Posted on 04/20/2007 5:30:11 AM PDT by laotzu
Exactly what I was thinking. Once joint custody has been awarded, it's impossible to get the kid away from an abusive parent (short of taking the child and disappearing, which probably wasn't an option in this case).
A friend of my son's has to visit his drug-addicted father twice a month, in spite of the fact that the father has been arrested twice for possession since the divorce. The kid hates it, the mom went to court over it, but the joint custody and visitation rulings still apply.
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You know, I have definitely said things to my children in anger that I wouldn’t want taped. Calling a 12 year old girl a pig, however, is inexcusable. The rest of it I could see a custodial parent saying to a child they have been completely responsible for. But it sounds like Alec is a weekend dad, he really should have more control over himself. All the kid did was not pick up the phone.
What a degenerate.
What a fine example of a Hollywierd nutcase.
Malice
What a fine example of a human being.”
What a putz Baldwin is.
For a person who makes his entire living inside an industry that uses recorded sound every minute of every day, he is beyond stupid.
I would like to see the courts order him sterilized along with his divorce.
Personally, Alec Baldwin is one of my least favorite people - but Ive gotta stick up for him here. The very fact that hes so pissed off at her for NOT being in the right-place-at-the-right-time to get the call, and evidently went to some trouble to be able to make that call in the first place shows me he DOES care about his daughter.”
BS. Baldwin doesn’t go out of his way for anyone but himself. In a world of cellphones, how “out of your way” do you have to go to make a phone call to your kid? I wouldn’t want this person to ever be within physical contact with my kid ever again. Only thru taped messages, etc. He is out of control, and that kid wouldn’t stand a chace against him if he got physical to match his anger on the phone.
Kim Basinger and daughter Ireland
Hes very funny on 30 Rock Thursdays at 9:00 Eastern on NBC.....”
He reads a script written by 20 funny writers. He isn’t one bit funny on his own.
Sounds like he is auditioning to be the first male regular on the Spew .... er..... View.
Baldwin has the ol’ Napoleon Complex (overcompensates for being such a shorty)
And why would they name the kid Ireland? Good thing the spnning globe didn’t stop at Niger - that would be difficult for introductions.
Having now heard the call (twice!) on Rush, I take back my earlier comments. This doesn’t strike me as a usual parent/child tiff, and the threatening tone Baldwin takes would make ME want to keep the girl as far away from him as possible.
Ireland has another potato famine? That child already has an eating disorder.
I am now a committed convert to “same sex marriages” for SAG medmbers, Hollywood celebs and other assorted cretins.
No member of SAG should be permitted to marry a member of the opposite sex unless and until they are past child-bearing age. This stipulation must be enforced because these persons (SAG members) are unable to distinguish reality from make-believe and/or they are incapable of the most rudimentary character assessment.
It is in the public interest that such persons not procreate and fill our public places with dysfunctional, damaged children to become wards of the State.
she's ...what ? maybe 12 years old? She fine for her age. She's not the jerk in this... her father is... she's the victim.
“””she’s ...what ? maybe 12 years old? She fine for her age. She’s not the jerk in this... her father is... she’s the victim.”””
Oh FGS - of course she is the victim. My observation is that she is very skinny and could already be suffering as a result of her hellish family life.
There - I have spelled it out for you - sorry it was obtuse.
sorry I misunderstood your posting.
I have 9 grand-kids. 4 of which are females. two of them are similar in build to this poor child.
So true. I don't buy into psychobabble, but I've seen this too many times not to recognize it as a real phenomenon.
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