Thoughtprints

Today I find myself completely torked off at bad parents. Especially bad mothers! I swear, some people should NEVER be allowed to bear children!! And then there are those who would be absolutely outstanding parents and cannot have children. I tell ya', there's simply no justice in the natural world. ANYway, getting back to the subject of the day, take this gem of a mother who wanted her new wedding dress so badly that she offered her 4 year old as collateral - several times!! Thankfully her 2 children were taken away from her, hopefully NEVER to return!

Next, right here in Colorado we have this poor excuse for a human who calls herself a mother, giving her 17 month old baby red wine - because he "likes it"!! Riiiight. Yeah, well, apparently "Mom" was quoted as saying she was "super busy" and that the child had "gotten into her wine" while they were at their home in Erie. Uh huh. But of course! I mean, what 17 month old baby doesn't get the wine out, uncork it and down the whole bottle! The poor child had a blood alcohol level of .195 percent!!

"(For him) not to be comatose at that stage, maybe (he) would of had to have a tolerance," said Denver Health emergency room physician Kerry Broderick.

Broderick said the boy must have been in severe distress.

"That's hard to imagine that the child wouldn't be comatose," said Broderick. "I'll have adults with blood alcohol levels of .195 and lots of times they are totally unconscious."

It's just a damn shame - not to mention a piss poor law - that she's only being charged with a misdemeanor! Boulder County Social Services say they will follow up. Gee, that's comforting. NOT!

Then, last but not least, there's the former superstar couple of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. They separated in 2000, but for some ridiculous reason didn't come up with their joint custody agreement for their daughter, Ireland, until FIVE YEARS later! Well, it seems Kimmie has gotten herself into a little hot water.

The actors agreed last year to joint custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Ireland, who lives with Basinger. Baldwin is permitted extra visits when Basinger is away from home without her daughter.

However, his court papers allege that in 2005, Basinger ignored court orders and did not let Baldwin know she would be out of town working so that he could take care of Ireland until she returned.

"She even admits she was gone, what she won't say is how long she was gone," Baldwin attorney Vicki J. Greene argued during the two-hour hearing.

Basinger attorney Judy Bogen unsuccessfully argued that there was insufficient evidence to back up the allegations and the trial, scheduled for Feb. 16, should not proceed.

Nelson ordered Basinger's lawyer to provide Baldwin with some documents showing where Basinger traveled without her daughter since September 2005.

Oh.My.God. These are two supposedly grown-up people who are supposedly intelligent, fighting in court over that??!! You mean to tell me that after SIX YEARS of separation (and ultimate divorce), they're still fighting??? The whole thing is absurd, and cruel to their daughter! You don't think she's going to read about this in the newspaper, hear about it on TV or at school? You think she's gonna be lovin' it that Daddy put Mommy in jail?? This isn't about the child - this is about their EGOS! They're simply playing tit-for-tat, who can get the better of whom, who can one-up the other first, and it makes me SICK! We already know, just from his behavior the other day in New York when Cory Lidle's plane crashed into the building, that Alec Baldwin only cares about Alec Baldwin! He didn't care about a plane crash - he wanted to get where he was going, and a stupid cop standing in front of yellow crime scene tape wasn't gonna stop him! Well, for the sake of how their daughter grows up, I hope THEY grow up - SOON!!

That concludes this Friday's rant. You will now be returned to your regularly scheduled blogging. Oh, and Happy Friday the 13th! In honor of the 13th, I leave you with a joke:

When a black cat crosses your path, what does it mean?