Posted on 01/27/2016 12:09:03 PM PST by Beave Meister
Yes, a hell of a lot more liberal than it seems. The cities are totally dominant and the romance of Texas lives small in their shadow.
Just substitute the word "cocaine" for 'cell phone' there and see if that makes you think...
And then there are all the subtleties in-between.
I was reading through the messages until I encountered this one which I thought was particularly dense. I looked down and see the name "discostu".
I ask myself, "how does this guy invariably end up on the wrong side of so many issues?"
Whatever you are smoking, you need to stop it.
I also have four children and I wish I had had more. While my oldest did not get his cell phone until he graduated from college, the younger ones got them between the ages of 16 and 18. It wasn’t even an issue for the boys. They didn’t really even care if they had one or not. But, we wanted to be able to stay in touch with them when they were out taking classes or whatever (we’re homeschoolers). Now, my daughter seems to be far more attached to the phone then her older three brothers were. She’s probably the only one we regret giving a phone to. But, I like be able to keep in touch with her when she is out beyond the time she says she will be home. For some reason, I worry about her more than I did when the boys were her age. When the boys were her age, I actually didn’t worry at all about them.
I feel your pain when you talk about your oldest graduating. It’s very hard, but it’s also very exciting to see your children leave and follow their dreams and tackle life using what you have taught them for 18 years. I only have one left at home. My oldest is married and working as an engineer and just had his first child. My second son is 26, owns his own home and has worked his way up to management in an engineering firm. My youngest son just started medical school this past fall. I couldn’t be more excited for any of them. While I miss them every day, and while I miss the days we spent together during their childhood, I wouldn’t have them living back here with me for anything. That wouldn’t be right.
I will ask God to give you peace as you let go of your kids. I totally understand what you’re going through. It isn’t easy. But, you will make the transition and learn to enjoy them as adults.
Yaaawn. Every time you show up needing to throw insults I know I’m right. Someday you may shock me and act like a grownup, until then you are everything you accuse everybody else of being.
The police should stop responding to theft cases?
Dad allegedly stole the phone, which apparently belonged to Mom.
This is what happens in broken families.
In a sane world, the people who brought the charges would now themselves be up on charges of abusing their offices for a vendetta.
Well that's just not correct at all. More correct would be:
Father arrested because ex-wife spoiled b*tch sleeping with policeman demanded he use his connections to harass her ex.
Seriously? They are like $100.00 or less on Amazon. Not even enough expense to consider significant.
You and others act like the father was using it or something. That he wanted it, rather than wanting to keep his daughter from wrapping her whole life around it like most young girls do nowadays.
He probably would have given it back had the mother (who strangely did not have custody of the daughter) not forced a pissing contest over it.
She put him in the position such that if he gave it back, it makes it look like she is in control of this and perhaps future situations.
I wouldn't accept that perception either.
Here you go again. You are an odd bird.
If you think there’s something odd about considering a person who can’t complete a sentence without an insult uninteresting you’re probably my mother-in-law. Now really, goodbye.
No. Just No.
If the dad is raising the daughter, he has a right to take everything he considers frivolous or detrimental away from her, regardless of who bought it or who paid for it.
The Mother did not have custody, so apparently the courts regarded the Father as the more appropriate person to raise the child. The father exercised his judgement in the matter, and the non custodial parent sicced her cop boyfriend/husband on him.
This story is about abuse of power and connections. The father was perfectly within his legal rights to do what he did, and I would have done the same thing had I been in his position.
The Court found in his favor.
This. Perhaps a civil suit for abuse of power is in order.
Yeah... that's called "confirmation bias" ace. I have no doubt that you certainly think you are right.
So we are to assume that the daughter was renting it? That the daughter borrowed it?
No. Mom is lying. The phone belonged to her until she GAVE it to the daughter, thereby transferring ownership and likewise putting it under the control of the daughter's custodial parent.
Let us hope so. I would really rather not read any more of your weird rationalizations.
Did you read the article? Actually the jury was directed by the judge to find him not guilty based on the judge's opinion that there was not enough evidence to find him guilty of theft. Therefore the jury didn't side with anybody but the judge.
The question should have actually been pretty simple. Can ownership of the object in question be established (e.g. who paid for the object? and pays for the bill for the object's usage? etc.) If the object clearly belonged to someone else, and he took it, and he refuses to return it, a theft charge should be pretty clear.
Some on this thread seem to think cocaine and cell phones are interchangeable in regards to questions of ownership and parental authority; that notion seems a bit odd to me.
For the folks such as you who are too lazy to read posted articles, here is the crux of the article:
After just a two-day trial in which Jacksons daughter, now 15, testified, Dallas County Criminal Court Judge Lisa Green ordered the jury to find Jackson not guilty, citing insufficient evidence to prove a theft charge. Steppe disagrees with the verdict.
As a side note, there is no mention in the article that the father is a dead beat dad. Perhaps you have personal knowledge of this individual that you could share to substantiate your stupid claim?.......Sheesh!
Sounds to me like we're finally dealing with a responsible adult who is actually concerned about his 13 year old daughter's use of her parent's provided smartphone............
And YOU have a problem with that.....got it!
Maybe. Do we know whose name is on the account? Wanna bet it's Mom?
Want to bet the police figured that out before they made the arrest?
$39 on eBay. Point is, the whole family is a mess. Dysfunction enough for all of them.
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