Comments on: A Rant about Operation Amber Alerts - Now on the Internet

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:13:28 +0000

want to reduce the false Amber Alerts? America needs to uncover the cause. Which, is the regulation of parental right imposed on us that violate our right of being a parent and involved in our children’s life. We need to hold the family court accountable for protecting the parental rights and our children.

By: John

John — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:59:41 +0000

Well how about this:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/09/cancer.battle.ap/index.html
It is a fine example of how the Alert can be used by the state to take children
away from their loving non-violent parents.
It is a sad day in America when freedom is violated so.

By: Del

Del — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:34:04 +0000

I believe if you’re going to gripe about it, why not spend a bit of time and research it. Provide some numbers, not just an opinion. I would think you could go to their site, find out how many times the alert has been mis-used and post some real data. If you aren’t willing to put at least that much time into it, then unsubscribe from the alert. Your complaints, without any real data, could actually hurt a system that is needed.

By: akpatok

akpatok — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:30:47 +0000

So what does any of this have with “Spam, spyware, spoofing, security breaches, and other Internet nasties” to do?

It’s a shame that an otherwise relevant blog is 30-60% tangential and outright off-topic posts.

By: Max Rabinowitz

Max Rabinowitz — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:57:49 +0000

There should be more than just Amber alerts for missing children. How about RED alerts for drunk drivers?

By: martinelli

martinelli — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:45:31 +0000

If out of 9,999 Amber Alerts, 95 were actual abduction cases. Whatever, afterwhile, information overload sets in and people start ignoring the whole thing. The same way advertising gets wholesale ignored because as there is more of it, our minds start to tune it out as a background distraction from getting the normal day-to-day stuff done.

By: someones mom

someones mom — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:25:32 +0000

You complain about that. How about the missing 5 yr old girl in Chicago, kidnapped by a stranger from her school. Chicago Police Department won’t issue an Amber alert due to the fact that they have no information on the kidnapper. That would something to complain about. Please think before you start complaining.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:54:31 +0000

I agree with Aunty. Someone above said that if you save 1 child’s life out of a hundred alerts then it’s all worth it. I doubt seriously any of the other parents, who’s child may have been saved had the resources not been spread so thin, would agree.

By: Alvin Eckert

Alvin Eckert — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:33:38 +0000

Yea!! well I read on news last night where a Father forced a babysitter to give him his 9 month old—then go on a ride with police after him then shot the infant 3 times and shot himself….over visitation rights….according to AP…but that is just 1 case,and is not just “Fathers” either that do these things……sure there are plenty of times that it is just a custody thing and other BS….but then there are times that the CHILD IS IN REAL DANGER from 1 or the other parent……….

By: stoneking

stoneking — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:00:34 +0000

Auntie, do you have something against the parent who has custody?

>>…The vast vast majority of Amber Alerts are about..wait for itâ€¦ custody and visitation. And the children are in no danger whatsoever, at all.
Yep. Another example of a custodial parent working the system to their advantage, and making the non-custodial parent out to be a lowlife goodfornothing..in this case..criminal child abductor.
And another example of some power-grabbing custodial parent deflecting resources away from children and families who really need them just because they can. Just to show the non-custodial parent whoâ€™s boss.

As if they need to be shown that…<<

I was nodding my head in agreement with your basic premise until I got to the part I quoted. Speaking only from my POV (my son is 26 and my ex still owes me $16,000) I wish the courts would have shown the ‘lowlife goodfornothing’ deadbeat who was ‘boss’.

The non-custody parent should take pride in paying their child support and should receive a credit for it on their income tax return.

Let law enforcement choose to make it an Amber Alert or not.

Ranter- I sure hope you keep your comments about your ex to yourself and unshared with your child(ren). You might want to talk to a professional about your feelings of helplessness.