Rant Again

<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13988087/">2 girls found starving; have well-fed siblings</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two emaciated girls who told police they ate only when their father wasn’t traveling on business were hospitalized after police found them in an advanced state of starvation.<br />n<br />n“It’s the worst case of malnutrition I’ve ever seen,” said police Lt. E.J. Bastian. The 6- and 7-year-old girls were found Friday in a home’s basement, were they were kept.<br />n<br />nThe girls’ stepmother, whose biological children were found healthy and well-fed upstairs, was taken in for questioning. Their father, traveling on business, was to be questioned when he returned, police said.</blockquote><br />n<br />n<img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' />No wonder step mothers get such a bad reputation when assholes such as this gal live in the world. Starving the kids when dad is not home. Is Dad totally blind? He has had no indication something like this is going on? Maybe but I kind of ******* doubt it. <br />n<br />nI just don't understand how people can hurt children like this. It just somehow seems backwards. As adults we are supposed to protect children and I cannot for the life of me figure out how people can hurt them like this. How do they get so screwed up? <br />n<br />nYou see my opinion, fix the problem permanently.<br />n<br />n<strong>Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home. Matt Blunt</strong>