Be pro-social
My dad did not talk with me about options for 21 months, but he did demand that I do as he commanded in less than 24 hours. His company’s slogan is, “DEVELOPING PEOPLE AND TEAMS THAT WORK!”
My dad finally wants to talk about finances. Of course, the talking is unidirectional, and he includes my mom in the email even though she has nothing to do with the situation.
After a very long series of emails, my dad, Dan Hogan, makes two very important statements, “I need to … mentally / emotionally let you go.” and, “if that means you default on your loans so be it”. He cosigned some of the loans.
My financial situation is poor, but I have not yet defaulted on any loans. Nevertheless, I warn my dad, Dan Hogan, that he should look for ways to protect himself from liability if my financial situation worsens.
Because my dad, Dan Hogan, had co-signed some loans for me, and because my personal finances were shaky, I sent an email to my dad about my finances and my plans–even though he had never asked me to do that.
The man who threw his shoes at President Bush has not yet been given access to a lawyer, and he may have had his arm broken while in custody. When Bush said he would spread democracy to the Middle East, I didn’t think he meant he would help Iraq hold people without access to lawyers … Read more
“The abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the report says, ‘was not simply the result of a few soldiers acting on their own’ but grew out of interrogation policies approved by Mr. Rumsfeld and other top officials, who ‘conveyed the message that physical pressures and degradation were appropriate treatment for detainees.’”
A Florida network of 28 youth-shelters for is saving the state $15 million per year by preventing juvenile crime and parental abuse. Despite the success, the brilliant legislators in Florida are going to cut the budget, which will likely lead to an increase in crime and abuse.
A 16-year-old mother of a 10-month-old baby asked a hospital for help because the mother has been abused and kicked out of the house. She is using the Nebraska safe-haven law that lawmakers are going to overturn even though the program is helping to reduce child abuse.
The Bush administration tried to block release of photographs showing abuse of US prisoners. A US court ordered them to follow the law and release the photos.