If he is corrupt and since his claims are directly related to (possible) clearing the veracity of his other claims is completely coincidental can’t be trusted in the absence of independent corroboration.
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Putting aside any legal troubles that Franks may be/is facing and potential personal benefit behind sponsoring this bill:
A parent shouldn’t be incarcerated for inability to pay child support. I’m positive no rich a-hole has ever gone to prison for this. It’s not helpful, garnish wages and sentence community service if there are no wages. But incarcerating someone for inability to pay is plain wrong.
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I did quite a bit of domestic law when I was practicing and I have to tell you that states went there in utter frustration over the inability to get fathers to own up to their responsibilities.
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phrasing
I keep thinking that my dad (a rocket scientist himself) dragged us out of bed to witness the moon landing. Anyone remember what time this occurred on the east coast?
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No, I’m not. Your original post provided no sources, so I don’t know if you’re telling the truth. I didn’t bother checking for myself because, as the article points out, he’s leaving office (and his alleged crimes don’t strike me as of national importance), and because, as I noted, the truth or falsity of your claims is unrelated to the accuracy of mine. For now, it seems unimportant for me to get to the bottom of it.
Secondly, I oppose the incarceration of individuals who fail to pay child support. I believe child support is important and good, but I am skeptical that imprisonment is a good remedy for failure to pay. I suspect garnishing wages and tax refunds and the like would be more effective. And while it’s certainly plausible Franks had a self-interested motive in sponsoring the bill, that does not necessarily mean the bill is bad. Admittedly, I have no expertise on this topic, so I’m prepared to be wrong. Again, this is irrelevant to my point that making politics nasty to repel the opponents of corruption is a deliberate goal of the oligarchy.
Thirdly, nothing in my original comment refers to the “Dem establishment.” I explicitly ascribed the “nastification” to uber-wealthy terrorists and their lieutenants on the Right. I guess I assume you got your wires crossed while arguing with others in this thread about the “Dem establishment.” If that’s the case, nothing more needs to be said about it.
Finally, I didn’t suggest that Franks should be allowed to skate for whatever are his offenses. If what you say is true, then it sounds like a matter for local authorities. So be it. Frankly, I don’t give a damn about this guy because he’s a small fry who’s leaving. If he were entering politics, or if he were leaving after a career of deliberate misrule, I would probably care enough to investigate your claims.
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I thought it was in the afternoon. I remember going across the street to watch on the neighbor’s TV, because they had a bigger screen and COLOR! (which my dad refused to shell out for…)
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4:17 p.m EDT when the module landed. 10:56 p.m. when Armstrong stepped down on the surface.
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I watched the whole thing in a tent put up by the Family Dog on the Great Highway.
I don’t know how they managed the broadcast, but they had a screen it was projected on.
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Such an unexpected sequence of words that I had to look it up:
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So a Missouri legislator mishandled funds and didn’t pay his child support. A corrupt Missouri politician? I am shocked, SHOCKED to learn of this happening in the show me state.
The only reason this is so newsworthy is that the guy is black and apparently an activist. I have no reason to doubt the reports. I do notice that, despite a distinct lack of remorse, he did get the hell out of the way and resign. It took a cozy plea deal – and some destruction of evidence by law enforcement (to kill the lawsuits Greitens was facing) – to beat the rap for raping his mistress in the basement.
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This was 1969, right? The Family Dog was a commune on the west coast and the name of the people who lived there - like the Hog Farm on the east coast that incidentally Peter Coyote used to live in.
The Great Highway is Highway 1 along the coast in California. I was living as a hippie in northern California
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You need more than one word to make it a complete thought.
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OMG, Great Highway ca. 1969, Playland At the Beach, home of Laughing Sal and It’s-It ice cream sandwiches.
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“to the moon, alice” is one of those phrases that used to be funny – until people realized that domestic violence isn’t funny.
Ralph never laid a hand on Alice, and the moment always turned into an affectionate one with Ralph saying “Baby, you’re the greatest.” So spare me the PC scolding. You probably also think Murphy Brown was responsible for an increase in children born to single women.
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We lived in the east bay because it was all we could find and afford - there was a group of us. We didn’t make it over to the City very often - we had to scrape up the $.50 to cross the Bay Bridge both ways. hahahahaha
But we did go over there and watch the moon landing and first steps at the tent the Family Dog put up on the Great Highway at the beach. And we went to Golden Gate Park for Vietnam Moratorium Day. And occasionally we got enough money together to go to the Fillmore.
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no, it doesn’t.
I tried. That’s why I just said “phrasing”. But if you want to waste the energy getting upset, go for it.
We were young and foolish and sometimes would go down to the beach itself and imagine we were sunbathing.
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I’m happy to put some energy into scolding you.
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