2 children (the father had to know the lady was gone), why were they not in school. the old fruit (kids watching themselves eating fruit) i do not think they were starving in that short amount of time. It is alleged there was no formula and diapers for the infant, I can believe the kids probably changed the diapers to often and mixed the formula wrong. The provisions the mother left for them were not rationed out the way she had hoped

Why I believe it actually happended, because, the children were found only a week after the mother left the country (the original story aired Jan 7) http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Ho...mp;pageId=1.1.1. It took her and additional 3 weeks to return home. If it was an accident or a misunderstanding with her sister, I would think, she would have come home as soon as she was contacted about the children's welfare.

Maybe, I am a little hard about the issue with out having all the facts, but in Chicago people get caught leaving their kids, I have heard all of the stories about sisters, grandmas, the lady next door, the postal carrier, and 9 year old sibling being left in charge, it happens a couple of times a year. That is why I believe that it is more than likely it occured than not.

I'm really not familiar with the crazy things people do.....I try to avoid the local news cause it depresses me. I k now that there is a part of me that doesn't like to believe that someone would do that. I do find the story odd. They found the kids after a week.....that's good. They didn't make it sound that way. Starving kids....rotten fruit....they made it sound like she was gone for a month and they caught up with the kids after weeks of neglect. oh well......hopefully it gets sorted out.

[Zee Bee 61]

Hmmm...quiet.

Maybe I should say something controversial

[Ban Hammer 13,293]

Maybe I should say something controversial

or just wait for someone to show up and start some chit.

[Zee Bee 61]

Maybe I should say something controversial

or just wait for someone to show up and start some chit.

I guess so Charles....but I am bored now

Its a sad existence when I look to VJ for entertainment

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I am here.

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Ooops I forgot that you are on East Coast time Zee. I'll check you in the morning when I get to work. Fill me in on anything juicy that I may have missed.

[Ban Hammer 13,293]

Maybe I should say something controversial

or just wait for someone to show up and start some chit.

I guess so Charles....but I am bored now

Its a sad existence when I look to VJ for entertainment

or you can always read yahoo's odd news for entertainment

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

Maybe I should say something controversial

or just wait for someone to show up and start some chit.

I guess so Charles....but I am bored now

Its a sad existence when I look to VJ for entertainment

or you can always read yahoo's odd news for entertainment

I love Yahoo's odd news! Like the guy whose pit bull chewed off four of his toes and he's so upset that they took the dog away. He wants his sweet puppy back!

[ForeverAmen 0]

OK. Maybe I will try to get something going ...... is everyone ready for Super Tuesday?

[Ban Hammer 13,293]

OK. Maybe I will try to get something going ...... is everyone ready for Super Tuesday?

given the candidates, no. i'm not the least bit excited about it.

[Simply_Uno 1]

good morning to every one. I have a question for all y'all.

Does your significant other look like "your type?"

If you would not have met you s.o. they way that you did, would you be with them now?

my answer, is no, my husband is not my type "physically."

he is an attractive man, but I prefer the dark milk chocolate complexion, and some one who is kinda "thick".

my husband is very skinny and oven roasted chicken complected.

and if it were not for his intelligence, persistence and sense of humor,

I would never have even agreed to meet him.

but as my husband says "God knows better!"

next person to the "honesty mic"

Edited February 1, 2008 by unononehigher

[Ban Hammer 13,293]

good morning to every one. I have a question for all y'all.

Does your significant other look like "your type?"

If you would not have met you s.o. they way that you did, would you be with them now?

my answer, is no, my husband is not my type "physically."

he is an attractive man, but I prefer the dark milk chocolate complexion, and some one who is kinda "thick".

my husband is very skinny and oven roasted chicken complected.

and if it were not for his intelligence, persistence and sense of humor,

I would never have even agreed to meet him.

but as my husband says "God knows better!"

next person to the "honesty mic"

um, long hair, big boobies, sexy accent. yeah she's my type

[ForeverAmen 0]

good morning to every one. I have a question for all y'all.

Does your significant other look like "your type?"

If you would not have met you s.o. they way that you did, would you be with them now?

my answer, is no, my husband is not my type "physically."

he is an attractive man, but I prefer the dark milk chocolate complexion, and some one who is kinda "thick".

my husband is very skinny and oven roasted chicken complected.

and if it were not for his intelligence, persistence and sense of humor,

I would never have even agreed to meet him.

but as my husband says "God knows better!"

next person to the "honesty mic"

Ummm ...... Kind Of.... My husband has beautiful eyes, an athletic built, but he is barely taller than me. In the past I usually dated guys who were much taller than me. But oh well ... to me he is still F-I-N-E !!!!!!

[We_Destiny 1]

Yeah..... He came across as extremely confident with a pinch of arrogance and a touch of vanity..........PERFECT

[Zee Bee 61]

good morning to every one. I have a question for all y'all.

Does your significant other look like "your type?"

If you would not have met you s.o. they way that you did, would you be with them now?

my answer, is no, my husband is not my type "physically."

he is an attractive man, but I prefer the dark milk chocolate complexion, and some one who is kinda "thick".

my husband is very skinny and oven roasted chicken complected.

and if it were not for his intelligence, persistence and sense of humor,

I would never have even agreed to meet him.

but as my husband says "God knows better!"

next person to the "honesty mic"

I think my fiance is totally my type. Tall, athletic, nice teeth, nice smile, smart....blah blah blah. Our personalities click and sometimes it is scary that we know so much about each other. The first thing that struck me when I first saw him was how tall he was (over 6 ft).

um, long hair, big boobies, sexy accent. yeah she's my type

That brings tears to my eyes Charles