Lunch Break: “Occu-Mom” Portand
by LauraLoo
I thought the Occupy Portland protestors were a strange bunch (who could forget my October post on Mr. Up/Down Twinkles?). Now meet new Portland goof “Occu-Mom,” who apparently has no problem sacrificing her 4-year-old daughter’s life for the cause. (Is she guilty of a felony?)
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Dec.16, 2011 12:00 pm |
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
I drive an ambulance and a FIRE TRUCK. She is so right that she should have faith in me and my humanity to not run over people, but she should have faith in MATH and the fact that all that weight takes a LONG time to stop. CPS should get involved.
I would think in the very least this would be a misdemeanor for child endangerment.
That poor child. What did she tell him? “Don’t worry honey. Thomas the Tank Engine will be able to stop for us! It will just look like Thomas is going to hit us!”
It has nothing to do with the WANT to stop and everything to do with the ABILITY to stop. I drive a 15 passenger van and I leave myself a lot of room between my car and the one in front of me specifically because It takes more time to stop. I can’t imagine how long it would take a train, even if the emergency brake were pulled.
In Liberal La-La land, biology and physics take a backseat to wants/desires/hope/faith. See: abortion.
Come on, people — we get slammed all the time by pro-choicers for “endangering” our children at protests beside busy highways or in inclement weather.
The real danger to my children at protests like that is microscopic. Likewise here. There’s no chance whatsoever that a train is going to be coming down those tracks, right at the port, at full speed — especially not when there’s a highly publicized act of civil disobedience taking place on the tracks up ahead.
Let’s be fair and admit this woman’s child is in ZERO danger.
Umm…if you watch the clip, you can see at least one train rolling up…
Er… Mr. Scheidler… with all due respect: your analogy would hold if pro-lifers placed their children IN the busy highways (hoping to stop traffic). As to the fact that a train need not be “coming at full speed” for it to kill whomever is in its path, I’ll direct you to the web, and various physics/momentum-related resources.
Well I live in liberal la la land and I think this woman is an idiot. That doesn’t mean I think the entire Occupy movement is full of idiots though.
ALSO don’t let one bad apple sully the bunch, right? What about that tea party protestor that kicked a woman in the head while she was on the ground? Do you want to be lumped in with the likes of him and his cheerleaders? What about Scott Roeder?
ALSO don’t let one bad apple sully the bunch, right?
You all already let the numerous self-identified socialists, communists, and anarchists in the #Occupy movement do that.
Secondly-she started it. If you want to throw fists, don’t be surprised when someone throws back. I’m a woman’s liber. If I start trying to get physical with someone, I”d expect them to get physical right back at me, in the name of “equality”. So go right ahead and identify me with him. He’s just a fan of the equality movement. ^_^
Scott Roeder? I’m sorry, but, what is Pro-Life about killing? Don’t you think that’s contradictory on its face? You’re stretching, and it shows. But nice of you to throw in the go-to guy for ad homs. I like seeing the old standards. LOL
I believe in protesting. I even support the right of these kooks to protest and “occupy” whatever (as long as they would stop defecating on police cars, fornicating in public, raping their female protesters, using drugs, etc… you know. All the things these occupy people have been doing. Oh and if they would use soap.)
I believe in teaching your children the power of protest. I have taken my son to protests. BUT I did NOT place him in the middle of an intersection. I did NOT place him in harm’s way whatsoever. This mother is very very reckless.
I believe it is wrong to bring children to protests. Always. The fact that this woman also put her child in extra danger is just more wrong to me. Charge her with child endangerment.
Ellizabeth,
Are your aware of Tea Party people defecating on police cars or if it is necessary to erect tents to protect women from sexual predators at Tea Party Rallies? Was there ever a problem with lice and scabies at Tea Party gatherings?
Also,from what I read, she was kicked by a supporter of Rand Paul, who may or may not have been a Tea Party member, I can find nothing that says he was. Also there is some difference of opinion as to whether she is actually kicked in the head. I looked at the video and saw someone push his foot against her shoulder, and another person told him to back off. Of course this is not acceptable.
She was trying to approach the candidate which could be seen as a threat. There are calls for the police and she is wearing a blond wig. Perhaps to disguise herself?
It is not wrong Jack. Teaching your child their rights and the power of speaking out against wrong is not a bad thing. However, there are certain protests I wouldn’t take a child to. But like I said, I have taken my son to pro-life marches and protests.Teaching my son to care about the bigger picture and to care about people other than himself is a good thing. How can I teach my son about abortion and that it is wrong if he doesn’t see me doing anything about it?
Just my two cents. You’re welcome to your own opinion.
Sidney, I think you are a wonderful mother who loves her children dearly, from what I have seen on this blog. I wasn’t trying to criticize you. I just know, from being taken to “sidewalk counseling” and protests as a child, that it can be traumatizing and damaging for children to be involved in those things. I will teach my children about abortion in a way that doesn’t risk that, especially when they are so young.
Jack, how were you traumatized? (honest, earnest question)
Well, I was spit on, yelled at, told I was going to hell, and pushed by the abortion supporters or women who were going in for abortions. On the pro-life side, hearing people scream about murdering babies and having to see those graphic photos all the time was very damaging. It wasn’t a good place for a child to be and was deeply scarring. I still can barely drive past protests and I still can’t see those graphic photos without wanting to puke. No good, I won’t ever put my children through it.
People aren’t seriously comparing placing a child on train tracks to HOPEFULLY stop an oncoming train to standing with a child on the sidewalk? Seriously? If it’s the same we better start seriously considering relocating school bus stops to somewhere far away from roads…. though how the bus will get to them….??
CPS should be called!!! What are those people for if not to protect children from those who would place them before an oncoming train?? I have no faith in humanity, only faith in God. How many times have we heard terrible stories of train engineers trying to stop the train but regretfully reporting, “You simply can’t stop a several ton train that fast”?? Why else is it a MIRACLE when the train actually does stop in time?? Pay attention! CPS! DO YOUR JOB HERE!
I’m all for the right of people to protest (obviously) but it should be done lawfully. Illegally “occupying” private property, even public property, trespassing, violating curfews, violating sanitation codes, building codes, zoning laws, loitering, camping restrictions, noise ordinances, etc etc etc etc is NOT ok. If it were us pro-lifers camping out in PP’s front yards, blocking streets/intersections/sidewalks/driveways, forcing clients to leave the property, and just generally BEING the occupiers except with “abortion” instead of “capitalism” on our signs you can bet your boat these “protests” would not be getting the MSM softballing and support/allowances they are now. Protest legally!
If we can’t block PP’s driveway/walk way/enterance, you sure as berry’s can’t block some one buying a whopper/cashing their check/a port’s tracks!!!
Well, I wouldn’t take my son to a protest like that. I agree with you there Jack. I mean, we have a planned parenthood in our town and I have taken my son to pray peacefully with other pro-lifers. I would NOT take him there on abortion days as it is a circus and can get heated etc… with the escorts screaming at us.
we have prayed on Sunday afternoons as they’re closing during 40 days for life. I would not want to traumatize my son, definitely. And I have taken him to our local March for Life every January 22nd. That is peaceful also.
I went to a tea party rally and wasn’t sure what to expect so I did not take my son. Even though I’m a pretty political person (those who know me know this is true) I don’t take my son to political things because he is too young to understand all the nuances of politics.
To me though abortion is a moral issue so while my son may feel differently than me politically some day I hope he will always respect the value of human life.
I’m sorry you went through that Jack. :-(
Hi Xalisae 2:01PM
In liberal la-la land of Detroit, the functional literacy rate is 49%. Maybe that’s where this great thinker attended school.
Thanks, Sidney. I know that you are a good mom and wouldn’t want to do anything to harm your boy. My other reasoning is just more of a parenting decision, I don’t want to expose my kids to something as horrible as abortion until they are older, much older. I mean, I volunteer at a shelter for teen runaways and eventually I want my kids to learn about helping people by joining me there. But… they don’t need to know about any of that stuff until they are much older. Every parent is different, though, and makes different decisions for their kids. What I think is too young might be the right age for another family.
Mary:
True! I like to tease my fiance since he considers himself from Detroit (he’s actually from the suburbs. Him saying he’s from Detroit is like me saying I’m from Oakland or San Francisco. hehehe), so thanks for that stat. :P
I think this lady is an argument for contraception if ever there was one. :(
Xalisae, where near Detroit is he from? My husband is from Novi.
I grew up in West Chester PA which is a burb of Philly but when I went to college down south I just said I was from Philly though technically I’m not. However, when MTV put West Chester on the map I could say I was from West Chester and a lot of people were familiar.
Hi Xalisae,
Well I am indeed from the city of Detroit, born and raised there, my mother was born there, I attended Detroit public schools, my brother was a Detroit cop. My father did refrigeration for Detroit city morgues. As a child that just mortified me. Said he never got any complaints. I’m about as Detroit as it gets. Suburbanites, usually liberals, often want to claim to be “Detroit street kids”, so I’m not surprised. Lots of Eminem wannabes.
I love calling them on it. Oh, and just where in Detroit were you raised? Uhhh, we moved to the suburbs when I was 2 years old. I figure as much.
Yeah. He says, “I ain’t no Detroit street kid.”
XD
Hi Xalisae,
I’ll be darned.
Jack,
Sidney = boy. Sydney = girl. Usually. Don’t make me call you Jackee. :)
Captain Grammar signing off.
Lol, thanks Hans. Sorry Sydney! :)
Mary, my parents are from Detroit as well! I love Detroit. :)
Hi Alexandra,
What a small world! Maybe that’s why I’ve always felt a bond with you!
Hi Xalisae,
The former president of my professional organization always liked to call him self a “street smart Detroit kid” until I called him on it and found out he was in fact raised on the streets of a suburb 15 miles out of the city. That’s why your posts gave me a chuckle. Its so typical of liberals(not your fiance) to want to present themselves as so street smart and raised on the streets of some city. Like that disgusting slob Michael Moore who was in fact raised in a suburb of Flint and not the city of Flint itself, though it does sound better to say he was. You know, real working man’s street kid.