No this is not a joke.
"Last week, the husband and his friends moved his belongings to one side of the house -- and sawed and chiseled it off...".
The Husband Cut the House in Two. CNN Asia
This is clearly The War of the Roses taken to a new level!
- BUT NOT FOR LONG!
Citizen Cope may be the best kept secret in music today, however we don't expect this secret to last for long. Citizen Cope is by far the most original music out in the music scene, which is driving strongly devoted fans to his sold out concerts. Radio stations seem to scratch their heads in confusion because they just don't know how to classify Citizen Cope's music. But the fans do!
While radio station managers continue being confused and miss out on all the fun; Citizen Cope has aggressively toured the U.S. bringing new fans in by the droves. Not just "music fans"! But "Cope fans" dedicated to this amazing music with an intensity that tells you Citizen Cope will very soon no longer be a cool secret among original music lovers.
Last year I spoke with several Citizen Cope fans at a concert and they seemed conflicted in a way that shows their true devotion. Citizen Cope is their musical secret which they dread mainstream music executives eventual attempts at diluting such original music. On the other hand, they have a sense of appreciation for the hard work and amazing talent that Citizen Cope places not only in the music but also for genuine appreciation of the fans - SO they want Cope to break out big!
Citizen Cope's prior record labels seemed almost clueless at promoting his music/albums. Radio station managers and record labels execs may be confused as if they sniffed too much glue as a child, but one thing is for sure Citizen Cope's fans are not in any way confused about the this incredible talent.
Experiencing a Citizen Cope concert is like no other! If it is your first time you will find yourself looking around at the crowd amazed by the number of fans singing WORD FOR WORD on every single song. You will be literally stunned as Citizen Cope, also known as Clarence Greenwood, weaves different genres of music together in a way that is both pleasing and hard to believe that it can actually be pulled off. Is it Rock, Rap, Jazz, Blues, Folk or Reggae that you are hearing?
Nope! It's just music's best kept secret - Citizen Cope!
The ultimate in music pleasure is hearing Citizen Cope and Alice Smith sing together on stage at a concert. Who is Alice Smith? Now come on - we can't give away all of our musical secrets! OK we will share one more.
Citizen Cope just launched a new website and is currently on tour doing an acoustic solo performance throughout the U.S. Citizen Cope has a brand new acoustic album that will coming out in December just in time for the holidays.
Be sure to check out Citizen Cope's other albums until then:
Citizen Cope 2002
The Clarence Greenwood Recordings 2004
Every Waking Moment 2006
Anyone know how to get his first demo tape, released in the late 1990's under the name of "Cope Citizen"?
Be sure to also check out these two youtube videos of Citizen Cope:
Back Together and Let the Drummer Kick
If you are a MySpace fan you might want to also join the 100,000 fans of Citizen Cope.
Angelo Lobo was recently on the radio show Liberal Arts with Mark Sutton discussing his documentary film Support? System Down. Following is the radio interview:
Watch the four trailers to this incredible film documenting the family court system in America.
Members of Fathers4Justice in Ohio visit their statehouse requesting an investigation into family court corruption and gender bias. This is something that needs to occur nationwide!
"To discriminate further against Ms. Kulstad because of her sexual preference in this day and age is no different than telling a person to go to the back of the bus because of her skin color," Judge Ed McLean wrote.
Why are fathers still being told to get in the back of the bus when it comes to child custody determinations? According to Dr. Stephen Baskerville, Ph.D., author of Taken Into Custody, roughly 80% of sole custody awards are given to mothers nationwide. When will the gender bias in America's family courts end?
More on this story can be found at Jeanne M. Hannah's excellent blog titled, "Updates in Michigan Family Law"
More on Joint custody awarded to same-sex partner
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Be sure to review "Shared Parenting: Facts and Fiction" by Dr. Linda Nielsen - Professor of Women's Studies Wake Forest University.
Tell others about the documentary on America's family court systems, "Support? System Down" is making waves all across the U.S.
Thanks for reading DaddyBlogger.com
Angela
Dr. Stephen Baskerville, Ph.D., author of Taken Into Custody, was in Okemos Michigan recently and spoke at the Battle of Ideas which is produced by John Mangopoulos. John produces an incredible show!
In the video below Murray B. Davis, President of the National Family Justice Association, asks a question to Dr. Stephen Baskerville about the 2008 Presidential Election and the potential effects on families. Keep this in mind about Barack Obama, which is not mentioned in the video below. Barack Obama is the main sponsor for the Responsible Fatherhood Act and the contents of this bill makes it clear that Barack Obama is not good for fathers in America. In this bill he mentions child support 65 times, but NOT ONCE does he mention parenting time, custody, visitation, or access denial. There is much more to being a father than just paying your child support! All this bill does is further stereotype all fathers as deadbeats. Phyllis Schlafly discusses this. Honestly, I am not thrilled over either one of our choices this year for President.
If you have not purchased a copy of Taken Into Custody, please do so now and you will have something eye-opening to read. This is one of the best researched books I have read in a long time and includes over 47 pages of research reference notes. Here is the Amazon.com description of Taken Into Custody:
Why is the American family in crisis? Taken Into Custody argues that the most direct cause is the divorce industry: a government-run system that tears apart families, separates children from fit and loving parents, confiscates the wealth of families, and turns law-abiding citizens into criminals in ways they are powerless to avoid.
Taken Into Custody explores:
Why the "deadbeat dad" is not only a myth but a hoax, the creation of government officials and lawyers who plunder parents whose children they have taken away.
How hysterical propaganda about domestic violence is destroying families, endangering children, and making criminals of innocent parents.
The real causes of child abuse and how the abuse industry willfully ignores them
What drives the rash of "parental kidnappings".
How family courts operate as if there is no Bill of Rights, denying parents their constitutional legal protections
Taken Into Custody exposes the greatest and most destructive civil rights abuse in America today. Family courts and Soviet-style bureaucracies trample basic civil liberties, entering homes uninvited and taking away people's children at will, then throwing the parents into jail without any form of due process, much less a trial. No parent, no child, no family in America is safe.
Every blog post, guest opinion and letter to the editor written by parental advocates bring the same request: "HELP ME." The request that should be asked is: "I want to become involved in this fight. My family and my children and I have been wronged by Michigan's family law court system. I want this abuse to stop, and I want to help."
EVERYONE is either personally affected by this judicial abuse, or has a relative, friend, neighbor, or co-worker who is. If you do not, you are in a very small minority.
What can you do to become involved in this struggle?
Become ACTIVE and INVOLVED. How?
FIRST- TELL TWO PEOPLE, EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU, YOUR CHILDREN, AND YOUR FAMILY. Tell this to your family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers.
SECOND-WRITE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. Start with your state representative, state senator, and the governor. Do NOT just email or call them. WRITE them an actual letter, and KEEP WRITING them, even after you have received any reply. You can then move on to your county commissioner. Do NOT give up after one or two letters. Be PERSISTANT, and DEMAND answers as to why the abuses continue.
THIRD-WRITE YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER, TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS. Tell them the abuses inflicted upon your family, your children, and yourself by our family law court system. Ask them to investigate and report the abuse. Again, BE PERSISTANT!!
FOURTH-WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR of your local newspaper. Make public the abuses inflicted upon your family and yourself. Once you have a letter printed, use it as a building block, and continue writing them.
WHAT SHOULD YOU TELL AND WRITE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ABOUT?
1. Michigan's family law court system is inflicting child abuse daily by removing a loving, fit, able, and willing parent from the lives of his or her children.
2. Under the financial rewards and incentives of Social Security Title IV-D, every state receives MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to strip parents from the life of their children. These taxpayer dollars come from the pockets of EVERY taxpayer in the U.S.
3. Your local Friend of the Court is the first step in the cycle of abuse. A FOC Conciliator will recommend which parent is to be custodial, and which will be non-custodial. The facts of the individual case do not matter, and the FOC will choose what, if anything, they truly investigate.
4. False allegations of domestic violence are commonly used by one party to try to gain an advantage in a custody situation. The system encourages this, and often rewards a custodial parent for making such fradulent claims, without any proof or evidence.
5. PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME is real. It is NOT a fable. Children ARE being alienated and torn from a parent by the other, to reap the rewards of child custody, child support, desiring to harm the other parent regardless of the consequences to their child(ren), and an insane need to completely control their child's life, regardless of the other parent's necessary and essential input.
These are just some of the issues you can speak with others and write about. Educate yourself on these topics if you are not already fully informed on them. The truth and the facts are publicly available.
Do NOT continue to sit there, cry, and complain. Do NOT just try to get some relief from your personal case and then stop your activities-the system will continue, and any relief will be short-lived.
Only with CONSISTANT and PERSISTANT action and involvement will the abuses ever be corrected.
YOU must choose-will you continue to sit idly by, and continue to be part of the problem, or will you become an active and involved paticipant in this fight, and strive to be a part of the solution?
The suggestions I listed above are just a part of what you can do and should be doing. I have done all of these, and much beyond.
IF I CAN DO ALL OF THE ABOVE, SO CAN YOU.
A Father Of Two.
My wife and I hired Dean Tong, a forensic trial consultant, for our child custody case. I can tell you that his advice to date has been brilliant. Dean Tong's bestselling book Ellusive Innocence is well known and has helped countless people.
In 2009 Dean Tong's new book will be out and I expect that it will be excellent. The new book is titled Children of the Lie: Survival Guide for the Falsely Accused. Find out more information on Children of the Lie.
We will keep the readers of DaddyBlogger.com informed on the upcoming release date.
Following is a brief bio on Dean Tong taken from the publisher's website:
Dean Tong, MSc. is an international forensic trial consultant in divorce, child custody, child abuse, domestic violence, child abduction, and child suggestibility cases, with a specialty in unfounded and false abuse cases and parental alienation. Mr. Tong is a highly sought-after speaker and commentator, appearing on the CBS Evening News, CBS’s 48 Hours, ABC’s Primetime Live, CNN’s Talkback Live, MSNBC Live, Dr. Phil, Court TV, Montel Williams, and many other programs.
Mr. Tong holds a master’s degree in Child Forensic Studies in Psychology and the Law from the Universities of Portsmouth and Leeds in the United Kingdom and a B.S. degree in Biology and Pre-Medicine from Northeastern University in Boston. In addition to his legal-consulting career and forensic qualifications, he is a licensed laboratory medical technologist in chemistry, hematology, serology and microbiology, with more than twenty years of experience in clinical lab settings testing blood and body fluids. He is a member of the advisory board member of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children, the largest father's group in America; he serves on the board of directors of the National Fathers Resource Center and is a member of the American Society of Trial Consultants and the Academy of Behavior Profiling.
Dave Taylor of Oakland County Speaks of the corruption at the Friend of the Court. He let us know that the Friend of the Court has championed new laws in Michigan that will help create a greater intrusion into the family and larger money stream for them. Learn about Title IV-D incentives Learn about the benefits of shared parenting.
If you think child custody determinations are fair in Michigan you MUST watch this video with Carol Rhodes speaking on the Michigan Friend of the Court.
With recent events forcing several of my friends, all fathers and fellow advocates for parental rights, back to court to again attempt to right the wrongs dealt to us by Michigan's family law court system, I am reminded of the last time I was forced there.....
A little over two years ago, my oldest daughter had to repeat Kindergarten. I managed to change my hours at my employer, and filed a motion to increase my time with my daughters.
The initial hearing was in front of the Court Referee, where I was blamed for my daughter failing Kindergarten, because I was "not involved enough".
Try being involved enough while only seeing your children every-other weekend and four hours one day a week.
A Michigan family law court referee actually admonished a loving, caring, fit, and able father for a child failing a grade BECAUSE OF THEIR COURT ORDER limiting my time with my children.
The referee did not grant my motion, so I objected, and got in front of the judge, a COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER.
Yes, I did manage to have the motion granted, despite the furious protests from my ex-wife and her attorney.
Still, I ask, WHY is this necessary?
The Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution PREVENTS and PROHIBITS any state from doing this to any American citizen.
Still, here they are, and they are still doing it. They will do it again TODAY. They will do it again TOMORROW. They will do it again THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, and THE DAY AFTER THAT.
Still, American media continues to cry out against "deadbeat dads", and "angry fathers". They continue to ignore the pleas of thousands of parents, showing our judiciary and bureaucrats the truth and the facts of Michigan's family law court system.
And, again, tomorrow, it will be BACK TO COURT again for another loving, caring, fit and able father, to attempt to right another wrong inflicted upon a family by our family law court system.
Again, people ask WHY?
The bureaucrats and judges just stare back, and dream of all the millions of dollars of federal incentives they will continue to claim under Title IV-D. Our constitutional and fundamental rights? They don't matter!
The Friend of the Court Conciliators will again, TOMORROW, declare more parents as "non-custodial" so they can start the funds rolling in from THAT case too, and it goes on, and on, and on.....
And again, TOMORROW, another father will have to pay out hundreds of dollars for motions, attorneys, court costs, and be admonished by a referee or a judge for not being involved enough.....
And, TODAY, Michigan's bureaucrats still choose to ignore and stall legislation that will again spell out the rights that we parents SHOULD be allowed to enjoy.
The Equal Parenting Bill, House Bill 4564, and House Joint Resolution NN, the "Parental Rights" Constitutional Amendment both sit in limbo......
Our bureaucrats have NO intention of passing these issues.
But, they will happily blame any non-custodial parent for "not being involved enough" with their children.
A Father Of Two.
The Barnum & Bailey-Ringling Bothers Circus was at Grand Rapids' VanAndel Arena from Thursday, September 18 to Sunday, September 21.
My daughters and I did not go. I could not afford to take them, even with a discount offer on tickets I received in August.
I did manage to scrimp and save enough to take them to a performance last year, but could not this time. Everything else costs more now, and we have not received a cost of living allowance.
I do wonder if Michigan Friend of the Court employees, judicial employees and judges took the time to take their own children to a performance. Nah-they were probably too busy tearing other kids away from their fit and able parents, and gloating over the millions of federal dollars they get via the Title IV-D incentives for doing so.
It is such a travesty and a waste-a system that no one asked for(except those who profit from it), no one wants (except the members of the system), and one that commits this level of abuse, and not only gets away with it, they get REWARDED for it!!
If EQUAL PARENTING were the norm, as it should be, many more parents would have the cash available to take their kids to such an event as a circus. Fit, willing, and able parents would be taking care and providing for their own children when their kids are home with them, instead of providing the same standard of living for all of these attorneys, custody evaluators, psychiatrists, social workers, and others.
I do believe some of them took their children to the circus, and WE paid the bill!! After all, Michigan state employees got THEIR cost of living increases, at OUR expense.
Michigan's family law court system-its actions are in its own best interests, NOT in those of children of a divorced or otherwise broken home. Yet, they are still here, still decimating our families, and raking in millions of taxpayer dollars that we could use to make a house payment, put food on the table, or take our children to a special event, like a circus.
Hey, other divorced, non-custodial fathers-did you take your kids to a circus this year? Could not afford to? Thank the Michigan legislature for NOT passing EQUAL PARENTING, House Bill 4564.
Thank our family law judges and all the lawyers too. You keep their standard of living intact, so they can take their kids to special events, and can bond closer with them. YOUR children will just have to do without, and the system does not care if you bond with them or not.
A FATHER OF TWO.
Fathers4Justice Duo climb boom crane in front of 100,000 Ohio State and Minnisota football fans. Hanging is a 40 foot banner that was hauled up the crane in the middle of the night without incedent.
The mobile police headquarters was unknowing set up under the crane while the superheros hid on a platform to wait until the crowd below grew from large to huge.
A MUST BUY book by Alec Baldwin about his experience with family courts, divorce, Parental Alienation, and fatherhood. Alec Baldwin's A Promise to Ourselves is getting rave reviews and is further exposing the truth of what happens in today's family court systems.
Please buy this book through Amazon.com now or your local favorite bookstore. Be sure to give Alec Baldwin's A Promise to Ourselves to someone else when you are finished reading it so that even more can hear the truth. Alec Baldwin's A Promise to Ourselves is now a part of my recommended "Must Read" books, along with Dr. Stephen Baskerville's Taken Into Custody. Both books are money well spent. Be sure to educate yourself on Title IV-D to truly understand the problem which ALL tax-payers are funding. Also, be sure to review the research in support of shared parenting.
Please take the time to thank Alec Baldwin for sharing his personal story in A Promise to Ourselves for the sake of change; to protect our children from the family law industry. Visit Alec Baldwin's website and leave your message in his guestbook.
“I have been through some of the worst of contentious divorce litigation,” Alec Baldwin declares in A Promise to Ourselves. Using a very personal approach, he offers practical guidance to help others avoid the anguish he has endured.
An Academy and Tony Award nominee and a 2007 recipient of Golden Globe, SAG, and Television Critics Association Awards for best actor in a comedy, Alec Baldwin is one of the best-known, most successful actors in the world. His relationship with Kim Basinger, the Academy Award–winning actress, lasted nearly a decade. They have a daughter named Ireland, and for a time, theirs seemed to be the model of a successful Hollywood marriage. But in 2000 they separated and in 2002 divorced. Their split---specifically the custody battle surrounding Ireland---would be the subject of media attention for years to come.
In his own life and others’, Baldwin has seen the heavy toll that divorce can take---psychologically, emotionally, and financially. He has been extensively involved in divorce litigation, and he has witnessed the way that noncustodial parents, especially fathers, are often forced to abandon hopes of equitable rights when it comes to their children. He makes a powerful case for reexamining and changing the way divorce and child custody is decided in this country and levels a scathing attack at what he calls the “family law industry.”
When it comes to his experiences with judges, court-appointed therapists, and lawyers, Baldwin pulls no punches. He casts a light on his own divorce and the way the current family law system affected him, his ex-wife, and his daughter, as well as many other families. This is an important, informative, and deeply felt book on a contentious subject that offers hope of finding a better way.
Purchase Alec Bladwin's A Promise to Ourselves now at Amazon.com.
PLEASE ATTEND
Preserve and Protect Our Parent-Child Relationships
Equal Parents Week Rally
Tuesday September 23rd, 2008
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
East Side Capitol Lansing, Michigan
Contact: Darrick Lynn Scott-Farnsworth (269) 209-7144 darricksf@achildsright.net
Dads and Moms of Michigan, the Family Rights Coalition, A Child’s Right, Children Need Both Parents, Fathers for Equal Rights, Fathers-4-Justice and Children’s Rights Council invite you to join us in defense of the traditional American family at this historic rally at our State Capitol during Equal Parents Week.
Over 40% of Michigan’s population is being micro-managed by the family court system with disastrous consequences to our children, families and the state economy. Help transform Michigan from a wasteland of broken families into a promised land of healthy families and community renewal.
House Bill 4564, a bill to ensure equal parental responsibility, will result in a presumption of joint custody for fit parents and equal access for children to both their mother and father. Another hearing on this bill is expected this fall if enough public desire is expressed. 2008-House Joint Resolution NN Fundamental Parental Rights constitutional amendment has been supported by 80 representatives but has not had a hearing. It too will be supported and discussed at the rally and needs your attention. Your attendance at this rally will send a strong message in support of HB 4564 and HJR-NN will serve as a demonstration of our will to be equal and have parental rights to our children.
The Equal Parents Week Rally has been organized to bring to the attention of our legislature, our executive branch, our judiciary and the general public that Equal Parental rights are a civil rights issue whose time has come. America’s success was built on strong family bonds and the recognition that both a mother and a father are essential to raising healthy, moral and well adjusted children.
Rally speakers will include nationally-known family advocates, legislators, VIPs, community leaders and parents.
• Contact your legislator to show your support for HB4564 and HJR-NN.
Primary signs and literature will be provided by the rally organizers.
• Print a map, car pool and plan to arrive before 11:00 am for assembly or 10:00 am for setup if you are bring.
• Bring change for meter parking or consult the maps for the location of a public parking structure.
• Dress for the weather with walking shoes and bring a water bottle.
• Bring personal signs, pictures, and regalia.
Need people to use the Lansing area white and yellow pages and invite people to show up. Also let us know if you know any band who would like to perform some tunes for free. Need you to print out or have printed some parental rights and equal parenting handouts to give out. Does anyone have tables they want to setup for material?
Time Slot Speaker
11 AM State Rep Jones
11:15 State Rep Dean
11:25 State Rep De Roche
11:40 State Rep Kim Meltzer
11:50 State Rep Stahl
12:00 PM State Rep Hoogendyk
12:10 State Rep Candidate David Irons
12:20 Chrissy Chrzanowski Split-n-Two
12:40 Drew Thompson of Dads and Moms of MI
12:50 State Rep Polidori
1:00 David Taylor Oakland County FOCAC
1:15 State Rep Candidate Scott Hudson
1:30 Ingham County Comm Candidate Kerr
1:45 Get Off the Bench Lary Holland
The Fourteenth Amendment is actually quite lengthy, comprising several sections, and addressing separate topics.
However, the second sentence in Section 1 is of relevance to this post: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws".
Please read that sentence again.
The Fourteenth Amendment was drafted and ratified a long time ago, and was done for very specific reasons.
Michigan's family law judges obviously cannot read.
Michigan's Friend of the Court conciliators and custody evaluators obviously cannot read, either.
Maybe all of these judicial bureaucrats, elected and otherwise, have forgotten the Oath of Office that they all swore to uphold. At least, all of them were SUPPOSED to sign and swear to an oath supporting the Constitution of The United States, and that of the state in which they are taking office or appointment.
Why, then, are the 14th Amendment rights of EVERY parent and EVERY child in nearly EVERY child custody hearing in Michigan violated and ignored?
Even the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Troxel vs. Granville (2000), has upheld the liberty interests of parents. Justice O'Connor stated, in The Court's opinion, "the liberty interest at issue...the interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental interests recognized by this Court", and "it cannot now be doubted that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects the fundamental right of parents to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children."
Family law judges have sworn to uphold the Constitution of this country.
THEY HAVE FAILED.
Citizens of The United States of America, are you going to allow this to continue, or are YOU going to take action, NOW?
A Father Of Two.
A must attend event in Okemos, Michigan on October 4 2008 10-11:45am. Dr. Stephen Baskerville, PhD., author of Taken Into Custody, will be at the Okemos Holiday Inn Express to discuss family courts in America.
There will be a lengthy Q and A session and also a book signing. Dr. Stephen Baskerville's book, Taken Into Custody, is a MUST READ and a very shocking review of child custody determinations and the family court system.
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