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LostInAnomie

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5. Nye, you've been around here as long as I have.

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Sat Nov 22, 2014, 01:13 AM

Nov 2014

How often do DUers admit they were wrong?

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Prosecutors take back deal after Shanesha Taylor blows $114k in donations. *Rage Inducing* [View all] LostInAnomie Nov 2014 OP

How do you spend 114k in 6 months? Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #1

Here's a good start LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #2

I feel bad for her new public defender. branford Nov 2014 #3

$114k would be a life changing amount of money. LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #6

She's either really dumb or really selfish TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2014 #99

I bet the DUers who defended her are feeling a bit embarrassed now. Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #4

Nye, you've been around here as long as I have. LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #5

If you have such feelings about this place, why do you both stay? Tsiyu Nov 2014 #7

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Not as much as in the two posts above mine Tsiyu Nov 2014 #9

Right... LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #10

All you have is a smilie... Tsiyu Nov 2014 #11

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"Moronic indignance"? Sheldon Cooper Nov 2014 #13

... Tsiyu Nov 2014 #55

The impulse to compassion is not wrong. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #28

I used to worry about what people would do with money I gave them. NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #41

My concern is more about the children than Taylor herself. branford Nov 2014 #73

Undoubtedly true. NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #80

That why I never give a dime to those I don't know yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #43

Thank you. Well said. RedCappedBandit Nov 2014 #58

I agree. TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2014 #100

All I know is I'm sick cwydro Nov 2014 #40

Amen Aerows Nov 2014 #42

and a DU jury allowed that unfounded charge of racism to stand- 6-1 Beaverhausen Nov 2014 #45

You have no problem with a poster Tsiyu Nov 2014 #54

Wow. cwydro Nov 2014 #65

Aww, having trouble staying on course? Tsiyu Nov 2014 #67

Reading comprehension is key. cwydro Nov 2014 #82

Me too. NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #69

Why feel bad for having sympathy for the plight of a poor working mother. I feel sad.. not bad. kelliekat44 Nov 2014 #14

I feel sad for her kids. Quantess Nov 2014 #16

I see it your way. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #29

I do not agree. branford Nov 2014 #74

Well said cwydro Nov 2014 #90

Ah an Ayn Randian advocate. So our problem is being compassionate? Katashi_itto Nov 2014 #17

"Ayn Randian advocate"? Perhaps you are confusing me with another DUer? Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #18

Your the one taking us to task for being compassionate. Katashi_itto Nov 2014 #19

Compassionate =/ Gullible Kurska Nov 2014 #24

Not compassionate = not fully human. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #30

I don't think we're on the same wavelength Kurska Nov 2014 #31

I see what happened here. I red your attempt at ≠ as =. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #34

what a sad idea. how'd u arrive at it? elehhhhna Nov 2014 #79

Yeah, and she fucked up big time by not putting a dime away for her kids. moriah Nov 2014 #25

some liberal bashing in that thread Doctor_J Nov 2014 #71

Why should anyone feel embarrassed for not judging someone before the facts are available to them? sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #84

This is really sad. NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #15

Not everyone is as smart as we on DU... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #26

It is not about being smart exboyfil Nov 2014 #56

I'll bet the sympathy fund is running even lower -- maybe even into deficit territory. What a fool. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #20

From the article: NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #21

Looks like the public defender will be barginning over how many years she will serve Lurks Often Nov 2014 #22

I know if I got $114k magically.... moriah Nov 2014 #23

but then you are smarter than some people... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #27

It's not just IQ. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #32

I never said it was JUST IQ.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #33

Neither did you suggest it was anything else. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #35

So that proves that I wasn't concerned with anything else? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #37

And now it's all about you. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #38

NO apparently its all about YOU!!! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #39

I agree with what you're saying Tsiyu Nov 2014 #64

Right. She's a victim. cwydro Nov 2014 #66

Do you read what other people actually post Tsiyu Nov 2014 #70

In her situation, you'd think getting the 40k to prevent being prosecuted would be top priority. JVS Nov 2014 #46

Agreed. 100%. I could see her blowing the rest.... moriah Nov 2014 #48

I could seriously live debt free if I had that kind of money. Initech Nov 2014 #63

The job she was interviewing for probably paid $20K a year SoCalDem Nov 2014 #91

Thank goodness I didn't have access to $114,000.00 when I was getting clean. Iggo Nov 2014 #36

Exactly so. Lex Nov 2014 #60

why didn't her lawyer help her set-up the bank accounts? Sunlei Nov 2014 #44

She is an adult. LisaL Nov 2014 #47

Why shouldn't the lawyer be able to withdraw. branford Nov 2014 #75

I feel sorry for her. No, I didn't donate cali Nov 2014 #49

No, I don't know what it's like to have a windfall drop in my lap TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2014 #101

I'm just... Oktober Nov 2014 #50

Yea, really. LisaL Nov 2014 #51

I understand how... sendero Nov 2014 #52

+1000 Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #98

I'm going to rub this in some peoples faces. Lancero Nov 2014 #53

Why? Tsiyu Nov 2014 #59

May you take great delight in your gloating. Sheldon Cooper Nov 2014 #61

I bet you're a lot of fun at parties. Iggo Nov 2014 #81

Had a lot of sympathy for her LittleBlue Nov 2014 #57

I'm flabbergasted that people think she would've made wise choices with the money. Lex Nov 2014 #62

Agreed LittleBlue Nov 2014 #68

it's not just the money Skittles Nov 2014 #77

That seems awful judgy. You can be poor and still know to put $40k of it in savings for your kid... moriah Nov 2014 #92

She left her kids in a dangerously hot car and you think I've decided she's a bad decision Lex Nov 2014 #95

Sorry, I thought people on here had decided to ignore the fact she treated her kids worse than.... moriah Nov 2014 #97

I'm sure she'll make all that back once her boyfriends album "drops". n/t hughee99 Nov 2014 #72

News flash tavernier Nov 2014 #103

she sounds like one stellar gal Skittles Nov 2014 #76

What's really sad is that this will make people think twice before helping someone. Initech Nov 2014 #78

Rage inducing? Why? No matter how you try, it is not possible to help everyone. FSogol Nov 2014 #83

"To those...who will use Shanesha Taylor as an excuse..." Iggo Nov 2014 #89

This place gets more like the "Comments" area on Fox every day. flvegan Nov 2014 #85

You are not well informed. LisaL Nov 2014 #86

No, you can't read. flvegan Nov 2014 #88

Other articles indicate she was declared "indigent". moriah Nov 2014 #93

^^^This^^^n/t Gormy Cuss Nov 2014 #96

Why should we be "enraged"? Good karma accrues to those who give, but they are well-advised... Hekate Nov 2014 #87

Even if it was a $10 donation, it was for her KIDS. moriah Nov 2014 #94

either you give without expectation noiretextatique Nov 2014 #102

No it was not hers to waste dsc Nov 2014 #104