Minnesota Father Leaves 11-Year-Old Son Behind in Foreclosed Home
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LAKEVILLE, Minn. (The Blaze/AP) — A father abandoned his 11-year-old son last month, telling him in a letter to move in with neighbors because their south Minnesota home was in foreclosure, according to a warrant complaint seeking his arrest.
Steven Alexander Cross, 60, left two notes for his son, according to the complaint charging him with a gross misdemeanor of child neglect. One letter said their home in Lakeville was going to be sold at a sheriff‘s sale and instructed the boy to take his PlayStation and go to a neighbor’s house. The other asked the neighbors to take care of his son. The boy has been placed in foster care.
“If this paper is wet it’s because I am crying so bad. You know your dad loves you more than anything,” the letter said. Elsewhere he wrote: “There are many, many great years ahead for you. Not so for me.”
The letter also revealed to the boy that his mother, whom his father had told him had died, is still alive. Investigators don’t know where she is.
The boy, who awoke July 18 to find his father gone, will soon be placed permanently with a relative, County Attorney James Backstrom told the St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/oYFI3m ).
“For a parent to abandon a child under these circumstances – it is both unusual and disturbing,” Backstrom said.
Cross is believed to have fled to California but investigators say the trail has grown cold. Lakeville is 25 miles south of St. Paul.
Cross’ two-story home was vacant this week, with foreclosure signs posted on the front door. The newspaper reported that a bank bought it for $336,925 in January.
Neighbors Traci Radtke said she was stunned. She said the family who took in the boy told her he broke down in tears when he arrived at their home.
“Heartbreaking,” Radtke said. “It’s a sad story.”
The boy told police he didn’t notice his father acting any differently on the night before he vanished. The boy also told a social worker he knew little about his family and that his father had told him his mother was dead.
Cross‘ letter said that wasn’t true.
“Some good news is your mother is still alive. Though I do not think it is for the best,” it said.
A petition for child protection names Katik Porter as the boy’s mother. The boy said he last saw her when he was 2. Police don’t know where she is.
Cross, a licensed architect, was awarded legal custody of the 11-year-old boy in 2001, according to the complaint. The mother received visitation privileges but apparently never used them. Those privileges were suspended in 2002.
Police tracked Cross’ credit cards and bank accounts after he vanished but found no activity, prosecutors said. Investigators analyzed his home computer and found what looked like an Aug. 1 reservation for a three-night stay in the central California city of Morro Bay.
A week after Cross disappeared, a woman identifying herself as his ex-girlfriend called the family that had taken in the boy. She said Cross had emailed her from a library in Carmel, Calif., saying he was depressed and sleeping in the streets, the complaint said.
“I probably only have a couple of days … No one I called would help me … I didn’t know what to do. I am scared and hopelessly depressed,” Cross’ email said, according to the complaint.
It’s the last anyone heard from him.
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lonewolf57
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:32pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1KtScrqtbc&feature=related
Report Post »JQCitizen
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:57pmGood song; thanks for sharing it! We’re all going to have to have that attitude toward others; – That if we don’t help, Who will?
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:12pmObama voter no doubt. Poor kid, praying for him and hope they find deadbeat dad and prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.
Report Post »Gooch
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:30pmMaybe he was following the Bush model for saving the freemarket system. You have to abandon the 11 year old boy to save the 11 year old boy.
Report Post »Bluzie
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:09pmDeadbeat dad? you have got to be kidding me? He’s had sole custody of the child since 2001. It appears he was well taken care of in that time…..although I am reserving full opinion until further evidence arises.
During the depression it was very common for a family to “give” their child/children to a family that could afford to care for them in the hopes that they could provide a better life than he could give at that moment.
He didn’t sell the kid for crack, didn’t sell him into slavery. He fell on hard times and felt he had no other choice. Posing this as an assumption; perhaps he‘s heard or seen enough horror stories of the foster care system and child’s services to believe the family next door would be a better choice to help his child than the government ever would. It appears the family next door didn’t know anything about it, so I can’t defend him on that. But I sure as heck wouldn’t call him a deadbeat.
Report Post »SavvyCowboy
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:11pmGOOCHiemoron – If you love the socialist system so much I here Greece is looking for more tax payers. You need boxes to move?
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:56pmThis story makes me think of the real life inspired movie “In the Pursuit of Happiness” with Will Smith.
I am inclined to believe that the father truly believed that by abandoning his son he was doing what was best for him. He didn’t want his son to have to live on the streets which is what he was going to do.
Until you have been faced with a similar situation, you should reserve judgment.
Report Post »Scallyco
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 7:10pmThe Law and the Government don‘t need a pound of this man’s flesh… they are to a great extent the problem, and it sure won’t help the child any. It’s probably too late, but we should pray that that Family could be salvaged.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on August 28, 2011 at 9:53amLook. The bottom line is this: If the theiving politicians is this country hadn’t raped this country dry and over-regulated and taxed businesses to the point that they had to flee the USA in order to stay in business, the guy would still have a job and a house and his kid.
Report Post »swampbuck
Posted on August 28, 2011 at 3:02pm@Gooch shut up…
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:04am@UBETHECHANGE
Report Post »Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:12pm
Obama voter no doubt. Poor kid, praying for him and hope they find deadbeat dad and prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law
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Considering the wording of the note; if mothers can get off from murdering their children because of “Post-Partum Depression” there should be something the equivilent for fathers (or single parents) who “abandon” them because of “Post Financial Stability” Depression.
Remember, he gave the boy instructions of someone safe to turn to, and didn’t just disappear without any goodbyes.
Almost sounded like a suicide note there, didn’t it?
Paula
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:56pmSuch a sad story. This boy will never get over being abandoned first by his mother and then by his father. :(
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:18pmWe don’t know that for sure?? Maybe he abducted the kid?? I mean if he can leave abandon him he sure as heck can abduct him!!
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:17am@Paula
Report Post »Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:56pm
Such a sad story. This boy will never get over being abandoned first by his mother and then by his father. :(
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But unless we change Government to be more business friendly so people like this Dad still have an income; HOW MANY TIMES OVER WILL THIS STORY BE PLAYED OUT IN PRIVATE LIVES IN YEARS TO COME! This man had a good paying job and kept his son well enough to be given sole custody! Then he’s watched his income disappear. Ever tried to explain to a kid that you can’t afford what you once was able to give him or her? I’ve been in that condition a few times while raising kids, and watched them as the economy has gone over the cliff try to explain to their kids. One grandchild went from getting several hundred $’s for his birthday to having been given a $100 bill to buy himself a badly needed pair of school shoes for Christmas! My son said he met him at Walmart and the $5 bill he gave him lit up his face! Kids are the real brunt of hard times, AND PEOPLE THERE’S A LOT MORE OF THEM COMING AS WE SLIDE INTO 3rd WORLD STATUS UNLESS WE CHANGE BOATS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS OCEAN!!!
docvet
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:54pmHow in the hell did we get through the depression? People think that if we don’t have a 42″ HDTV in a perfect $200,000+ home and a $100,000/year job we are somehow deprived and life isn’t worth living. This to the point of treating our children as a liability to get rid of.
WTF, WTF,WTF! Grow up people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »politicaljules
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:15pmgood point
Report Post »M100Spiral
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:45pmOnly 40-percent of the American population was not affected by the Great Depression. 1.5 million married women were abandoned by their husbands. Many of these women had several little mouths to feed. Many of the older children would leave home, because they felt they were a burden to their mothers. Many children lived on the streets and stole things in order to survive. And, many jumped trains in search for employment in other cities and towns of which they seldom found. Many children traveled by trains to Oregon for some reason. Unfortunately, my memory is very fogging on the details, but I do remember learning in school of trains of children being sent to Oregon. The Great Depression was very hard on many American families just like the Great Recession was harsh on many of today’s families.
Report Post »docvet
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:11pm@M100SPIRAL
Report Post »Thank you for the info. It indicates how bad it was then. I grew up just before WWII and had a good idea about the depression mentality from my parents and neighbors, i.e., waste not, want not. It was considerably worse then than now with very little safety net compared to today. I still say that what is considered a necessity today was only for the rich then (except the TV part, it didn’t exist then). I see no reason whatsoever for a father to lie about his mother and then walk away from an 11 y/o son and expect the neighbors to take care of him! That’s just BS.
USAMama
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:50pmMy dad grew up during the Great Depression, his dad was killed in an accident when he was just 2 and his mom was left to take care of 4 children. They were (legal) immigrants from Ireland and in those days women couldn’t really go out and get a job. After my grandfathers funeral the funeral director handed the bill to my dads oldest brother, who was 16, and said “Your the man of the house now, pay it when you can.“ My grandmothers sister tried to convince her to put the kids up for adoption but my uncle told her ”With all due respect, over my dead body!!” quit school to get a job and support the family. As soon as he could he signed up for the army and fought as a medic in WWII. He never married or had his own family because he said he felt like he had already raised a family and quite honestly I don’t think he ever wanted to take the chance of putting another family in that position should anything happen.
My point is, people did what they had to do. They made sacrifices, they took responsibility. They didn’t expect anyone else to do it for them.
Report Post »DaytonConserve
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:50pmThe Depression in front of us will prove to be much worse than what our parents and grandparents endured. When the government teet is drained, the dependant class will have no idea of how to be self sufficient and survive. Be prepared.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 7:24pmSadly, a fair number of men did abandon their families and “rode the rails”, hitching rides in train box cars. Sometimes they found work and would mail money home to the family. Others were never heard from again.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on August 28, 2011 at 3:29pmExcellent point!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 28, 2011 at 6:10pmMy dad was born in 1932. My grandpa got a job first in the shipyards of LA, then they moved North on the Mississippi, and he worked on a river boat, gone all the time. He sent his whole check home, endorsed so that only grandma could deposit it. One time the check got either lost in the mail or stolen. It was my grandma, dad (only child) and a dog who’d just had a litter of pups. They had enough money to buy a loaf of bread, which the dog stole to feed her pups. Obviously they survived. But you’re right, this depression is going to be harder. There was no “government aid” beyond the WPA back then. The takers have no idea how to care for themselves.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:35am@DaytonConserve
Report Post »Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:50pm
The Depression in front of us will prove to be much worse than what our parents and grandparents endured. When the government teet is drained, the dependant class will have no idea of how to be self sufficient and survive. Be prepared
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Born just after WWII, I was raised in the after shadow of that depression; every grandmother considered herself a failure if her granddaughters were’nt taught to sew by the age of 4 then Mom took time to teach them to help her learn to garden, can, make their own clothes, quilts, etc. Many men still made their own candles and soap, where I grew up. Most hunted and knew how to tan hides and work with leather. My dad had a cobbler’s form (forget what they’re called) to repair holes in our shoes and boots. Most women had home remedies for just about everything but heart attack and appendicitus. Families traded back & forth with neighbors to get things they couldn’t do themselves. I‘ve been wondering how many of the things we’d need would even be available to do the same today. I remember Dad butchering a calf in our side yard, (I think it was fully grown but I was a preschooler) with a neighbor and my brother’s help, then taking the meat to a rented locker in town to be taken out each week as we needed. Could you imagine the enviromentalists if someone tried that today?
Jim in Houston
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:53pmMisread it. Not Wisconsin. Sorry.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:53pmIt was Wisconsin, so maybe his union should have helped him. Oh, that’s right, they only help their officials, silly me.
Report Post »theaggressiveprogressivequeer
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:12pmCross is and Architect, very few are members of unions.
Report Post »DREDGE
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:49pmHey, at least he didn’t hurt the kid!!!
Report Post »The norm today is to chop off their heads!
There will be no sympathy or help for a white man in dire straits, evident in the other comments.
He should of just started robbing “minorities” of their gold and fat wallets.
Zcat
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:03pmThat’s so true! He probably did the child a favor! Who the hell abondons there child and leaves a note but, youre right at least he didn’t kill him! So sad!
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:41pmHow can we help this child? If we all sent him $5-10 bucks he wouldn’t have a problem. Gifts are tax free. This would be thousands of gifts. Maybe pay for college. Hey Glenn.. You’re the expert on helping others. Help us set up a trust fund and let dad continue to rot in the street. I have a former co- worker who’s father passed away and the mother one morning was gone and left all of her children to fend for themselves. My friend is in her 70′s now and recently found out her mother started a new family elsewhere but never acknowledged she had another family previously. In fact until her death her mother never admitted it. Her half sisters have their own salsa company and still are in denial.. Kinda sad.
Report Post »lonewolf57
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:49pmme too.The Blaze has my e-mail address
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:55pmDo it Blaze…I’ll donate to the kid.
Report Post »CPeters
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:00pmThe dad couldn’t afford to make the payments on his house. He had nowhere to go. I respect the man for not bringing his child to live on the streets. If you read the fathers note, you will understand how much he loved his son. This was obviously a hard decision to make on his part, so be respectful. And I would be interested in helping this kid out with donations.
Report Post »politicaljules
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:18pmme too. i have a nine year old with a playstation who would love to be his friend, pen pal or whatever.
I never thought about adoption before, but I have room, and my son would love a brother if he needs a forever family that will not leave him. ever.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:26pmMaybe if the father had been helped to begin with he would have abandoned him.. I am gonna withhold judgement until I hear all the facts.. I realize that abandoning a child is a horrendous thing..but I guarantee they have done it many times throughout history.. when times get tough some parents just don’t know what to do.. maybe this father thought someone else could care for him as he couldn’t.. Maybe he didn’t want to watch his son live in the streets?? If this is the case.. isn’t that love.. to think maybe someone else would give him what he couldn’t?? But this stuff did happen in the thirties, and even back when the orphan trains were rolling across the country! And I think we are gonna see a whole lot more of it in the near future. People do bad things in bad economic times!!
Report Post »lonewolf57
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:18pmLonewof57l
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 6:01pmCPETERS-
my sediments exactly. I would donate also.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on August 28, 2011 at 12:27pmLet us not forget all of the thieving, lying Wall Street and DC types that caused this mess with their forcing banks to lend money to people for houses that they could not afford. Then, fiendishly bundling them into mortgage securities and selling them by the trillions to unsuspecting countries to eat. Don’t forget those guys and girls while you are pointing your finger at this guy.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:47amMaybe this “degenerate” is a genius. Maybe he said to his son; “Son, We will split the money that will role in from the donations to help you, Muhahaha…”
Just sayin’
Report Post »slvrserfr
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:33pmI wonder if he wrote on one of the notes, “Don’t worry son, I‘ll still claim you as a dependent on my tax return to make sure I get a tax credit despite abandoning you in a home I couldn’t afford to begin with!”
Report Post »libertylover55
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:32pmSounds to me like he might be thinking of committing suicide, Depression can do that to you. I certainly hope not.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:49am@slvrserfr
Report Post »Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:33pm
I wonder if he wrote on one of the notes, “Don’t worry son, I‘ll still claim you as a dependent on my tax return to make sure I get a tax credit despite abandoning you in a home I couldn’t afford to begin with!”
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The guy’s an ARCHITECT according to the story, He probably designed the home himself, built special for his son to be raised in! Until the building downturn with this Fanny/Freddie fiasco building in our part of the country was Off the Roof, then nearly overnight, poooooooof! we can‘t even afford to finish what we’ve already started! Probably no unemployment unless he worked for someone else. but as the economy goes sour businesses always get “Lean & Mean” to tough it out! This guy may not look like he’s missed many meals, but when was the picture taken? And you have to have an income to pay taxes!
lonewolf57
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:32pmOh my,what a common man he is now a days.A white American male,,jobless,struggling to pay bills,all the time knowing that ‘foreigners/immigrants’ have taken your heritage and used it to their advantage.All this at a fast pace!
Report Post »Steven Cross..wherever YOU are,know this.THERE ARE WHINERS AND THEN THERE ARE MOVERS/SHAKERS and then there are the street sweepers.The USA affords US the greatest opportunities in the WORLD.Be what you want to be.
Nobody ever said it was gonna be -easy-.If your parents told you so,they lied to you.
We are all struggling.sometimes.ASK and you shall recieve,my freind.Your NOT ALONE.
Xpat48
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:24pmSad
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:22pmWhat a very sad story. Times are tough, people get desparate, but this is extreme. It sounds like the dad was too proud to ask for help. He’s probably dead now anyway, I wouldn’t be suprised if they find his body somewhere. I hope and pray the boy will be well taken care of somewhere else.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:17pmThe real loss in this story is for the boy — to find out his mother was alive when he had been told all along she was dead, AND to have been abandoned by his father during the night as well…he has a hard future for himself emotionally. God please be with him and help him through the nightmare of a time he will have for now, and may his life be filled with joy and riches as well.
For the father, I hope he is found alive and placed in custody to await his day before the courts. I do not see the courts being very leinent with him in this case.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:24pm-Living beyond your means.-
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:15pmI pray for the father of this boy to find The Peace of God., and return to his child. What is most sad is that we will see more of these stories. My parents and grandparent told me stories of what they witnessed themselves. Does anyone one not believe we are in a great depression? Prepare>
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:15pmThis is the result of a very sick and dependent society. When life gets rough, people don’t know how to fend for themselves. Instead, they go off the deep end and make irrational decisions. His young son must be devastated. I pray that he’s with a family who loves him.
Report Post »bhelmet
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:06pmReminds me of the “Sea Biscuit” jockey’s story (if true). Parents giving children away to give them a better life. I know things will get tough, but that is ONE situation I KNOW I can prepare my daughter for and prepare her for life better than another family or school. I have ZERO empathy with this story – I will keep my child by my side – unless she requests otherwise.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:03pmThis same thing is happening all over America, folks loosing their jobs, homes,savings. You can follow this all the way back to Fannie and Freddie and Schomer, Dodd, Frank, Pelosi and Reid demanding the banks lend to unqualified people, it started a landslide of misery and it’s still going..
Report Post »Yes Bush spent like a drunk sailor but the troubles destroying America are totally done by the left..
Micmac
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:19pm@ Olddog
Always like your posts.
If you really want to see what has caused all of this study the history of Fanny & Freddy for how their requirements, increased by every administration, Dem and Rep, for rapping secondary loans that required more and more low-income loans (increased to around 56% now?), and Bush’s choice of Chris Cox, and Cox’s lack of economic experience and laissez faire attitude towards properly policing Wall Street oversight, and it was a perfect storm. The thing that pizzes me off is that the original problem, 4 years later, has received ZERO attention, and I still see these loans advertised in the papers and on the net.
This weak-minded, pathetic, lazy IDIOT who left his kid…. what needs to be said…he said it all through his actions. Must be a Progressive, didn’t think he needed to work.
NoBama 2012
Report Post »Myth
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 12:03pmPraying for this man and his son.
Report Post »(And Blaze, thank you for NOT printing the boys name as another thoughtless news outlet did.)
kindling
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:54amHow depressing this is. I feel very sorry for both the father and son. There is only so much a person can take and I am grateful he was not the kind of father that would do worse to his son…..and yes that act is out of love. We are going to be seeing more and more of this as the wealth gets distributed throughout the world away from those that created that wealth. If anyone out there says to themselves “I would never do such a thing” lets all hope you are never in this man’s position so we all can see just what you would do. I pray he meets someone that will give him hope again…..though there is little in California.
Report Post »tckid17
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:49amWhooz your Daddy?
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:45amPlease explain why men go off the deep end when things get tough? Do they have so much pride not to ask help from family or even shelters in the area. I could understand this man traveling to a new area to try and find work and wanting to leave his son in a stable area; it is much easier to travel by yourself and without kids. However, I don’t understand leaving him alone in the dead of night to fend for himself with a note to go to the neighbors; this is unacceptable. This is child abandonment and he probably lost custody of his own child. Now this kid has no mother and father in his life. What a selfish man.
With so many people unemployed, this situation is going to happen more and more. Heck it might even happen to me. I have been unemployed since 31 March 2010, collected unemployment for 8 months and stopped as I worked for a few months from April 2011 to July 2011 and only work part-time now as a college instructor. Luckily, I have some savings to fall back on, but many others do not. My issue is outlasting the Obama policies before I go completely broke. My son-in-law is also unemployed again for the second time in Georgia; and what is our wonderful (sarcasmn) President doing… vacationing. This man seems to leave the area when hard decisions need to be made. I am waiting with baited breath what his “jobs policy” will be… NOT!
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:56amOr zanny the nanny.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 7:00pmCofemale- Please do not be too harsh towards this man. He has lost everything & is (severely) depressed. He did the best he could. Judging by the content of the letters & phone call he has lost all hope. It is not a matter of pride or selfishness… it is a mater of seeing no light at the end of the tunnel. We are all in trouble. We may find ourselves walking in this man’s shoes sooner than we know. God bless you.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:44amif your a white man and in dire straights because of this obama economy and the progressive agenda coming home to roost…..your screwed…only the lazy and irresponsible will be cared for…welfare mamas..thug ganstas and white trash need apply..progressives hate white men…unless they are progressive white slaves of couurse…ala.chris matthews,and all who cheer lead for this insanity..
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:42amIs’nt that special……… sounds to me like daddy dearest might be going over the edge……. at least he did not harm the child,
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:28amWell……we know who to blame…..blame obama. He is the one ruining the hopes and dreams of people all over this nation.
Report Post »YellowFin
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:24amThis is the actions of a man defeated. A ruined life, and it has caught up to him. He sounds suicidal.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:38amNaw, he’s just a dumb-arse who is shirking his responsibilities. He’s probably a Liberal (headed to California) and knew his neighbor was probably a Conservative… which is why the kid is still alive.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 11:21am.
Report Post »I kinda know how that guy feels………..