I agree for the most extent, however, I do believe it to be a partisan issue politically but a bi-partisan issue socially. You don’t see moderates and republicans advocating for pedophiles and the criminally insane and mothers who kill their children on a whole. That’s how I see it.

I do think some concrete solutions would include mandatory baby well check-ups, whereas if you missed one, you would have a nurse check in on you.

I also think that severally mentally ill parents should not be allowed to care for their small children alone. I think that a doctor should be able to easily request a court order to prevent severally mentally ill people from being alone with their children with periodic checks from the police force and social workers.

I also think that our society needs to get away from victimizing the victim. In the case of Andrea Yates, a certain segment of our society cared more about Andrea Yates feelings of self-worth than they did about her children. Most people that kill their children are mentally ill, however we cannot allow that to negate justice and civility. We cannot allow it to become an excuse. For societies sake, there needs to be a very clear boundary and consequence for these actions, regardless of their mental state. We cannot acquit people because they are mentally ill. Mental illness does not give you the right and excuse to harm your children.

I’m also smart enough to know that this issue has nothing to do with the “ultraleft” (whomever that might be) being the champions of infanticide (what nonsense).[/quote]

It isn’t nonsense IME. I have only (personally) heard two people that supported infanticide in this country and that was some ultra left leaning person on the dailykos and another ultra left leaning person on another political site.

Also, who do you think help to pay for Andrea Yates first trial? — The NOW. Who’s fighting for the rights of pedophiles? — The ACLU. Who champions as little time and punishment for atrocities against children as possible? — It certainly isn’t the moderates!

While I agree there are no easy answers, I still believe that if we, as a society, had more respect for children, abuse and murder of children wouldn’t be just another news story. Abuse of children is rampant and it shouldn’t be.

Sure, the apathy probably runs on both sides, but I do believe the biggest contradiction on the ultra-left is their lack of support for children. They’re willing to fund a thousand programs, but when push comes to shove, they support the worth and value of women (and adults in general) over children, IMO.

I’m smart enough to know that there are no simple, sound-bite answers.

I’m also smart enough to know that this issue has nothing to do with the “ultraleft” (whomever that might be) being the champions of infanticide (what nonsense).

b) The ultra-left champions the perpetrators of infanticide and mothers killing their own children and hailed them as good mothers having a bad day and obstructing true justice (see Andrea Yates). They make all the excuses necessary for women to torture and kill their babies/children (and I’m not talking about abortion here, but it may be an extension of the celebration of it.)

c) It has also become a feminist issue. You never hear feminists or ultra-libs fighting for the rights of men that have murdered their children, only women, and white women at that. You just don’t see the NOW fighting for the black woman who microwaved her baby, but you see them fighting for middle class white women who just as calculatingly murder their children.

In my opinion, it isn’t about money, but it’s about taking responsibility for our children and holding those who take care of them accountable. We need an attitude readjustment in this country. Instead of this attitude that says, “What’s done is done,” we need to say, “Let’s make sure it doesn’t happen or happens as rarely as possible.”

Perpetrators need to stop getting light sentences for harming children. We need to give social workers the tools to take cases to DA’s office and prosecute these people to the fullest extent of the law. It shouldn’t be a 3 strikes policy on child abusers/predators. They should get life for abusing children, even if they haven’t murdered them.

The ACLU should not be fighting to allow sexual predators the ability to be around and work around children, as they have been trying to do for so many years. People should be ashamed of themselves. We need to stop awarding these heinous acts and put our children first!

End rant.