Mom suspected neglect by nursing assistant -- so she set about ...

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I wonder if the troglodytes realize that these are the sorts of people that are hurt by cutting medical assistance. We can't have it both ways - outrage when a vulnerable person is hurt and cutting services.

Bob the Bilderberg

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Hah wrote:

I wonder if the troglodytes realize that these are the sorts of people that are hurt by cutting medical assistance. We can't have it both ways - outrage when a vulnerable person is hurt and cutting services.

I know many people, including my next-door neighbors and my sister, for example, who take care of their totally-dependent children THEMSELVES.

When you expect the state to do things for you that people have always done themselves since the beginning of time, you shouldn't complain when the "service" isn't what you would have provided if you only had the character to do so.

scotty77

Since: Apr 09

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Im with Bob on this - beggars can't be choosers. This woman is a leach

“Wherever you go, there I are”

Since: Jun 09

Nowthen, MN

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Bob the Bilderberg wrote:

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I know many people, including my next-door neighbors and my sister, for example, who take care of their totally-dependent children THEMSELVES.
When you expect the state to do things for you that people have always done themselves since the beginning of time, you shouldn't complain when the "service" isn't what you would have provided if you only had the character to do so.

Judge not, lest ye too shall be judged. I'm glad you're not over simplifying things again, Blob. In the past, people like these boys were warehoused in institutions under considerably more deplorable conditions. I see an image of you getting slapped around in a nursing home when you're old and defenseless because your kids won't devote much time to you. Look forward to your own little "Snakepit." In fact, you should watch that movie sometime and you might see things differently.

grama who cares

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Some comments here are disturbing. I have a disabled husband for 13 years now and have people (family and a friend) that care for him. I had homecare come in before but did not like all the different people coming and going. Trust is huge when you dont know these people. You have to go with your gut. If you feel even a little that something is not right,its not.It took awhile before i got the right people to trust and care for him. There are alot of sick people out there that take advantage of people. They should all be video taped. Nursing homes are terrible too. You have to go there at all different hours to check on loved ones so they never know when you show up. They just dont care anymore. Its scary that we have to do this but its piece of mind we all need. Video tapes tell the truth. 24 hour video in nursing homes are needed and needed NOW. Check often on your loved ones. I feel for these kids and this mom. Just think for a minute if it was YOU!! What would you do??

“Wherever you go, there I are”

Since: Jun 09

Nowthen, MN

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Hah wrote:

I wonder if the troglodytes realize that these are the sorts of people that are hurt by cutting medical assistance. We can't have it both ways - outrage when a vulnerable person is hurt and cutting services.

Bingo! That would be a cause and effect concept that is far too complicated for the right wingers to comprehend, or even admit.

A society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members and the righties could care less ... unless it was their own flesh and blood. Then, of course, they would again become hypocrites, which is their hallmark.

The boys in this story could end up becoming another Stephen Hawking, but those who would deny them the opportunities to reach their full potentials would just call them leaches and shutter them away. Hah is right, you cannot have it both ways.

ESG

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Hah wrote:

I wonder if the troglodytes realize that these are the sorts of people that are hurt by cutting medical assistance. We can't have it both ways - outrage when a vulnerable person is hurt and cutting services.

We can expect a lot more stories like this if the government takes over services to care for all of our vulnerable people.

Bob the Bilderberg

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Radlow The Rethuglican wrote:

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Judge not, lest ye too shall be judged. I'm glad you're not over simplifying things again, Blob. In the past, people like these boys were warehoused in institutions under considerably more deplorable conditions. I see an image of you getting slapped around in a nursing home when you're old and defenseless because your kids won't devote much time to you. Look forward to your own little "Snakepit." In fact, you should watch that movie sometime and you might see things differently.

Well, thank you for adding nursing homes to the list of evil state-run services. Anyone who would put a loved one in a nursing home should be required to forfeit any and all rights to that loved one's estate. I cared for two elderly parents in my home until they died. It used to be that's what everyone did.

“Wherever you go, there I are”

Since: Jun 09

Nowthen, MN

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Bob the Bilderberg wrote:

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I know many people, including my next-door neighbors and my sister, for example, who take care of their totally-dependent children THEMSELVES.

So, they care for their loved ones full-time and you think they're not getting various forms of government assistance because they cannot work?

Ah, the world you see must be pretty limited with the kind of blinders you obviously wear.

p t bull

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Bob the Bilderberg wrote:

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I know many people, including my next-door neighbors and my sister, for example, who take care of their totally-dependent children THEMSELVES.
When you expect the state to do things for you that people have always done themselves since the beginning of time, you shouldn't complain when the "service" isn't what you would have provided if you only had the character to do so.

I was wondering the same thing. The mother is more like a business manager trying to hire good employees to raise her children.

p t bull

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Radlow The Rethuglican wrote:

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So, they care for their loved ones full-time and you think they're not getting various forms of government assistance because they cannot work?
Ah, the world you see must be pretty limited with the kind of blinders you obviously wear.

Common sense and a moral vision from Bob--its you who sees the world though a tiny marxist lens.

Eric in Mpls

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Radlow The Rethuglican wrote:

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Bingo! That would be a cause and effect concept that is far too complicated for the right wingers to comprehend, or even admit.
A society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members and the righties could care less ... unless it was their own flesh and blood. Then, of course, they would again become hypocrites, which is their hallmark.
The boys in this story could end up becoming another Stephen Hawking, but those who would deny them the opportunities to reach their full potentials would just call them leaches and shutter them away. Hah is right, you cannot have it both ways.

To you and the commenter above. Doesn't it occur to you that care was and still is being provided. Because an employee choose to be negligent in their duties, doesn't mean that care was withheld. As was said elsewhere, where were the parents? Oh that's right - giving over the child rearing duties to the state (AKA - Taxpayers)!

mary

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Radlow The Rethuglican wrote:

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Bingo! That would be a cause and effect concept that is far too complicated for the right wingers to comprehend, or even admit.
A society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members and the righties could care less ... unless it was their own flesh and blood. Then, of course, they would again become hypocrites, which is their hallmark.
The boys in this story could end up becoming another Stephen Hawking, but those who would deny them the opportunities to reach their full potentials would just call them leaches and shutter them away. Hah is right, you cannot have it both ways.

bullshit. You could pay her 50 bucks per hour ,she would still be just as lazy.

put them on the hill

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Bob the Bilderberg wrote:

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I know many people, including my next-door neighbors and my sister, for example, who take care of their totally-dependent children THEMSELVES.
When you expect the state to do things for you that people have always done themselves since the beginning of time, you shouldn't complain when the "service" isn't what you would have provided if you only had the character to do so.

Put them on a hillside to die, right Bobby?

Simple

Portland, OR

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"The boys in this story could end up becoming another Stephen Hawking, but those who would deny them the opportunities to reach their full potentials would just call them leaches and shutter them away."
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The only resemblence they have to Hawking is being physically disabled and confined to a wheelchair. In no way do they have the cognative abilities Stephen has.

OPH

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Bob the Bilderberg wrote:

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I know many people, including my next-door neighbors and my sister, for example, who take care of their totally-dependent children THEMSELVES.
When you expect the state to do things for you that people have always done themselves since the beginning of time, you shouldn't complain when the "service" isn't what you would have provided if you only had the character to do so.

First and foremost, these children are not only totally-dependent but medically fragile. It would be IMPOSSIBLE for this mother to care for BOTH of these boys 24 hours a day. To compare the care that these boys need to others with disabilities is not an easy task.

Secondly, in the past the state has cared for children with disabilities in state hospitals. So families have not been caring for them since the "beginning of time." It has only been in the last 20 to 30 years that families have been offered the resources to keep children with disabilities in the home to care for them. Not only is the care provided less expensive but it is "usually" of higher quality. This offers the children a chance to grow up in a homes where they are loved and cared for. Sadly, too many people today do not value the lives of people with disabilities but only see them as a drain on society.

Until one has lived with a medically fragile child, it is impossible to comprehend what it takes to properly care for them.

Sandybeart

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Yes, your neighbor and sister take care of their totally dependent children themselves; but do they do it 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day, without a break. Don't tell me that friends and family are there to give you a break, because it either gets old to them or they avoid you all together. I love idiots who have never lived in their shoes to give opinions. Until you do live it keep your mouth shut.

“Wherever you go, there I are”

Since: Jun 09

Nowthen, MN

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Simple wrote:

The only resemblence they have to Hawking is being physically disabled and confined to a wheelchair. In no way do they have the cognative abilities Stephen has.

So, you've tested them?

From the story: "Alex, 15, is a bright student taking Advanced Placement classes and dreaming of being a missionary."

You can't even spell "cognitive" correctly and you're passing judgment on these kids' intelligence? WTF?

With a post like that, "Simple" doesn't even begin to describe you.

Really