Yesterday, Russ Feingold dared to go where no Democrat presidential candidates agreed to go.
Feingold appeared on FOX.
GASP!
Yes, Feingold appeared with Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday.
Will the Lefty Daily Kos and MoveOn radicals object to their darling Feingold venturing into this unfair and unbalanced enemy territory?
If the Leftists loons are to be consistent, they should. They won't because they aren't consistent. They aren't logical. They demanded that the Dem presidential candidates boycott a debate hosted by FOX and the good, little puppets obliged. Why does Feingold get to go and have his mug on FOX? There's no rhyme or reason to what the Left does.
So after Feingold's big day last Sunday on Meet the Press, when he made headlines by calling for President Bush to be censured, he took his little act on the road to FOX News Sunday.
I wonder where the next stop on his Censure Bush Tour will be. ABC with Stephanopoulos? CBS with Bob Schieffer? Maybe a more intimate setting, like a conference call with Left-wing nuts.
All these TV appearances do have me wondering about Feingold's hair. How much does he pay for a cut? Whatever he's paying, it's too much. But I digress.
Anyway, Feingold was blabbing about the same old, same old.
Bush is destroying the country. He's attacking the privacy of Americans.
Attorney General Alberto Gonazles is a liar.
Bush should be censured.
Blah, blah, blah-dee, blah.
Transcript
(Excerpt)WALLACE: Finally, while all this is going on, as you pointed out, you plan to introduce legislation or resolutions this week to censure the president, two resolutions.
When you tried this last year, only three Democrats signed on to your motions or to your resolutions. Wouldn't the American people rather see Congress do something about lower drug prices, about energy policy, about student loans, all part of the Democratic agenda, that you haven't passed so far rather than engage in this political theater?
FEINGOLD: Well, Chris, that's just not true. We have passed a major energy bill in the Senate. We have passed major legislation on student loans and higher education. The fact is we have done those...
WALLACE: But forgive me, Senator, but none of it has gotten through Congress.
FEINGOLD: Well, the fact is the minimum wage increase got through Congress, and I think by the end of this week you'll see a major lobbying and ethics reform bill passed that's going to be one of the most important bills in 30 years in this area that actually gets at some of these abuses from the Abramoff scandal.
So it's a myth that nothing's been accomplished. But it is time to address the matter of the illegal and other conduct of this administration....
If I hear one more Dem brag about the minimum wage increase, I'm going to be sick.
Whenever a Dem or a Dem supporter is asked to cite an accomplishment of the party, it's always the minimum wage increase.
That's the case because that's all they've got.
Feingold's rant picks up steam. ...This administration, honestly, has been one of the worst in American history. It has abused the American public with regard to the Iraq invasion in terms of misleading us as we got in and misleading us as we stayed there.
They have attacked the rule of law on everything from illegal wiretapping programs, to the writ of habeas corpus, to torture policies, to abuses under the Patriot Act. It has been a shameful record.
And there needs to be some historic recognition that these things are wrong. If the Congress does nothing, what will our children and grandchildren say when they look at the historical record of an administration that has abused the American people?
WALLACE: Senator Feingold, we're going to have to leave it there. We want to thank you so much for talking with us today.
FEINGOLD: Thanks.
That is absolutely pathetic."This administration, honestly, has been one of the worst in American history."
I think Feingold has been one of the worst U.S. senators in our state's history. That's too narrow to just refer to Wisconsin. Make that American history.
What will our children and grandchildren say when they look at the historical record of Sen. Feingold and see how he abused his position of power, DURING WARTIME, to serve his massive ego and insatiable need for attention?
At every turn, he's tried to undercut the Bush administration's attempt to protect Americans and fight terrorists.
What will our children and grandchildren say when they look at the Congressional Record and learn that Wisconsinites sent a senator to Washington that cared more about protecting terrorists than the lives of infants, the weak and the innocent?On September 26, 1996, during debate on partial birth abortion, Feingold revealed just how extreme he is.
TranscriptSen. Santorum: Will the Senator from Wisconsin yield for a question?
Sen. Feingold: I will.
Sen. Santorum: The Senator from Wisconsin says that this decision should be left up to the mother and the doctor, as if there is absolutely no limit that could be placed on what decision that they make with respect to that. And the Senator from California [Sen. Barbara Boxer] is going up to advise you of what my question is going to be, and I will ask it anyway. And my question is this: that if that baby were delivered breech style and everything was delivered except for the head, and for some reason that that baby's head would slip out -- that the baby was completely delivered -- would it then still be up to the doctor and the mother to decide whether to kill that baby?
Sen. Feingold: I would simply answer your question by saying under the Boxer amendment, the standard of saying it has to be a determination, by a doctor, of health of the mother, is a sufficient standard that would apply to that situation. And that would be an adequate standard.
Sen. Santorum: That doesn't answer the question. Let's assume that this procedure is being performed for the reason that you've stated, and the head is accidentally delivered. Would you allow the doctor to kill the baby?
Sen. Feingold: I am not the person to be answering that question. That is a question that should be answered by a doctor, and by the woman who receives advice from the doctor. And neither I, nor is the Senator from Pennsylvania, truly competent to answer those questions. That is why we should not be making those decisions here on the floor of the Senate.
That exchange is chilling, so chilling that Feingold had the Congressional Record altered.
In effect, Feingold chose to lie about what he said. By having his remarks expunged from the Congressional Record, he's misled future generations about what he said on September 26, 1996. He lied about himself.
Look at what Feingold has done. He has spent his time in the Senate making it easier for terrorists to hatch and carry out attacks, aiding and abetting the enemy.
During his tenure in office, millions of unborn children have been slaughtered. He has their blood on his hands.
It's a shameful record.
It's time to censure Feingold.
Former Vice President to the miserable failure President Jimmy Carter is weighing in on Dick Cheney in a Washington Post op-ed piece, "Answering to No One."
Unfortunately, Mondale has decided to disgrace himself by spouting loony stuff. Rather than conduct himself in an honorable manner, he traded his dignity for spitefulness and joined the lib fray to bash the Bush administration.
It's really too bad.
Why emulate the disastrous Carter and the rabid Left?
Mondale writes of his experience as VP, serving one term with Carter. The Post's recent series on Dick Cheney's vice presidency certainly got my attention. Having held that office myself over a quarter-century ago, I have more than a passing interest in its evolution from the backwater of American politics to the second most powerful position in our government. Almost all of that evolution, under presidents and vice presidents of both parties, has been positive -- until now. Under George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, it has gone seriously off track.
...Our relationship depended on trust, mutual respect and an acknowledgement that there was only one agenda to be served -- the president's. Every Monday the two of us met privately for lunch; we could, and did, talk candidly about virtually anything. By the end of four years we had completed the "executivization" of the vice presidency, ending two centuries of confusion, derision and irrelevance surrounding the office.
Subsequent administrations followed this pattern. George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle and Al Gore built their vice presidencies after this model, allowing for their different interests, experiences and capabilities as well as the needs of the presidents they served.
Then, Mondale details why he considers Vice President Dick Cheney to be a power hungry nutjob. This all changed in 2001, and especially after Sept. 11, when Cheney set out to create a largely independent power center in the office of the vice president. His was an unprecedented attempt not only to shape administration policy but, alarmingly, to limit the policy options sent to the president. It is essential that a president know all the relevant facts and viable options before making decisions, yet Cheney has discarded the "honest broker" role he played as President Gerald Ford's chief of staff.
Through his vast government experience, through the friends he had been able to place in key positions and through his considerable political skills, he has been increasingly able to determine the answers to questions put to the president -- because he has been able to determine the questions. It was Cheney who persuaded President Bush to sign an order that denied access to any court by foreign terrorism suspects and Cheney who determined that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Rather than subject his views to an established (and rational) vetting process, his practice has been to trust only his immediate staff before taking ideas directly to the president. Many of the ideas that Bush has subsequently bought into have proved offensive to the values of the Constitution and have been embarrassingly overturned by the courts.
The corollary to Cheney's zealous embrace of secrecy is his near total aversion to the notion of accountability. I've never seen a former member of the House of Representatives demonstrate such contempt for Congress -- even when it was controlled by his own party. His insistence on invoking executive privilege to block virtually every congressional request for information has been stupefying -- it's almost as if he denies the legitimacy of an equal branch of government. Nor does he exhibit much respect for public opinion, which amounts to indifference toward being held accountable by the people who elected him.
Whatever authority a vice president has is derived from the president under whom he serves. There are no powers inherent in the office; they must be delegated by the president. Somehow, not only has Cheney been given vast authority by President Bush -- including, apparently, the entire intelligence portfolio -- but he also pursues his own agenda. The real question is why the president allows this to happen.
The Democrats, present and past players, have really taken an ugly turn.
Their relentless thrashing of the Bush administration is unseemly at best, and aiding our enemies at worst.
I think much like Carter, Mondale can't bear the fact that he holds a negative place in our history.
By stomping on the current administration, he hopes to elevate himself.
It's a selfish, highly inappropriate move.
Past former presidents and vice presidents were much more restrained when it came to criticizing the sitting president and vice president.
With Carter, it's no holds barred. It's like a sickness with him. He's addicted to slamming Bush, Israel, and propping up terrorists.
Maybe Mondale is upset about Stephen Hayes' new book, Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President. Mondale could be jealous that he has such an overwhelmingly pitiful legacy.
Maybe he thinks if he criticizes the United States and its leaders enough he'll get some recognition. A Nobel Peace Prize for him is out of the question, but some Lefties might at least give him a nod to acknowledge that they remember he once was a heartbeat from the presidency.
Mondale concludes his column with this:Since the Carter administration left office, we have been criticized for many things. Yet I remain enormously proud of what we did in those four years, especially that we told the truth, obeyed the law and kept the peace.
I have no idea why Mondale would be proud to have been part of the disastrous Carter era.
I think Mondale has blocked out much of what happened during those four years.
They didn't keep the peace. They helped to create the mess of Iran and the rise of radical Islam. They were impotent in dealing with the Soviet Union. Domestically, they were complete failures, unless you find "malaise" a desired state.
It took Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush to come in and clean up after them. It took years to undo the damage they did and the work isn't finished yet.
In short, Mondale should show more respect for the office he once held if he can't summon up the decency to respect its current occupant.
He should publish his scribblings on kook Left-wing blogs. Now that I think about it, I guess The Washington Post is the right place for his drivel.
UPDATE, November 8, 2010: Steven Hayes Sentenced to Death for the Deadly Conn. Home Invasion__________________
UPDATE, October 5, 2010: Triple Murder Case Yields Convictions on 16 of 17 Counts__________________
Dr. William A. Petit Jr. 50, and his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, with their daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11. (Photo/Midtown Photography, via Associated Press)
Dr. William Petit Jr. is a remarkable man.
Frankly, I don't know how he managed to make it through the memorial service for his murdered wife and two daughters. NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- Dr. William Petit Jr. still bore bruises and gashes as he urged hundreds of mourners Saturday to "spread the work" of his wife and two young daughters, who were slain after burglars surprised them in their home.
Petit, the lone survivor of the violent attack, told more than 2,000 friends and strangers who crowded the memorial service about his wife of 22 years, who was a nurse; his college-bound daughter; and his youngest, who was just 11.
"I guess if there's anything to be gained from the senseless deaths of my beautiful family, it's for us all to go forward with the inclination to live with a faith that embodies action. Help a neighbor, fight for a cause, love your family," Petit said.
"I'm really expecting all of you to go out and do some of these things with your family, in your own little way, to spread the work of these three wonderful women. Thank you," he told the crowd.
Authorities say two men with long criminal histories broke into Petit's Cheshire home early Monday and held the family hostage for several hours. One forced Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, to make a withdrawal at a bank later that morning, triggering suspicion among bank employees, police said. Police rushed to the house, found it on fire and encountered the suspects fleeing. The two were arrested after crashing the Petits' car into police cruisers.
Petit was severely beaten and bound in the basement but managed to escape the fire. The bodies of his relatives were found in the smoldering home. Hawke-Petit was strangled, while Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, died of smoke inhalation.
This recap of what happened to the Petit family really doesn't relay the horror of their ordeal.This account from the Republican-American provides more of the details. After staking out the Petit house, the men — Joshua Komisarjevsky, 26, and Steven Hayes, 44, — drove to a Wal-Mart, where they bought an air rifle and rope.
They came back and waited about a mile-and-a-half away until about 3 a.m. Monday, when they slipped into the house through an unlocked door.
Komisarjevsky and Hayes attacked Hawke-Petit's husband, Dr. William Petit Jr., then threw him down the basement stairs and beat him viciously. Sources said the men bound Petit and left him in the basement, where he remained for the next six hours.
The men then restrained Hawke-Petit and her daughters — Michaela and 17-year-old Hayley — and raped them repeatedly, the sources said.
About 9 a.m., one of the suspects drove Hawke-Petit to the Bank of America on Route 10 in Cheshire and forced her to withdraw $15,000 in cash while he waited outside. Hawke-Petite managed to convey to a bank teller that there was a problem at her home. The teller called police.
At some point during that excursion, the man with Hawke-Petit stopped and bought a container of gasoline.
After they returned to the home, the attackers strangled Hawke-Petit, doused the home with gasoline and set it ablaze.
Dr. Petit, who remained hospitalized Tuesday at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, was able to free himself and crawl into the yard. Police arrived about the same time and arrested Komisarjevsky and Hayes after the two men tried to barrel through a police roadblock.
Inside the Petit home, authorities found the bodies of Hawke-Petit and her two daughters.
Steven Hayes and Joshua KomisarjevskyThe two men responsible for these brutal, brutal crimes are evil.
They aren't fit to live among civilized human beings.
They destroyed this family.
They weren't satisfied with stealing money from them. They chose to torture the girls and their mom before they killed them.
Really there aren't words to describe how awful the mother and daughters' final hours must have been.
I don't know how Dr. Petit will be able to put his life back together after losing his precious wife and children through such utterly senseless and extreme violence.
My heart goes out to him and all those suffering the loss of Jennifer, Hayley, and Michaela.
Here's the kicker:The suspects, 26-year-old Joshua Komisarjevsky of Cheshire and 44-year-old Steven Hayes of Winsted, are charged with capital felony, arson, sexual assault and other crimes, and could face the death penalty if convicted. Both had been released from prison on parole this year.
Think of how many lives would be different today if these two monsters hadn't been released from prison.
WNBC reports:Two parolees, 26-year-old Joshua Komisarjevsky of Cheshire and 44-year-old Steven Hayes of Winsted, remained jailed on $15 million bond each Thursday.
Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against the two, who were each charged Thursday with six counts of capital felony. They already faced charges of assault, sexual assault, kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, larceny and risk of injury to children.
On an abstract level, I oppose the death penalty.
To embrace it would be inconsistent with my pro-life beliefs.
But in this case, looking at the concrete facts, it seems almost immoral to not favor the death penalty for Komisarjevsky and Hayes.
It's easy to say that I'm against capital punishment, but in instances like this I have to admit that it's also hypocritical.
One can't go through life on a theoretical level alone. I can't.
If my family had been brutalized and murdered, I'd want the killers to never see another sunrise, eat another meal, drift off into sleep, smile, laugh, read a letter or a book, speak to another person, or take another breath. _______________________
May Jennifer, Hayley, and Michaela rest in peace._______________________
Statement issued by Petit Family
Memorial Funds:The Jennifer Hawke-Petit scholarship at Cheshire Academy. (www.cheshireacademy.org)
The Hayley Elizabeth Petit scholarship at Miss Porter's School. (www.missporters.org)
The Michaela Rose Petit scholarship at Chase Collegiate School. (www.chasecollegiate.org)
The parents of the 10-month-old girl that was sexually assaulted on June 26 have e-mailed The Sheboygan Press, asking for the public's help in finding the abusers.
From The Sheboygan Press:The parents of a 10-month-old sexual assault victim issued a plea Saturday for the public’s help in catching those responsible for injuring their daughter.
In what the mother and father described as “every parent’s nightmare,” the infant was sexually assaulted June 26 around the time she was being cared for at Our Lady of the Lakes Child Care Center in Random Lake.
“Our concerns right now are ensuring that our daughter is healing from her injuries and making sure that whoever hurt our child is brought to justice,” the parents wrote in an e-mail to The Sheboygan Press. “Not knowing who did this to our baby is keeping us up at night.”
However, the child is “recovering from her injuries and doing well,” the statement said.
Why would the parents e-mail their plea for help to The Sheboygan Press a full month after the assault took place?
That seems very strange to me.
Why wait such an incredibly long time?
If my child had been injured like that, I would have done everything in my power to make sure that the guilty parties were held accountable for their crimes. I would have acted immediately to enlist the public's assistance.
If I thought making a public plea for help made sense, I wouldn't have waited over a month to do it. ...Investigators have so far focused their investigation on the child-care center, serving search warrants Thursday at the center, 429 Third St., along with the Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church office at 230 Butler St., and the Fond du Lac County home of the day-care center supervisor, officials said. Seized in the searches were computers and documents showing who worked at the center that day and when, court records show.
...Doctors said the injuries, which required reconstructive surgery, were consistent with sexual penetration within the last 24 hours, records show.
“No parent should need to sign off to have a rape kit done on their 10-month-old,” the statement said. “ No parent should need to have their 10-month-old tested for sexually transmitted diseases.”
A church representative on Friday expressed confidence the day-care was not to blame for the incident, saying the parish has “no evidence that anything happened to that child at our child-care center," but the parents contested that claim.
“What we know to be true is that our daughter was in good health when she was dropped off at day-care, and when she was picked up, she was in a condition that required hospitalization,” the statement said. “We entrusted our daughter to their care and feel betrayed.”
The supervisor, who court records say initially mislead investigators about who worked that day, has been placed on administrative lead during the investigation, said Ed Ritger, an attorney who is a member at the parish. He said the suspension is a step required by state child-care licensing protocol.
In the statement, the parents thanked the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department for its work in the ongoing investigation and praised the doctors and nurses who cared for the child at St. Joseph’s Hospital in West Bend and Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee.
The assault of this little girl is absolutely horrific. Her recovery is what matters. What's important is that she is cared for by loving, responsible people. Beyond the positively depraved act, there are other things that bother me about this case.
As I said, I do think it's odd that the parents stayed silent about how horribly their daughter was violated.
Also, it doesn't make any sense to me that the doors of this child-care center remain open.
How could authorities allow it to continue to operate after such serious allegations have been made?
By permitting the center to stay open, aren't the authorities possibly putting other children at risk?
Even stranger, why are parents continuing to take their children to this alleged den of torture?
According to Ed Ritger, "no parents have pulled their children out of the child-care center during the investigation. Parents were notified of the situation in a July 3 letter."
None? None of the parents are uneasy about dropping off their children there?
That doesn't add up.
I wouldn't let my child anywhere near a place that was allegedly the site of such a despicable crime. My child would never return there. Apparently, the parents still trust the center to properly care for their children.
I don't get it.
It's really murderer Eric Hainstock's only defense.
His lawyer presented Hainstock as an angry young man that had been abused and neglected, but he didn't mean to kill anyone. He was really a victim.
That's a tough sell. BARABOO, Wis. -- A 16-year-old charged with shooting his high school principal to death didn't mean to kill him, and had brought two guns to school only to scare people, his attorney said Friday at his murder trial.
The prosecution, however, said during opening statements that Eric Hainstock's anger at Weston Schools Principal John Klang had been building. Two teenagers testified that Hainstock told them that Weston Schools Principal John Klang Klang wouldn't survive homecoming.
Hainstock is charged with killing Klang on Sept. 29, the morning homecoming festivities were set to begin. Investigators say Hainstock took his father's shotgun and a revolver to school because he was upset Klang and teachers hadn't stopped other kids from teasing him.
According to a criminal complaint, after a custodian took the shotgun from Hainstock, the student took out the revolver and Klang, 49, rushed him. Hainstock shot Klang three times before the dying principal wrestled him to the ground and pushed the gun away, the complaint said.
Hainstock's lead attorney, Rhoda Ricciardi, told jurors in opening statements there's no dispute Hainstock killed Klang. But he didn't mean to, she said.
She portrayed Hainstock as a lonely country boy who was teased relentlessly, labeled a "fag" by his fellow students and beaten and abused at home.
"This case is about a troubled boy from a troubled home who found nothing but trouble at school," Ricciardi said.
District Attorney Pat Barrett maintained that Hainstock's anger toward Klang had been building for two weeks before homecoming.
Barrett noted Klang kicked Hainstock out of school for three days after Hainstock threw a stapler at his special education teacher. Klang also gave Hainstock an in-school suspension after Klang found chewing tobacco in the boy's backpack.
Alyssa Fultz, 15, testified that Hainstock told her in a church youth group meeting about a week and a half before the shooting that Klang wouldn't survive homecoming.
"He just said the principal was not listening to him and people were just being mean to him," she said. She thought little of the statement at the time, she said.
Nicole Spurgeon, 16, testified Hainstock was at her house doing homework with her brother days before the shooting when she overheard Hainstock say Klang wouldn't make it through homecoming.
So who is the victim here?
Hainstock's lawyers want the jury to see Hainstock as a victim, too. Their case rests on the notion that Hainstock was a victim.
Yes, he killed Klang, but he didn't want to do it.
Hainstock's family abused him and supposedly teachers ignored his cries for help.
So it's the failures of social services and the school system that brought about Klang's death?
I don't buy that.
If Hainstock really only wanted to scare people at school, then he wouldn't have fired the shotgun THREE times. ...Ricciardi told jurors that Hainstock never developed coping skills and suffers from attention deficit disorder, which his father refused to medicate. She said Hainstock's father often made the boy wait on him, made him do all the household chores and sometimes beating him.
His stepbrother had sexually abused him until he was 6 years old, Ricciardi said.
Hainstock's frustrations just boiled over on Sept. 29, she said.
"He runs on emotion," she said. "He stupidly and recklessly brings guns to school."
The strategy is to paint Hainstock as a sympathetic figure.
It seems that Hainstock did suffer. His family situation was bad. Being bullied at school compounded his frustration.
As sad as his situation was, that didn't give him license to kill.
Hainstock's circumstances may have been the reason he chose to do what he did, but a reason is not the same as an excuse for doing something.
And if he really just wanted to scare people and get attention, then he could have brought UNLOADED guns to school. He could have made his threats and get his point across without putting others at risk.
That's not what he chose to do. He chose to fire his gun THREE times and kill John Klang.
This story is really nauseating.
How can a person or persons sexually violate a 10-month-old baby?
It's impossible for me to comprehend such a sick act.
From the Sheboygan Press:A 10-month-old girl was sexually assaulted last month, and the incident may have occurred at a church day-care center in Random Lake, according to documents released this afternoon by the Sheboygan County Clerk of Courts.
The girl is believed to have been assaulted June 26, when the child spent most of the day at Our Lady of the Lakes Child Care Center, 429 Third St., records show.
That facility, along with the church office at 230 Butler St., and the Fond du Lac County home of the day-care center supervisor were searched Thursday afternoon.
But a church representative said this afternoon he does not believe the assault occurred at the day-care center.
“We as a parish have no evidence that anything happened to that child at our childcare center,” said Ed Ritger, an attorney who is a member of the parish and also chairman of its finance committee. “All the women who work at the childcare center indicate that on the day in question, June 26, that child was happy, smiling, showed no evidence of pain, crabbiness, anything like that.”
Capt. Dave Adams of the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department would not comment on whether authorities have a suspect in the assault.
Ritger said he hopes “that there will be a thorough investigation of all persons who had contact with that child.”
...The victim was at the day-care center from about 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. the day of the alleged assault. The child’s grandmother discovered blood in the girl’s diaper and extensive bruising and tearing of her vaginal area when changing the child’s diaper about 10 o’clock that night.
The injuries required reconstructive surgery, which was conducted hours after the injuries were discovered. The child underwent surgery at Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee.
The child’s parents had used the day-care center two or three times a week since January. The center opened in May 2006.
According to police, the supervisor of the day-care center’s statement about employees who working that day did not match employees’ statements regarding their schedules. The supervisor later told police she fabricated an infant care report for the child that did not match one sent home with the victim’s father.
The supervisor is believed to have been the only adult at the center from 6 a.m. to at least 7 a.m. on June 26, caring for 12 children, including two infants. The supervisor initially claimed a volunteer had begun work at 6:30 a.m., but the volunteer told investigators the supervisor told her not to come in because she didn’t need help.
The search warrant affidavit says investigators searched the day care, the church office and the supervisor’s home — in the Fond du Lac County Town of Auburn —looking for documents showing who was working June 26 and when.
Ritger said he believes any inconsistent statements made by the supervisor were “honest mistakes,” but the woman has been placed on administrative leave until the investigation is complete.
Obviously, the 10-month-old can't speak for herself.
She can't say who hurt her.
Is someone at the childcare center responsible or is it someone else?
The abuser wouldn't care that the parents and the workers at the center are being looked upon as potential criminals. The individual or individuals responsible couldn't possibly have such a developed conscience.
No one capable of causing such severe physical injury to a baby could possibly care about that. The little girl suffered such horrible injuries that she needed to undergo reconstructive surgery.
This abuse was so extreme that it resulted in mutilation.
If someone at the childcare center abused her, that will surely reflect poorly on Our Lady of the Lakes parish, and the Catholic Church in general. It will be just another example of child abuse committed by someone with connections to the Church, even if the perpetrator is a lay person.
If a family member or other person with access to the child assaulted her, then that will be chalked up as one more case of abuse committed by a trusted, but monstrous, individual.
I hope that the animal that did this is caught and put away for a long, long time.
That anyone would hurt a 10-month-old like this really makes me ill.
After Monday's truly embarrassing CNN/YouTube Democrat debate, I commented:I think the Republicans should boycott the CNN/YouTube debate scheduled for September.
It was so lame.
That upcoming YouTube debate will probably keep Fred Thompson from announcing until it's passed.
Other than John McCain and nutjob Ron Paul, the Republicans aren't signing up to take part.
From the Washington Post:Four days after the Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C., more than 400 questions directed to the GOP presidential field have been uploaded on YouTube, as Republicans are scheduled to take their turn at video-populism on Sept. 17.
But only Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) have agreed to participate in the debate, co-hosted by the Republican Party of Florida in St. Petersburg.
"Aside from those two candidates, we haven't heard from anyone else," said Sam Feist of CNN, which is co-sponsoring the debate with the popular video-sharing site.
Rudolph W. Giuliani and Mitt Romney, both with dozens of videos on their YouTube channels, have not signed up. Neither have the rest of the Republican candidates, including Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.), whose "Tancredo Takes" on his YouTube channel draw hundreds of views. Sources familiar with the Giuliani campaign said the former New York mayor is unlikely to participate. Kevin Madden, Romney's spokesman, said the former Massachusetts governor has seven debate invitations over a span of 11 days in September.
"We haven't committed to any of them yet," Madden said.
In an interview Wednesday with the New Hampshire Union Leader, Romney said he's not a fan of the CNN/YouTube format. Referring to the video of a snowman asking the Democratic candidates about global warming, Romney quipped, "I think the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having to answer questions from a snowman."
Finally, at least some of the Republican candidates are doing something right.
The CNN/YouTube debate demands that participants check their gravitas at the door.
It's far better not to enter at all.
