Comments on: Gabby Douglas, Well Timothy Douglas Was a Deadbeat Dad After All?

By: Char

Char — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:45:47 +0000

Thy Black Man.Com, talking about bias……whew. My daughter was married to a Marine and he never paid child support and I know this for a fact. She lived with me and I had to take care of my two grand children. This man was a dead beat dad, not every mother wants to take the time to keep going back and forth to court fighting for child support. He was not overseas from the time she was 9 years old until 16 years old. He was in the National Guard. He did not travel to London, his mother and some other members of his family.

Gabby loves her dad but she is telling the truth and at 16 years old she can speak for herself. In his response to the media he hasn’t denied that he didn’t paid child support. He could had paid something but refused too. He could had sent $25 and there is no mention by him of his other two kids, just Gabby the Gold Medal winner. He has a son, never mention his son or that he had spent time with his son or his other daughter, the focus is only on the Gold Medal Winner. Actually you men all seem like you are helping your brother with excuses on why he was not there for his kids, (the media is always trying to put a “Brother down”, but with Brother Douglas, he put himself down and when he neglected his duties in being a caring father instead of finding excuses on why he wasn’t there for all of his children because there is no excuse for not being, a father.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:30:37 +0000

As a former Air Force Staff Sergeant, I can assure you the Air Force is garnishing child support from her father’s paycheck. When I first heard that Douglas claimed her father didn’t pay child support the first thing I thought was: That’s impossible! Those payments are going straight to the mother’s bank account from the Department of Defense.

By: ray allen

ray allen — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:40:39 +0000

I’ll take bets that Timothy Douglas paid more child support than he is being given credit for.

A dirty secret about child support that I discovered while talking to a state legislator is that many states (including mine) measure child support compliance by the gross amount of child support collected so that the state can increase the federal reimbursements they receive under the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, which gives states a financial incentive to use child support ‘guidelines’ that result in the maximum child support award possible.

This has reinforced my belief that it isn’t about the kids – it’s about power, control, greed, and profit for the state.

On that note, it’s time to resume writing my legislators to try to change the law so that child support becomes a shared responsibility, and to get the state to measure child support compliance by determining the percentage of non-custodial parents with the means to pay child support that are sharing the responsibility for providing for their children’s needs…

By: natalie

natalie — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:06:29 +0000

With all due respect Minnie….

“How many miles did he fly before the olympics to see her? ”

How is it that you ask a question suggesting that you have limited knowledge of the details related to the the situation, but then respond with..

“It’s amazing what a shot at a gold medal will make a person do”

By: Minnie

Minnie — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:07:26 +0000

To me it doesn’t matter that he flew 10,000 miles to see his daughter. How many miles did he fly before the olympics to see her? It’s amazing what a shot at a gold medal will make a person do.

By: Billy

Billy — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:16:24 +0000

They’re the best. Fab 5!!!

By: Gabby Douglas | Blackmystory's Weblog

Gabby Douglas | Blackmystory's Weblog — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:26:51 +0000

[…] And to put things in perspective young miss Douglass also received congratulations from several other celebrities including Justin Bieber, Oprah, Lady Gaga to name a few. Gabby has made it known that’s she’s a fan of Beyonce, and as is norm, after a celebrity is aware of a fans adulation sometimes send out a message to big up their fans. This comes days after the Anti-African male bashing of her father, where speculation is rift about him being a “deadbeat dad”. Instead of taking up my reader’s time with that nonsense, I would prefer to link you to a thoughtful post over at thyblackman.com. […]

By: James

James — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:55:57 +0000

Bruce Eden, you have a lot of knowledge on this issue. I hope that you will write a book about it.

By: Thomas Brown

Thomas Brown — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:22:04 +0000

Sir, this was truly a great article. I have often though there was only one side being portrayed in the media about fathers and child support. So glad you had the courage to write this critic.

By: natalie

natalie — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:53:41 +0000

Great post orville and bruce! Mr eden your org does wonderful work!! Keep fighting the good fight and challenging misinformatiin about dads!