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Fri Nov-07-08 05:01 PM
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9 year old girl kicked off school bus miles from home |
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:06 PM
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2. Wow - That bus driver could be charged with child endangerment. |
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He kicked her off the bus for changing seats without permission?
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:08 PM
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3. They should sue him for mental anguish. nt |
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:11 PM
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6. How much money does a typical unemployed bus driver have? |
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:33 PM
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11. A lot less after I got finished with him if he had done that to my daughter. nt |
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:05 PM
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17. And what exactly could you do to him? |
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Or are you just making stupid claims that you couldn't possibly back up in real life?
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:11 PM
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18. I'd sue his ass, win (believe me) and have any and all of any future |
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Edited on Fri Nov-07-08 06:25 PM by rateyes
checks (even unemployment ones) garnished. Oh, and BTW, have you never heard of insurance companies? And, to think the man has "no assets" is an assumption that you are making based on the fact he drives a school bus. A lot of bus drivers have more than one job. And, not only would I go after him--I'd go after the damned school system.
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:16 PM
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19. How many lawyers do you know that would take a no-asset case? |
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And is "mental anguish" even a cause of action in your jurisdiction?
So no, I don't believe you.
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:22 PM
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20. I know one. "Mental Anguish" might be an aggravated circumstance |
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in a child cruelty case. Maybe you could show up in court and defend the prick.
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:08 PM
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25. I bet you'd spend more money on suing him than actually |
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getting out of him. I can't believe how lawsuit happy some people are.
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Fri Nov-07-08 09:37 PM
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32. I've never filed one for myself. If someone did that to my daughter, though |
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Fri Nov-07-08 10:14 PM
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38. you'd probably have to sue the bus company he works for and/or the school district... |
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if you actually wanted to collect anything.
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Fri Nov-07-08 11:28 PM
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42. And how would they be responsible unless they knew |
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there was a problem with this guy? Which it appears there was not.
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Sat Nov-08-08 01:02 AM
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43. that's what lawyers are for. |
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the thing is- a bus driver isn't going to be worth suing- you have to go after the ones with the deep pockets.
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Fri Nov-07-08 10:36 PM
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39. I would have to meet that bus driver in the Alley with bat! |
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That was the first thought I had if a busdriver forced my child off the bus.
I would definately not rest until that person was fired
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:08 PM
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4. Bet the little brat will never be a trouble maker again |
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:27 PM
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27. Don't have kids, right? |
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a little girl changes seats on a bus and she is dumped on a busy highway by a deranged psycho?
You have said some weird shit in here but defending this prick is over the top.
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Fri Nov-07-08 09:44 PM
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33. I hope that was a joke |
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if not, it was an insane thing to say.
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Fri Nov-07-08 10:13 PM
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37. I sincerley hope you forgot the fucking sarcasm sign. |
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Fri Nov-07-08 11:26 PM
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As soon as you're socialized, all will become clear.
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:10 PM
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5. We used to walk that far just to get to school |
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:29 PM
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10. ...barefoot, tunneling through six feet of snow, uphill -- both ways |
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:39 PM
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12. You were lucky........................ |
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:00 PM
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16. Well, of course, we had it tough... |
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:35 PM
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23. OK Posted in the wrong place... Thank You. My all time favorite Python clip. |
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There were 150 of us living in a shoebox in the middle of the road.
Cardboard box?
Yes.
You were lucky.
Once again. :rofl:
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:47 PM
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28. Oh god, that is priceless. Thank you for this. |
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My eyes are streaming.....:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:43 PM
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13. And it took 15 hours each way. Every day. |
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:33 PM
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22. Thank You! One of my all time favorite Python clips... |
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:19 PM
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7. That's awful. I'm glad he was fired. |
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If he was having discipline problems with the child he should have taken it up through the proper channels, not just dumped her off.
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:21 PM
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8. 10 - 1 he's a McCain supporter. nt |
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Fri Nov-07-08 10:39 PM
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40. M aybe he is one of those bus drivers that makes over 250k a year. nt |
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:23 PM
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9. Things have sure changed on school buses since I was a kid! |
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I can't remember ever seeing a bus driver interact with the kids at all. It was a chaotic hell, a place where you were lucky to make it home in one piece. If I hadn't had a cornet case to defend myself with, I probably wouldn't have survived it.
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:47 PM
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14. What's with putting the kids on tv right away? I wouldn't do that with my |
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kids.
And the bus driver is a freakin' idiot.
People with no common sense all over the damn place and all over this story.
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:49 PM
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15. Fortunately, she wasn't abducted |
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I don't know if it's just my greater awareness of the issue now, but there seem to be a lot more insane child abductors nowadays than there were when I was a kid. When I was a kid I often went miles out into the woods and explored the countryside with a couple of friends. And I walked or rode my bike everywhere. I never encountered anything remotely sinister and almost never heard of anything happening to other kids. But nowadays, I don't think I would approve of a child of 9 going anywhere on foot alone.
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:24 PM
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21. Notice it's a private company hired by the school system |
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"AA Transportation" to shuttle kids to and fro. Transportation used to be run almost exclusively in house (in Michigan they were union jobs) until schools starting cutting budgets. No doubt a worker hired for little pay , no insurance, and no connection to the school system community. I'm not excusing this behavior whatsoever,just pointing it out.
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:45 PM
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24. Back in the olden days, we were booted off the bus regularly... |
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and it wasn't just for bad behavior. The bus my brothers and I rode on had three separate routes. If a stopped train threatened to screw up the schedule, we would be unceremoniously dumped off a half mile from home, with the warning not to crawl under the train.
We just looked at it as another adventure, no big deal. Of course, things are very different now, and I would have been upset if this had happened to my kids.
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Fri Nov-07-08 08:00 PM
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30. Yeah- I'm more upset at where this happened. |
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This is a very busy highway- no side walks. He is damn lucky she wasn't killed or picked up by an opportunist predator.
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Fri Nov-07-08 08:06 PM
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31. Hell, I would have been angry no matter where he left her off, |
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if it was anywhere other than the regular stop.
We grew up in a rural area with little traffic, and it was 50 years ago. Things are way different now.
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:25 PM
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26. If this had been my child |
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I guarantee you - I would go to the D.A. and file criminal charges.
Donald Davidson Jr. wouldn't be able to dig himself out of the shit that would fall on him if he dumped my kid off on a highway miles from home.
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:59 PM
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29. That is a VERY highway- I would be freaking out. |
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Fri Nov-07-08 09:46 PM
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34. Welp what in the hell did she do? I can't get the vid! |
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Fri Nov-07-08 09:59 PM
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35. She moved from one seat to another |
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Fri Nov-07-08 10:12 PM
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36. He Should Be Charged With Endangering A Child. |
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