They should give him his job back.

Good for him, better for the kid.

Waiting for the "Follow Up" tag with the story: "Man kidnaps and molests child then pretends to heroically 'find' missing child"

To the parents, may I recommend this for your child?

"MENOMINEE, MI"

Do doooo do do do.

See.. laying off people is good for this country.

The teabaggers had it right all along.

Sarah Palin's Conscience

To the parents, may I recommend this for your child?


WTH is an "inclicator"? And what makes it "auclible"?


Besides being depicted in a diagram labeled by someone who doesn't know what a 'd' is.

ThirdGenerationImbecile: Waiting for the "Follow Up" tag with the story: "Man kidnaps and molests child then pretends to heroically 'find' missing child"

*BZZZZZZZZT*

Safe FARK.com exposure exceeded. Please leave the area, apply sunshine.

teylix: See.. laying off people is good for this country.

The teabaggers had it right all along.

What is the sound of the Invisible Hand clapping?

Yeah, cause being laid off and being a part time employee on layoff are the same thing.

Wellon Dowd: teylix: See.. laying off people is good for this country.

The teabaggers had it right all along.

What is the sound of the Invisible Hand clapping?

*doooooooofenshmirrrrrrtz*

The UP representing; good for that kid and good on the ranger!

/holds up left hand and points at thumb

Hope he doesn't get the Richard Jewell treatment. (Unless'n he really did it)

Flab: The boy was returned to his mother, who was looking for him with several other people in the yard of their home near the park.

How friggin' big is that yard that you need several people to find a kid in it?

Since the 'yard' is only as big as physical boundaries containing the kid, and since the 'yard' apparently borders on a state park or is extremely close to it, I'm assuming huge. Sure, the part you own might be small, but kids don't wander off and conveniently stay in that part.

Flab: The boy was returned to his mother, who was looking for him with several other people in the yard of their home near the park.

How friggin' big is that yard that you need several people to find a kid in it?

dirts cheap in them parts

What, the guy's a hero for not letting the child die in the woods?

What does that say about our society when you're a "hero" exhibiting common sense and decency. Then again, this is a society that seems to give a crap about the domestic follies of the fat assed daughter of a dead scumbag lawyer in LA, so yeah, maybe he is a hero, relatively speaking.

William Hearst would have become erect and possibly ejaculated at the subtle, but hugely misleading headline. Initial impression 'Suffering employee still able to do great job finding lost 2 year old despite the tragic set backs in his life'

Actual details 'part-time employee who's work was out of season found a kid so recently wandered from his backyard they were looking for him there, while he was out jogging enjoying the fruits of his unemployment check'

Smells like a setup. He probably knows the family somehow and they're all in on it. He picks up the child, dampens said child with water/urine then slaps the child around a bit to get him in propper form. He then takes him to the Ranger station and recieves kudos. In the coming days well wishers shower him with money and gifts which he then splits with the child's family. Bahhh Humbug!!!

ThirdGenerationImbecile: Waiting for the "Follow Up" tag with the story: "Man kidnaps and molests child then pretends to heroically 'find' missing child"

OMG!! I was thinking the same thing but thought to not post it as we need a GOOD story.
Just goes to show A. We are jaded, B. We are sick minded or D. Have come to see the sickness in others.


//want to just sit here and hug my knees for awhile.

probesport: "MENOMINEE, MI"

Do doooo do do do.

Thanks for the earworm, fool.

/but srsly... love the CAKE version

wait a minute, they aren't charging the parents with a crime?

This is an OUTRAGE! I am OUTRAGED!

probesport: "MENOMINEE, MI"

Do doooo do do do.

Nice.

SenorAmor: Wellon Dowd: teylix: See.. laying off people is good for this country.

The teabaggers had it right all along.

What is the sound of the Invisible Hand clapping?

*doooooooofenshmirrrrrrtz*


Nicer.

doglover: You do know you need a college degree and law enforcement training to be a park ranger, right subby?

My cousin and his wife were both rangers. The needed firearms certification and everything. Harder than being a Statie, and that's the truth.

This 18 year old kid was just staff at a park.

You are decidedly wrong. One has to have what you stated to be a LAW ENFORCEMENT Ranger.
I've been an Interpretation Ranger at a National Park. I did not need that training. I did not carry a firearm. I gave talks, walks, and 'interpreted' the park to the public, i.e. educated them. Interp Rangers are the main connection the public has with parks, not law enforcement.
There is actually an ongoing problem within the park system regarding this, as LE Rangers tend to get more funding and are taken more seriously, as if using force and law to guide people's behavior is a better investment than actually educating them.

beyond that, anyone who works within the park systems on any level knows that the term 'layed off' is most likely not correct. park jobs are seasonal and employees go on furlough in the off season.

Physical exercise is socialism.

that guy should be fired with no possibility for rehire. if you are gonna do your job you have to be on the clock. just like a city worker. that or you are a scab.

Was his name Ranger Park?

deadcrickets: They should give him his job back.

BUT HE'S A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AND THEY ARE LEECHES ON MY TAXES. DO AWAY WITH ALL PUBLIC UNIONS!

/Sadly this is more true than not.
//Wife is a Ranger and will get that argument from time to time, generally from people who perfectly fit the stereotype of "mouth-breathers"

Thank God he found the courage to go for a run. This is what the hero tag is all about!

sue_phi: doglover: You do know you need a college degree and law enforcement training to be a park ranger, right subby?

My cousin and his wife were both rangers. The needed firearms certification and everything. Harder than being a Statie, and that's the truth.

This 18 year old kid was just staff at a park.

You are decidedly wrong. One has to have what you stated to be a LAW ENFORCEMENT Ranger.
I've been an Interpretation Ranger at a National Park. I did not need that training. I did not carry a firearm. I gave talks, walks, and 'interpreted' the park to the public, i.e. educated them. Interp Rangers are the main connection the public has with parks, not law enforcement.
There is actually an ongoing problem within the park system regarding this, as LE Rangers tend to get more funding and are taken more seriously, as if using force and law to guide people's behavior is a better investment than actually educating them.

beyond that, anyone who works within the park systems on any level knows that the term 'layed off' is most likely not correct. park jobs are seasonal and employees go on furlough in the off season.

Bingo. The Seasonal thing is just standard: it's how it works. My wife and I played this game early on. I wanted her to keep doing it so I went into a another field. I have no regrets at all. LEO Rangers, at least were we come from, support State, local and county law enforcement, as well as Park Matters. It's a tough job sometimes, and tougher sometimes because of things like rednecks in the dreaded rebel flag bikini. Just remembering this story makes my eyes water and my stomach churn.

but was he running naked? That's the important thing here.

ThirdGenerationImbecile: Waiting for the "Follow Up" tag with the story: "Man kidnaps and molests child then pretends to heroically 'find' missing child"

Would not doubt it in the slightest.

The kid was a mile away from the house when he found him. What two year old kid wanders off for a mile???

KimNorth: ThirdGenerationImbecile: Waiting for the "Follow Up" tag with the story: "Man kidnaps and molests child then pretends to heroically 'find' missing child"

OMG!! I was thinking the same thing but thought to not post it as we need a GOOD story.
Just goes to show A. We are jaded, B. We are sick minded or D. Have come to see the sickness in others.


//want to just sit here and hug my knees for awhile.

Yeah ... my first thought was to post a snarky "How Con-VEEEN-ient.".

"Vetort, who missed class Wednesday after finding the boy"

I expect the next followup we see on this will be about him being flunked for missing class.

How far can a park ranger run into the park?

Fenwick3: The kid was a mile away from the house when he found him. What two year old kid wanders off for a mile???

My thoughts exactly.

ThirdGenerationImbecile: Waiting for the "Follow Up" tag with the story: "Man kidnaps and molests child then pretends to heroically 'find' missing child"

My first thought was the headline "Parents ditch kid in woods, hoping he won't be found".

probesport: How far can a park ranger run into the park?

Halfway. After that he is running out of the park.

IrishCanadian: My first thought was the headline "Parents ditch kid in woods, hoping he won't be found".

Then you've got to go more then five miles from home, take his shoes, tie a pork chop around his neck, and wish him the best of luck.

/mom made the rookie mistake of only dropping me off two miles from home. never gave her another chance .... amateur

Are the people who live there considered Menomineeites?

deadcrickets: They should give him his job back.

They should lay off more rangers so they can find more missing kids.

geniusiknowit: Are the people who live there considered Menomineeites?

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I see Tommy Lee Jones in that picture. Looking disgusted.

Lipo: but was he running naked? That's the important thing here.

The kid or the ranger?