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"dead beat" parent round-up
"AZ Astrea" wrote in message ...
Just heard on the news they pulled another "round-up of dead beat parents" here in Tucson. They named it "Operation Child-support". Channel 4 news reported all the standard "politically correct" bull**** and used the term "dead beat parents". I guess that's more 'correct' than dead beat dads but no matter what, the reality is that out of the 21 people still sitting in jail as of this evening, (the "round-up" was at 5am), there is *one* woman. The token woman. I'm writing an e-mail to Channel 4 (www.kvoa.com) , hoping to enlighten them a little as to the reality of dead-broke dads. I can't find the story on their website yet. They just aired it so maybe it's not on it yet. With all the talented writers and ranters we have here I'm hoping we can all send them a bit of enlightening e-mail. Who knows? Maybe somebody will be listening? ~AZ~ Channel 13 showed a video clip of one deadbeat parent being taken away in handcuffs. SHE -- a deadbeat MOM -- had a very sour look on her face. And then there was the case of a dad who refused to pay child support because he was not allowed to see his child. He saved the monthly payments under a “Get Out of Jail” card from a Monopoly game under the walkway in his front yard. |
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"dead beat" parent round-up
"Mysonsfather (AKA ZonaHawk)" wrote in message news:PXobc.22191$Q45.10284@fed1read02... As a fellow Tucsonan, I am pleased to hear about your letter to kvoa. I didn't see the report on channel 4 but I sure heard about it at work today. I was also prompted to write a letter, not only to KVOA, but also to our state Rep Kolbe, who has yet to respond to any of my letters and emails regarding child support issues. Keep up the faith. Michael ------------------------------------- I have gotten tons of responses from Congressmen when I have sent the ACLU action alert letters. I would send letters to them all the time if I felt I could write a letter without ranting and raving. I know it's hard to be taken seriously when you start calling DCS nazi's and such but I have a hard time keeping my cool with a subject I am so passionate about. I am less concerned about how KVOA sees me and while I tried to keep it down I know I did a bit of ranting. Oh well, they'll consider it or they won't. ~AZ~ (a fellow Tucsonan.....cool) I'm writing an e-mail to Channel 4 (www.kvoa.com) , hoping to enlighten them a little as to the reality of dead-broke dads. I can't find the story on their website yet. They just aired it so maybe it's not on it yet. With all the talented writers and ranters we have here I'm hoping we can all send them a bit of enlightening e-mail. Who knows? Maybe somebody will be listening? |
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"dead beat" parent round-up
"Mysonsfather (AKA ZonaHawk)" wrote in message news:PXobc.22191$Q45.10284@fed1read02... As a fellow Tucsonan, I am pleased to hear about your letter to kvoa. I didn't see the report on channel 4 but I sure heard about it at work today. I was also prompted to write a letter, not only to KVOA, but also to our state Rep Kolbe, who has yet to respond to any of my letters and emails regarding child support issues. Keep up the faith. Michael ------------------------------------- I have gotten tons of responses from Congressmen when I have sent the ACLU action alert letters. I would send letters to them all the time if I felt I could write a letter without ranting and raving. I know it's hard to be taken seriously when you start calling DCS nazi's and such but I have a hard time keeping my cool with a subject I am so passionate about. I am less concerned about how KVOA sees me and while I tried to keep it down I know I did a bit of ranting. Oh well, they'll consider it or they won't. ~AZ~ (a fellow Tucsonan.....cool) I'm writing an e-mail to Channel 4 (www.kvoa.com) , hoping to enlighten them a little as to the reality of dead-broke dads. I can't find the story on their website yet. They just aired it so maybe it's not on it yet. With all the talented writers and ranters we have here I'm hoping we can all send them a bit of enlightening e-mail. Who knows? Maybe somebody will be listening? |
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"dead beat" parent round-up
"Mysonsfather (AKA ZonaHawk)" wrote in message news:PXobc.22191$Q45.10284@fed1read02... As a fellow Tucsonan, I am pleased to hear about your letter to kvoa. I didn't see the report on channel 4 but I sure heard about it at work today. I was also prompted to write a letter, not only to KVOA, but also to our state Rep Kolbe, who has yet to respond to any of my letters and emails regarding child support issues. Keep up the faith. Michael ------------------------------------- I have gotten tons of responses from Congressmen when I have sent the ACLU action alert letters. I would send letters to them all the time if I felt I could write a letter without ranting and raving. I know it's hard to be taken seriously when you start calling DCS nazi's and such but I have a hard time keeping my cool with a subject I am so passionate about. I am less concerned about how KVOA sees me and while I tried to keep it down I know I did a bit of ranting. Oh well, they'll consider it or they won't. ~AZ~ (a fellow Tucsonan.....cool) I'm writing an e-mail to Channel 4 (www.kvoa.com) , hoping to enlighten them a little as to the reality of dead-broke dads. I can't find the story on their website yet. They just aired it so maybe it's not on it yet. With all the talented writers and ranters we have here I'm hoping we can all send them a bit of enlightening e-mail. Who knows? Maybe somebody will be listening? |
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"dead beat" parent round-up
"Bob Whiteside" wrote in message hlink.net...
1.) Contacting women's crisis center advocates to do a story on domestic violence but not interviewing any men's rights advocates who would point out abuse is split nearly 50/50 between the genders. One of the local talk radio stations will not run stuff on DV with women only viewed as victims anymore. Everytime they did in the past, I called up to protest. By doing so many more men ended up calling up to report that they were victims of DV. Kinda put a damper on the radio station's PC view of DV. |
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"dead beat" parent round-up
"Bob Whiteside" wrote in message hlink.net...
1.) Contacting women's crisis center advocates to do a story on domestic violence but not interviewing any men's rights advocates who would point out abuse is split nearly 50/50 between the genders. One of the local talk radio stations will not run stuff on DV with women only viewed as victims anymore. Everytime they did in the past, I called up to protest. By doing so many more men ended up calling up to report that they were victims of DV. Kinda put a damper on the radio station's PC view of DV. |
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"dead beat" parent round-up
"Bob Whiteside" wrote in message hlink.net...
1.) Contacting women's crisis center advocates to do a story on domestic violence but not interviewing any men's rights advocates who would point out abuse is split nearly 50/50 between the genders. One of the local talk radio stations will not run stuff on DV with women only viewed as victims anymore. Everytime they did in the past, I called up to protest. By doing so many more men ended up calling up to report that they were victims of DV. Kinda put a damper on the radio station's PC view of DV. |
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"dead beat" parent round-up
"Werebat" wrote in message ... AZ Astrea wrote: "Gini52" wrote in message .. In article , AZ Astrea says... Just heard on the news they pulled another "round-up of dead beat parents" here in Tucson. They named it "Operation Child-support". Channel 4 news reported all the standard "politically correct" bull**** and used the term "dead beat parents". I guess that's more 'correct' than dead beat dads but no matter what, the reality is that out of the 21 people still sitting in jail as of this evening, (the "round-up" was at 5am), there is *one* woman. The token woman. I'm writing an e-mail to Channel 4 (www.kvoa.com) , hoping to enlighten them a little as to the reality of dead-broke dads. I can't find the story on their website yet. They just aired it so maybe it's not on it yet. With all the talented writers and ranters we have here I'm hoping we can all send them a bit of enlightening e-mail. Who knows? Maybe somebody will be listening? ============== Ya know, I've been wanting to do this for years and never seem to find the time/motivation (I confess). You are right--We do need a bevy of well-written editable(?)letters posted here that could be sent to various media /government outlets. Umm...Kenneth? :-) ---------------------------- I agree. I have started and stopped over and over a 'standardized' letter that could be used for that purpose but I am not as good a writer as many here. I receive the ACLU action alerts that are letters about various subjects that I can add comments to and then I send it to my Congressmen via fax or e-mail. These letters are well written, they don't sound like ranting and raving yet they get the point across very well. If you want to see some examples go to the ACLU website at www.aclu.org and check them out. Can anybody here write a right-to-the-point type letter without using the terms propaganda or nazis? I couldn't. What you want is a little of your own propaganda, that doesn't look like such. Feed me the facts you want presented and I could write you anything. ------------------ Basically I was hoping to get them, (KVOA), to realize that they are doing a disservice by reporting only one side of the 'deadbeat' dad story and to pique their interest with a few facts about the deadbroke dad. I feel irritated when all they do is regurgitate whatever DCS tells them and never delve into just why those dads are not paying cs. Like the fact that most of the men targeted by this round-up are unemployed or living below the poverty level themself. Why *don't* they pay? Because they *can't* pay. The DCS spokesman was saying how the round-up was a success because they collected Xthouands of dollars that would now go directly to the children. There are just so many things wrong with that statement it just galls me. ~AZ~ I'll post a copy of the e-mail I sent. Cool. - Ron ^*^ |
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"dead beat" parent round-up
"Werebat" wrote in message ... AZ Astrea wrote: "Gini52" wrote in message .. In article , AZ Astrea says... Just heard on the news they pulled another "round-up of dead beat parents" here in Tucson. They named it "Operation Child-support". Channel 4 news reported all the standard "politically correct" bull**** and used the term "dead beat parents". I guess that's more 'correct' than dead beat dads but no matter what, the reality is that out of the 21 people still sitting in jail as of this evening, (the "round-up" was at 5am), there is *one* woman. The token woman. I'm writing an e-mail to Channel 4 (www.kvoa.com) , hoping to enlighten them a little as to the reality of dead-broke dads. I can't find the story on their website yet. They just aired it so maybe it's not on it yet. With all the talented writers and ranters we have here I'm hoping we can all send them a bit of enlightening e-mail. Who knows? Maybe somebody will be listening? ============== Ya know, I've been wanting to do this for years and never seem to find the time/motivation (I confess). You are right--We do need a bevy of well-written editable(?)letters posted here that could be sent to various media /government outlets. Umm...Kenneth? :-) ---------------------------- I agree. I have started and stopped over and over a 'standardized' letter that could be used for that purpose but I am not as good a writer as many here. I receive the ACLU action alerts that are letters about various subjects that I can add comments to and then I send it to my Congressmen via fax or e-mail. These letters are well written, they don't sound like ranting and raving yet they get the point across very well. If you want to see some examples go to the ACLU website at www.aclu.org and check them out. Can anybody here write a right-to-the-point type letter without using the terms propaganda or nazis? I couldn't. What you want is a little of your own propaganda, that doesn't look like such. Feed me the facts you want presented and I could write you anything. ------------------ Basically I was hoping to get them, (KVOA), to realize that they are doing a disservice by reporting only one side of the 'deadbeat' dad story and to pique their interest with a few facts about the deadbroke dad. I feel irritated when all they do is regurgitate whatever DCS tells them and never delve into just why those dads are not paying cs. Like the fact that most of the men targeted by this round-up are unemployed or living below the poverty level themself. Why *don't* they pay? Because they *can't* pay. The DCS spokesman was saying how the round-up was a success because they collected Xthouands of dollars that would now go directly to the children. There are just so many things wrong with that statement it just galls me. ~AZ~ I'll post a copy of the e-mail I sent. Cool. - Ron ^*^ |
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"dead beat" parent round-up
"Werebat" wrote in message ... AZ Astrea wrote: "Gini52" wrote in message .. In article , AZ Astrea says... Just heard on the news they pulled another "round-up of dead beat parents" here in Tucson. They named it "Operation Child-support". Channel 4 news reported all the standard "politically correct" bull**** and used the term "dead beat parents". I guess that's more 'correct' than dead beat dads but no matter what, the reality is that out of the 21 people still sitting in jail as of this evening, (the "round-up" was at 5am), there is *one* woman. The token woman. I'm writing an e-mail to Channel 4 (www.kvoa.com) , hoping to enlighten them a little as to the reality of dead-broke dads. I can't find the story on their website yet. They just aired it so maybe it's not on it yet. With all the talented writers and ranters we have here I'm hoping we can all send them a bit of enlightening e-mail. Who knows? Maybe somebody will be listening? ============== Ya know, I've been wanting to do this for years and never seem to find the time/motivation (I confess). You are right--We do need a bevy of well-written editable(?)letters posted here that could be sent to various media /government outlets. Umm...Kenneth? :-) ---------------------------- I agree. I have started and stopped over and over a 'standardized' letter that could be used for that purpose but I am not as good a writer as many here. I receive the ACLU action alerts that are letters about various subjects that I can add comments to and then I send it to my Congressmen via fax or e-mail. These letters are well written, they don't sound like ranting and raving yet they get the point across very well. If you want to see some examples go to the ACLU website at www.aclu.org and check them out. Can anybody here write a right-to-the-point type letter without using the terms propaganda or nazis? I couldn't. What you want is a little of your own propaganda, that doesn't look like such. Feed me the facts you want presented and I could write you anything. ------------------ Basically I was hoping to get them, (KVOA), to realize that they are doing a disservice by reporting only one side of the 'deadbeat' dad story and to pique their interest with a few facts about the deadbroke dad. I feel irritated when all they do is regurgitate whatever DCS tells them and never delve into just why those dads are not paying cs. Like the fact that most of the men targeted by this round-up are unemployed or living below the poverty level themself. Why *don't* they pay? Because they *can't* pay. The DCS spokesman was saying how the round-up was a success because they collected Xthouands of dollars that would now go directly to the children. There are just so many things wrong with that statement it just galls me. ~AZ~ I'll post a copy of the e-mail I sent. Cool. - Ron ^*^ |
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