Earlier this week, 5 children ages 7 and younger died in a house fire in the Lincoln-Larimer section of the city. The two oldest children, both only 8 years old, made it out. The 2 mothers of the children claim that there was a babysitter there with the kids at the time. They were drinking at a nearby bar at the time when someone was playing with matches which caused the home to go up in smoke. However, people in the neighbor where the babysitter was supposed to live at said that they have never heard of the babysitter before. The mothers won’t be questioned further until after the funerals of the children. They will have some tough questions to answer. How come all of the deceased children were in one room locked from the outside? Was there really a babysitter? If there was, why did she leave? If not, why did you leave the children alone? Who was playing with matches? Was it one of the younger ones or was it the two that got out? And who locked the door? Was this fire accidental or was it intentional?
I think I may have the answers to most of these questions. There was no babysitter. The mothers left the two oldest children in charge and told them they will “be right back”. If the fire was accidental, it was most likely the two oldest kids playing with matches while the younger ones were locked in the room. The older kids may have locked them in. The older kids then panicked once the fire started and got out of the house, leaving the younger ones behind. If it was intentional, then the mothers did it, but I can’t figure out why? The mothers most likely made up the babysitters to save themselves from going to jail. If there wasn’t a babysitter, the mothers will end up in jail and the remaining children will be placed in foster care if not adopted. If there was a babysitter, which I doubt, then the babysitter is screwed.
Here are some notable things to point out in this case. The mother of one of the 8 year olds and the three youngest children that died is only 25. She had 4 children by the age of 25. The other mother must not have been too much older herself. Are they even capable of being good parents? And where are the children’s fathers in all of this? And we question why our kids are a mess right now. The parents are not raising their kids the way they should, if at all. The “men” are just dropping seed all over the place and the “women” continue to spread their legs. Neither is doing anything positive with their lives. The cycle needs to end.
Bob Barker taped his final episode of “The Price is Right” last week and it was aired on Friday. He finally hangs it up after 35 years of “The Price is Right” and 50 years on television. He will go down as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, game show host of all time. It’s just a shame that I couldn’t see him in person before he retired. In an age where game shows were dying out, he kept the show going. The show didn’t keep going by itself; it was Barker who kept the show going. This week, we remember his accomplishments in the first ever Tune of the Week. In the Tune of the Week, I will post a random audio file or something motivational or whatever I feel like.
Tune of the Week: http://rob.underwood2005.googlepages.com/TPIR.mp3
Quote of the Week:
“Help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered.” –Bob Barker
Note: This advice should be given to some people as well. Maybe that will stop some of these people from having all these kids and not be able to take care of them.
Bob Barker, you will truly be missed. Goodbye and good luck.
