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This is what is WRONG with Americans

(pardon the all caps there, my fingers got away from me)

February 4, 2005 7:22:27 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums
Two teenage girls made cookies and delivered them to people in their neighborhood. The thanks they got? A $900 lawsuit by one of the recipients.

Short version: Girls made cookies and started delivering them around 9 p.m. to houses that had lights on, with little notes that said, "Have a great night. Love, the T & L club" (their initials). They got to this particular recipient's home at about 10:30 p.m. (seems a bit late to me, but it's not like it's two in the a.m.). These houses are a bit rural--outside of Durango, CO--and apparently Ms. Wanita Renea Young freaked out, called the sherriff, then spent the night before going to the hospital which racked up $800+ in medical bills. So she sued the girls in spite of their written apologies and their parents' offers to pay for her medical costs if she'd indemnify them against further damage. (Hey, if the lady's gonna sue over cookies, she'd sue for tripping as she threw the cookies in her trash.)

A fuller version of the story is here: Link

This is wrong on so many levels.
1. That Wanita Renea Young would be scared to look out her front door to see who's standing there.
2. That Wanita Renea Young would panic because someone was knocking in her door. (The extent of the knocking and whether or not it was banging I do not know.)
3. That Wanita Renea Young would wait until the morning to go to the hospital.
4. That Wanita Renea Young would realize this was a good deed gone mildly wrong, and still have the nerve to sue.
5. That a lawyer would take Wanita Renea Young's case.
6. That a JUDGE would take Wanita Renea Young's case instead of binning it like it belongs.
7. That a judge would find two teenage girls (who aren't out smoking, drinking, and getting pregnant and STD-laced) guilty of delivering cookies. (Girls Scouts, beware.)
8. That a judge would make the girls or their families pay the full cost, if any.
9. That Wanita Renea Young can't open her stupid fucking eyes and see how she, personally, is making America a worse place to be in.

America, WAKE UP! Are we really going to sue our neighbors over things like this?
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Reply #1 February 4, 2005 8:16:38 PM
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I wonder who's gonna get her silly ass rolled perpetually for the next 20 years. If this were my neighborhood, she might have won her $900, but she'd regret it the rest of her harrowed life... and it wouldn't be cookies on her doorstep...

I think the statement in the article:

"She thought they were burglars or some neighbors she had tangled with in the past, she said."

Speaks volumes. This looks like a kook who found an equally kooky judge. In order for these kids to be found responsible, they'd have to have reason to believe knocking on someone's door at 10:30 would have that effect. Since no one in their right mind would respond that way to a knock on the door, they shouldn't have been found liable.

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Reply #2 February 4, 2005 8:19:20 PM
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That is just WRONG (I'll agree with your use of capitals). But then again, we are in america, the land of the stupid and frivilous lawsuit I've thought for years it would be a nice thing to pass out cookies to my neighbors, I guess I'll play it safe from now on and never be kind to anyone again...
ps I fail to see how the google search leading to porn is entertaing, but I guess that's just me
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Reply #3 February 4, 2005 8:21:22 PM
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The girls might have lost $800+, but the woman will always be miserable and nucking futs!
Let's hope the judge faces some real justice for his ruling.
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Reply #4 February 5, 2005 12:12:46 AM
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You're right - we're nuts. For having lawyers/judges this insane and for letting them out of the asylum in the first place.

The downfall of our society, when it comes, will be at the hands of the cancer of the trial lawyers (plaintiff bar).

Cheers,
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Reply #5 February 5, 2005 12:16:35 AM
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Once again proving that they've locked up all the sane people and the insane control the world.
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Reply #6 February 5, 2005 3:46:21 PM
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Anyone have an address for this *****? I would love to send her a letter stating how horrible of a person she is.
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Reply #7 February 5, 2005 4:36:53 PM
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Wow! I just read this story on Google news. Makes me proud to be a Canadian, no frivilous lawsuits up here (more or less). Add to that the medicare system and poof! No suing over cookies. I feel sorry for those poor girls. I would love to have daughters who feel the need to do good things for other people. One piece of legislation that would radically overhaul the American suit-happy legal-system is this. Loser pays all the bills. Period. So you better be sure you are going to win rather than opt for an annoyance suit and an out of court settlement. Cheers to all and don't stop doing good stuff. Otherwise what'shername wins....
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Reply #8 February 5, 2005 5:24:01 PM
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The girls should countersue this witch for mental anguish and the judge should be investigated. This is a prime example of a legal system out of control. Good article by the way. [email protected]
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Reply #9 February 5, 2005 6:04:23 PM
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Well, for one thing, this story INCENSES me. I...
uh, oh...
I'm having an anxiety attack, which, you know, may very well be a heart attack but I CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE I'M MENTALLY ILL, ya know?
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Reply #10 February 5, 2005 7:13:52 PM
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Another thing wrong with America....

Ummmm, my first thought was, how the hell did it cost $800+ in hospital bills? Is that normal? Pardon my ignorance, but while I am an american, I haven't been home since I voted in 1996.

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Reply #11 February 5, 2005 7:21:28 PM
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What disturbs me most when reading it, is that the judge actually ruled to Young's favor.
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Reply #12 February 5, 2005 7:45:36 PM
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I hope the cookies were dry and unpalatable..

Seriously disconcerting to read this kind of justice tripe.
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Reply #13 February 5, 2005 8:20:41 PM
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Unbelievable and I just did my taxes and still owe the goverment more money to pay the idiot judge. Well maybe she will treat herself to a nice steak dinner with $900. Then real justice will hopefully prevail as she chokes on her fing steak.
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Reply #14 February 5, 2005 9:00:07 PM
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I'm guessing the verdict wil be vacated on appeal. Hopefully they ARE appealing this. What a freakin joke.

In my old neighborhood, this goes beyond TPing their house...Were talking flaming bags of dogcrap every holiday for 20 years

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Reply #15 February 5, 2005 9:16:17 PM
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Wouldn't it be great if when she got home there was a real burglar in her house?
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Reply #16 February 5, 2005 10:01:49 PM
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Here's something I found that's reaffirming my faith in humanity. It's the aftermath of this whole ordeal.

Radio station KOA-AM of Denver raised more than $1,900 from listeners Friday to pay the girls' $930.78 fine. The rest of the money will go to a charity dedicated to victims of the Columbine High School massacre.


And even sweeter...

Wanita Young said, ``This has turned into quite a fiasco. It's something that never should have happened and it's just devastating. My phone hasn't stopped ringing. My life has been threatened and I'll probably have to move out of town.''


Something tells me the $900 she won won't be earning her much happiness.
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Reply #17 February 5, 2005 10:30:31 PM
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I am glad.
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Reply #18 February 6, 2005 12:39:20 AM
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Maybe they've only locked up half the sane people after all......
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Reply #19 February 6, 2005 1:54:32 AM
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Wanita Young said, ``This has turned into quite a fiasco. It's something that never should have happened and it's just devastating. My phone hasn't stopped ringing. My life has been threatened and I'll probably have to move out of town.''


There is only one thing I'd like to say to her: suck shit.

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Reply #20 February 6, 2005 7:31:20 AM
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She sounds like a real loser of a person. I hope she DOES have to move and I hope the idiot judge has hell to pay as well. SOME PEOPLE need to just get real. Anyway, I would love to type more but I am preparing to go sue someone for looking at me in traffic. They scared me! AHHH THE NIGHTMARES!!!!!
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Reply #21 February 6, 2005 12:35:10 PM
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This ***** and that idiot judge (a former liar, I mean lawyer, of course) are exactly whats wrong with this country these days. I hope that she chokes on that money. This type of thing is what makes me worry about every time I help someone out with whatever. I just don't do the things for people that I used to do like helping them shovel snow or other things of that nature. Wanita, if you read this, GO TO HELL!
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Reply #22 February 6, 2005 5:41:26 PM
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There is info on the originator of the suit available by checking the La Plata (Durango, CO) County Land Records.
Since I'm not sure of the reprint legalities of these "public records", Here's how to find them yourself (for free):
Go to www.laplatainfo.com/search2.html
Enter Search by Owner Name: Last: YOUNG First: WANITA
Click Search
You should get a single record of her and her husband.
Click on Show. You'll get the land record, with mailing address and various other items of interest.

P.S. reinforces the stereotypical meaning of "trailer trash", you'll see.

Seeker3


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Reply #23 February 7, 2005 1:19:43 AM
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What disturbs me most when reading it, is that the judge actually ruled to Young's favor


Me too. How ridiculous. My heart goes out to the girls, though. Here they are being charitable and compassionate and what do they get? A kick in the arse. To both the lawyer and the judge: I hope their unscrupulousness comes back to bite them on the arse bigtime.

Thanks for the post.

Cheers,

Maso
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Reply #24 February 7, 2005 3:50:49 AM
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I still can't believe this crap. This is even worse than a person spilling hot coffee on themself and blaming a company for it being too hot. What's next? A stupid woman driving down the road, putting on makeup, smoking a cigarette, talking on her cell phone and changing her baby in the back seat and she gets in a wreck and its the auto makers fault for not installing auto pilot????

I REALLY hope the woman that filed that lawsuit feels like the total ass that she is. And the judge should feel like a jackass as well. It took her HOW long to go to the hospital? And her 'stress' was connected to the girls 'knocking on her door' HOW? Did she have a history of stress related health problems? I wonder if she would be so stressed if Ed McMahon knocked on her door to give her a fat check. Would she sue him too? What has this woman done to her neighbors to be so stressed anyway? Did other people freak out when they got a knock on the door by these ninja type shadow figures in the night? I hope the girls get on TV, make some good money for themselves and buy a new car and flip this old bitch off everytime they drive by. And I also hope that if her trailer catches fire nobody knocks on her door to warn her of the inpending doom. The knock on the door might stress her out and hinder her escape.
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Reply #25 February 7, 2005 10:07:15 AM
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Great article, Angloesque. You may be pleased to know that your article is a big hit in certain White Nationalist forums: www.vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=15037&highlight=angoesque (sic)

I found this while googling (and any suggestion that I frequent certain websites to balance the left wing media's bias is preposterous, absurd, etc.); it seems they know you by name over at Vanguard News Network ("No Jews. Just Right" - actual motto) forums. Are you some kind of famous White Nationalist? Personally I think it's kinda funny that White Nationalists are linking to JoeUser articles, and while some might suggest this supports my thesis that JoeUser is in fact a hothouse of Nazi thought, nothing could be further from the truth.

Yours in the celebration of Black History Month,
David St. Hubbins
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