This is absolute insanity, and not in a good way. First of all, any time a woman wants child support, a DNA test absolutely must be required. There is nothing wrong with two parents sharing the burden of their biological children. But there must be no doubt in this process. It should be standard operating procedure.
In this case, it’s a double whammy because the woman had sex with a second partner. And ALL sexual partners within the time frame of fertilization must be considered as potential parents of the child. Mr. Hatley could have been the one who was easier to lock into child support, maybe he had a job. Maybe Ms. Morrison simply wanted a way to control her relationship with Mr. Hatley. Who knows. But Morrison is clearly negligent for overlooking the fact she had multiple partners. Was she asleep when it happened?
I’m quite sure Mr. Hatley could have used that extra money during those 13 years. And the correct father should be liable for the entire sum of payments made by Hatley, along with the years Hatley didn’t make payments. Plus interest.
The problem with this case is that it has become acceptable in society to run men over and not make women accountable. Hatley has absolutely no connection to this other man’s child. The mother should have confirmed it, she didn’t. The State should have confirmed it, they didn’t either. And now we have a man in all kinds of legal hassle, who should have never been involved in the first place. Not only should he get all this money back plus interest, he should get payment for time spent behind bars. And it’s unfortunate the tax payers of Georgia are footing the bill for this unnecessary ridiculousness.
Turns out, eHarmony.com decided to loop-hole their way out of this. I quite frankly don’t understand the big deal. Every other personals website out there categorizes people. When you log in, you pick your preference, m4m, m4w, w4w. Then during the process, you only get matched up with people in your own category. You can go on www.match.com and look for any gender and still be under the match.com umbrella.
What eHarmany.com is doing is to allow you to plug in m4m when you start to join. THEN, here comes the kicker. If you’re gay, the prompt carries you away to an entirely different site called www.compatiblepartners.net. You can tell how serious they are about this site, if they’re picking a “.net” domain name.
So then you end up joining this second site, while eHarmony.com is allowed to exclude gay people.
When you go through the “compatiblepartners.net” series of questions, many of them weren’t even customized for the gay market. I remember seeing one entire page just about children. I get that there are gay people with children, but this could be covered with 2 questions. It should bring up adoption, rather than seeming to be a copy of a straight person’s questionnaire.
It sickens me that eHarmony took such extreme measures to keep gay people off their site. I have a hunch that if “compatiblepartners.net” ever gets up and running, they’ll probably start to get used to dealing with gay people. Then they’ll wonder why they worked so hard to keep them away.
Followed closely by Rachel Maddow at #4. And Anderson Cooper at #3. And Ellen at #2. And Barney Frank at #1. Meanwhile, Suze Orman is way down at #22 (seems like she’s on the TV every time I turn it on discussing the economy). Wanda Sykes #35. Jodie Foster #36. Oprah’s Nate Berkus #41. Rosie O’Donnell #42. Perez Hilton #43.
And people are worried about the gays getting the right to marry? This proves most people really have no true respect for the institution of marriage. They simply don’t like gay people and they show their disgust at the voting booth. But pretending they’re protecting the institution of marriage for the children? Reality check.
Another point about this new data is that this is children who are BORN to single parents. The 60% that are born in marriages, well probably half of those marriages will end in divorce. So 30% of children will grow up with two married parents?
What was shocking is that she said on the show today (which I very, very rarely watch) “my partner’s family lives in New Hampshire…” From out of left field. No People magazine cover. No official statement. It’s akin to Andy Cooper suddenly throwing the word “partner” into a sentence. Hiding in plain view.
This is a “waste” of time. It sounds more like bragging rights to going green. There are a million other products we throw out each year that would have a bigger impact if they were biodegradable. It’s like trying to clean up Lake Michigan with a couple bottles of Evian. http://mespace.wordpress.com/ Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Republicans are throwing the dice on this, knowing they have nothing else to lose at this point. They take a point man, Jindal, who is “racially diverse.” Tit for tat. They know there is a decent likelihood that the Spendulus plan will fail, and possibly make things worse. They”re kind of doing what Obama was doing against McCain in the presidential election. If you loudly take the opposing viewpoint, when things don”t work out, you get credit for a great idea. Only the great idea doesn”t have to prove it would ever really work. It just needs to say “You should have listened to me. You didn”t, and now look what happened.” Jindal will likely be one of the two final Republican presidential candidates in 2012. There”s a good chance it will be a candidate of Jindal vs. Obama for the next presidency. It”s almost impossible for a newscaster to introduce Jindal without also saying “Our next Republican presidential candidate.” http://mespace.wordpress.com More on President Obama Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
She thought Jennifer Aniston was really funny? Great acting.
No surprises at the AAs tonight. I am getting seriously tired of watching gay people beg and plead for equal rights. It feels like 1955. Why are we still talking about gay rights these days?
If Condit didn’t actually do it, that means his career in Congress was ruined (and the rest of his life along with it) for nothing. Would the Levy family offer an apology for dragging him through the mud? Condit did have an affair with intern Chandra Levy. But is that worth losing everything?
As a small business owner, I second that emotion. I personally feel like I spend my life working my ass off to pay taxes for things I won’t get or don’t want. Because i’m self-employed, it’s another huge pain in the ass to get a mortgage. So I have to work my ass off to pay for the failing mortgages of other people and I have to jump through 30 hoops to give the illusion of perfect credit so I can get a mortgage myself that I can afford.
Offer a public apology and move on. Dragging “God” into this is beyond lame. I equally blame Rihanna for this situation. People who are violent don’t just become randomly abusive one day. You have to build up a level of comfort between the two parties that allows it to happen, moving from verbal assaults to physical assaults. She made a terrible decision on who to date. Then she stayed when she should have been long gone. If you live with lions you’re going to be bitten.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. This concept has probably been floating around for years in Starbucks corporate. But Starbucks can’t be “premium” while selling Folgers. Ultimately it’s a good move on their part. There’s a demographic of people who like coffee and prefer top namebrands, who have plenty of money to spend, and don’t want to mess with grinding beans.
Arnold can’t run again. It’s very difficult to see how Meg could possibly lose this election, despite the fact California is a liberal state. California needs someone at the helm who can turn around that failing economy. And she’s certainly proved she can turn a major business into a powerhouse from her days at eBay. See Meg’s website for more information.
Both had canceled their Grammy performances, and Brown turned himself in as the Grammys got underway. He was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats, and a police spokesman described him as “professional” during the booking process, the Associated Press reports.
Though he was not charged initially with battery, E! says that Rihanna suffered visible bruises to her face during the fight, which took place outside their rented Lamborghini in the fancy but quiet Hancock Park neighborhood shortly after midnight.
It reminds me of the opening credits for Down With Love. Way too much energy focused on something so meaningless. But still, very pretty to look at. It’s the website for the Air Force: http://www.airforce.com/
The Army, Marines and Navy have almost basic starter websites in comparison. The reason I even noticed any of this was because I kept seeing Air Force commercials featuring Asian Americans. The military has been going through an African American and Latino phase for the last couple years, so they must be moving on to the Asian population for new recruits.
It’s a very subtle change, but huge at the same time. It means the focus groups in the Air Force decided it’s now safe to target this group. It has traditionally been a Caucasian male market, but in recent years opened up to women, Latino and African Americans. If you’re Asian, these commercials would hit you like a ton of bricks, as I’ve nicknamed Asians “Invisible Americans.” Or Invisible Foreigners if you’re visiting from Asia. Asians just get no respect in American culture.
It’s easiest for the Air Force to kick down this barrier since there is a lot less machismo than say the Marines or Army. But once it’s down, they will also follow suit.
There are two other groups that compose a percentage equal or greater than the Asian target. Arabic and gay people. These groups are obviously serving in the military, but it’s far too sensitive to talk about. I give this about 5-10 years before they start marketing directly to these two communities. They need qualified bodies. If I’m being invaded by Russia, I don’t care if you’re gay, female, Asian or Arabic. If you’re firing missles at them, I’m glad you’re doing it.
