All About George

[Kim Ii]

YellowDog,

Oh, absolutely -- I'm quite certain that legally, George and Cindy HAD to sign papers stating they would be responsible for their daughter, etc. This is usually the protocol re: a situation such as this one. Trust me, Casey is being watched 24/7.

As much as people want to 'think' they know all about this case -- they don't. People think they know things, I guess, simply because they've read it on some blog somewhere or viewed some soundbite, so the things they've read and viewed MUST be true, right? Well, that would be wrong.

I can guarantee you, after having worked in litigation for over 20 years in the legal field -- MOST of this facts involved in this case have not been made public. We don't KNOW what the police have or don't have, on Casey. Further, it is a little telling they haven't arrested Casey for the murder and/or accidental death of her daughter. Could be they are still awaiting more forensics on this case, OR it could simply be that they HAVE all the forensics they've been able to compile, and they don't HAVE enough to prove a case in a court of law.

Until then, this case needs to ride itself out...w/o all the fanfare, which isn't helping anyone, much less poor Caylee, bless her heart.

 

[DianeB]

I don't think the cameras were running, I think HE made them run. George called the media.

Probably not directly, but I'll bet the news crews at the local stations all tune in to the police calls.

The media probably started over to the house after Cindy made the initial 911 call.

 

[Chilly Willy]

How refreshing to come upon almost a whole page of posts that aren't filled with hate and venom. :blowkiss:

 

[YellowDog]

YellowDog,

Oh, absolutely -- I'm quite certain that legally, George and Cindy HAD to sign papers stating they would be responsible for their daughter, etc. This is usually the protocol re: a situation such as this one. Trust me, Casey is being watched 24/7.

As much as people want to 'think' they know all about this case -- they don't. People think they know things, I guess, simply because they've read it on some blog somewhere or viewed some soundbite, so the things they've read and viewed MUST be true, right? Well, that would be wrong.

I can guarantee you, after having worked in litigation for over 20 years in the legal field -- MOST of this facts involved in this case have not been made public. We don't KNOW what the police have or don't have, on Casey. Further, it is a little telling they haven't arrested Casey for the murder and/or accidental death of her daughter. Could be they are still awaiting more forensics on this case, OR it could simply be that they HAVE all the forensics they've been able to compile, and they don't HAVE enough to prove a case in a court of law.

Until then, this case needs to ride itself out...w/o all the fanfare, which isn't helping anyone, much less poor Caylee, bless her heart.

We also don't know how things are going behind closed doors with the Anthonys. It may be "living hell" for those parents being under the same roof with their daughter right now. I'm sure they never wanted something so horrendous to affect their lives. They didn't choose to be in this situation. It was thrust upon them and they are dealing with it the best way they know how. They and the missing Caylee have my total sympathy.

 

[Kim Ii]

Oh YellowDog,

Yes! :clap::clap: I am SO glad to see that others are truly compassionate about this family, in spite of all its misgivings and poor behavior!

And yes, I can only imagine the private hell this family is going through. And I do not want to see a post saying 'they've asked for it.' That isn't the point.

And this is only the start of this family's private hell -- I'm afraid it's just the tip of the iceberg.

I wouldn't want to be in this family's shoes -- I was just telling my husband last evening that I really feel for this family. I know their behavior has been rather unsavory -- I get that. But still, this all has to be taking a toll on their health. There's been enough unsavory behavior involving this case to go around...many times over.

Cindy and George have most likely lost their beautiful little granddaughter. I have viewed all those videos of Caylee -- she was such a darling, beautiful little girl.

It just goes to show you that no matter how lovely a home you may have, no matter how beautifully your lawn may be landscaped, no matter how many material things you may have in life, the one thing we ALL share in common is that we are all human and we will and DO, make mistakes.

In some cases, horrendous mistakes...

My prayers really do go out to this family. May they soon find Peace and the Truth as to what happened to Caylee...they deserve at least that much.

 

[drip~drop]

Hey guys, here's an Aquafina, sorry about the 50+ sleepless nights we've brought to the neighborhood. Sorry that this neighborhood isn't safe for you or your kids because we've decided to harbor a suspected murderer instead of letting her sit in jail where she'd be safer, we'd be safer, the neighborhood would be safer. But hey, you enjoy that bottle of water, ok? High five? No? Ok.

:clap: eggscellent!

 

[DazzlinDebSD]

DazzlinDeb,

Totally agree with you. It is so frightfully obvious that something is wrong with Casey, isn't it? I have never once stated that I thought this family's behavior was acceptable. But yet, I do have compassion for them, and that does include Casey.

There is plenty of blame to throw around re: those involved in this entire scenario, from Casey on down. I just wish these blooming idiots outside the Anthony home would leave -- tend to their families, mow their lawns, whatever. The legal and court systems of this country WILL endeavor to bring this case to a close. Until then, this family needs to be left alone.

I agree...... and I also have compassion for this ENTIRE family. I'm a single mom with a 19 year old daughter who is my life. I cannot even begin to imagine raising......and then losing my two year old grandchild like this. Then knowing that my daughter could possibly spend most of her life in a cold and dangerous prison would most likely kill me. I think I could handle my childs death better than her being in prison.


Would I want her at home through the court proceedings, or in jail? Would I want to cook for her, and spend quality time with her before she was sentenced? Would I beg her to tell me the truth? If what she did was so disturbing and horrible.......could I ever forgive her? Would I turn her in with a confession? Would I help her run? There are so many questions, and I ask myself "what if" I was Cindy, George, or Lee? The entire world is in your face judging every single thing you do. Your life is in a complete shambles and no matter what you do is wrong. You know Casey is a very sick girl, and has been since childhood, but you have all lived in denial thinking it was just a faze.

I honestly don't know what I would do. I believe Cindy, George, and Lee all know Caylee is gone and now they are just hanging on to Casey as long as they can. They know she is going to prison, and they are afraid. When I look at the Anthonys fighting off people protesting I think to myself how horrible it must be to have to deal with that in addition to everything else happening. That situation there is out of control, and the protestors are down right frightening. Most of those people are uneducated, tacky, rednecks looking to get on the news. If the media goes away, so do the protestors!!! JMO

 

[nnglas]

Oh YellowDog,

Yes! :clap::clap: I am SO glad to see that others are truly compassionate about this family, in spite of all its misgivings and poor behavior!

And yes, I can only imagine the private hell this family is going through. And I do not want to see a post saying 'they've asked for it.' That isn't the point.

And this is only the start of this family's private hell -- I'm afraid it's just the tip of the iceberg.

I wouldn't want to be in this family's shoes -- I was just telling my husband last evening that I really feel for this family. I know their behavior has been rather unsavory -- I get that. But still, this all has to be taking a toll on their health. There's been enough unsavory behavior involving this case to go around...many times over.

Cindy and George have most likely lost their beautiful little granddaughter. I have viewed all those videos of Caylee -- she was such a darling, beautiful little girl.

It just goes to show you that no matter how lovely a home you may have, no matter how beautifully your lawn may be landscaped, no matter how many material things you may have in life, the one thing we ALL share in common is that we are all human and we will and DO, make mistakes.

In some cases, horrendous mistakes...

My prayers really do go out to this family. May they soon find Peace and the Truth as to what happened to Caylee...they deserve at least that much.

My prayers go out to Caylee. May she soon find Peace.

 

[Kim Ii]

DazzlinDebSD,

Your post almost made me cry -- you've put 'emotion to the word,' so beautifully!

Yes, no matter what your child may have done, you don't stop loving them! I said on another thread somewhere, that I had received a newsletter from our son's school and in that newsletter, was written a very poignant saying...

I'm paraphrasing, but it said something to the effect that, "Our children are easiest to love when they're at their most lovable -- they need our love the MOST when they are at their worst."

Exactly.

This case is not about who has exhibited the poorest behavior -- it's not about who did what first. This is a tragedy unfolding right before our eyes -- in front of the entire world to see. It's a story of human frailty, it's a story of love, deceit, lies, manipulation and above all, about a beautiful little girl caught in the middle of something so awful, it's hard to imagine...

My heart truly aches for this family. I cannot imagine what it must be like to go through this, nor would I want to.

I hope and pray this family is rendered closure soon.

 

[TxLady2]

DazzlinDeb & KimI, beautiful words and I feel the same way.
I don't think these protestors can BEGIN to understand what this family is going through. To them it's not about Caylee, it's about their hatred of the Anthonys for allowing Casey to stay there. I don't understand their motivation to vandalize their property, call them ugly names and threaten them in the middle of the night. The hateful ones should all be hauled off to jail!
I hope we aren't ever faced with this kind of situation either. And yes... I agree with that saying, our kids NEED our love when they've been at their worst!
I used to tell my kids, I will always love you, no matter what you do... but at this moment, I don't like you very much for the way you're behaving! Maybe the Anthonys don't like Casey or what she's done... but they will always love her.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Hey guys, here's an Aquafina, sorry about the 50+ sleepless nights we've brought to the neighborhood. Sorry that this neighborhood isn't safe for you or your kids because we've decided to harbor a suspected murderer instead of letting her sit in jail where she'd be safer, we'd be safer, the neighborhood would be safer. But hey, you enjoy that bottle of water, ok? High five? No? Ok.

Couldn't have said it better. :clap: :clap:

 

[Pondering Mind]

EVERYTHING CASEY ANTHONY HAS SAID HAS BEEN A LIE!!! WHY DO PEOPLE INSIST ON HURTING MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE? WHY CAN'T PEOPLE JUST ACCEPT THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS AND CASEY ANTHONY IS THE ONLY POI/SUSPECT? When was the last time you heard of a friend....... of a friend...........of another ten friends....... on MySpace helping a mother who killed their child dispose the body? When was the last time you heard of a Grandparent helping dispose their Grandchilds dead body? Why must people continue to start rumors or throw things out there that are not true just to see if they get a bite???? These are not theory's. These are accusations that are false and will never be proven in a court of law. NO, I'm not an Anthony family fan. These people have been interogated for hours and hours by LE. Enough already!!!

I realize that Casey is the only POI at this time, but I am not sure at all that the A's are innocent of any wrongdoing, at least on some level. That of course is MHO and I am entitled to it. I am not trying to start rumors or throw accusations that are not true. While I don't doubt for one minute how much the GP's love Caylee, they have shown where their priorities lie. And IMO that would be in protecting the person that killed their grandchild, their daughter Casey! The Ultimate Betrayal to Caylee I think.... I wonder if we would even know that Caylee was missing if CA had given Casey the extra day that she wanted on the 911 call, unfortunatly I think we may be none the wiser. MOO

 

[DazzlinDebSD]

I realize that Casey is the only POI at this time, but I am not sure at all that the A's are innocent of any wrongdoing, at least on some level. That of course is MHO and I am entitled to it. I am not trying to start rumors or throw accusations that are not true. While I don't doubt for one minute how much the GP's love Caylee, they have shown where their priorities lie. And IMO that would be in protecting the person that killed their grandchild, their daughter Casey! The Ultimate Betrayal to Caylee I think.... I wonder if we would even know that Caylee was missing if CA had given Casey the extra day that she wanted on the 911 call, unfortunatly I think we may be none the wiser. MOO

If they had anything to do with this don't you think they would have advised Casey not to talk to LE, and get an attorney? Yes, they have lied about stupid things to try and save her. Yes, their priority's are wrong to us, but when I look at the whole picture I'm not sure what I'd do if I was in their shoes. If Cindy gave Casey one more day I still don't think she would have confessed to them or anybody. She probably would have stolen some more money and run.

 

[Pondering Mind]

If they had anything to do with this don't you think they would have advised Casey not to talk to LE, and get an attorney? Yes, they have lied about stupid things to try and save her. Yes, their priority's are wrong to us, but when I look at the whole picture I'm not sure what I'd do if I was in their shoes. If Cindy gave Casey one more day I still don't think she would have confessed to them or anybody. She probably would have stolen some more money and run.

I don't know if she would have confessed or not either, but if she had confessed to CA, I wonder if that 911 call might not have been made. I thankfully have never been in their position (although I have lost 2 children, but in no way like this) I have 2 grown children and 4 precious grandchildren, 3 of which are 3 & 4 yrs. old, all of whom I love with all my heart and soul. But if for one second I thought one of my children had harmed one of my grandchildren, I would love my child forever, (nothing and I mean nothing would ever change that) and I would never turn my back on them in any way, but I can assure you I would turn them in myself, would break my heart, but there would be no hesitation. These babies of this world are helpless, the adults are not. With that said I don't think they were involved in the death of Caylee, but definitely have many questions from that point on. JMHO of course.

 

[TURBOTHINK]

yes, and perhaps find jobs!

Really..............are they using the "find Caylee" donations for their living expenses now? That can't be done under law. I became suspicious of their motives when they kept trying to get people to donate, but they never took that money and went anywhere themselves to "find Caylee."

It has been told they were taking in about $20,000 a month at first. That is a lot of money for people who were behind in their house payments before Caylee disappeared. They say it is down to $8,000 or so a month now, so what ARE they spending this money on?

All the posters, t-shirts and the bill board was furnished by the true non profit. So what did they spend the money on?

 

[jomasano]

Think of this. George was LE for ELEVEN years. During that time, he would not be allowed to respond to people just like the OCSD are not rsponding to their taunts. George would have been TRAINED to not respond, yet he jumps at the chance to respond to anything now. All that training for naught. It's a waste of resources imo.

You're right, he surely was.... But he was not emotionaly involved. HIS grand daughter is missing! He probably feels that it's ONE thing that he CAN try and do something about! Maybe he's just trying to let out some steam...

How would you feel if you were in his situation?? Not Casey's, HIS !

I'm not trying to say that I know for sure what he's thinking, not at all...
But I KNOW we do not know everything ! We are not him or Cindy, we do not know and live with Casey... None of us lived his life! Maybe he's trying to show her that he will protect her, no matter what, that he loves her, that he will keep her safe even if he wants to shake the answers out of her. Maybe he figured that by feeling accepted and protected is the only way his REBELLIOUS 22yrs old daughter would talk? She won't talk if she's in jail, that's for sure!

My point is, we are not in his shoes, we simply do not know !

 

[jomasano]

PrayersforMaura,

That's right -- we really don't know what we'd do. We are all made up differently -- we all have our personal baggage we've carried from our own family history -- that little record player that goes off when things happen ultimately determines our own behavior. We DO tend to REACT under severe emotional impact -- flawless behavior and/or thinking does not happen in most cases where there is severe emotional stress.

Do I think I would behave as the Anthony family has behaved? No, but I would hope that if anything as horrific as this were to ever happen to my family, that we wouldn't be judged by a few hooligans on the street corner and armchair pundits on blogs on the Internet.

But...humans tend to behave like this. I don't know why that is -- we think we have the right to judge others -- and we don't. It's one thing to have an emotional outlet and/or opinion on things -- but when those opinions and feelings start manifesting into other type behaviors -- like the behavior you see with these people outside the Anthony home, then that's different.

The Constitution does not give us the right to stand outside someone's home and harass them -- that's NOT protesting. And again, I have to ask -- just what the heck do these people think they're protesting? You cannot legislate immoral behavior -- you cannot demand certain things occur with this family just because you don't like their behavior.

This family is legally entitled to its Constitutional rights as would be anyone else in their shoes.

I'll get off my bandwagon now...but for gawd's sake, I just wish people would let this family alone. Further, as my attorney husband says (he's not a litigator -- he's a corporate attorney, so let's not get started on that one...grin), he despises these TV pundits who do nothing but further incite the public into a feeding frenzy with cases as this one. It's ridiculous...

:clap::clap:

 

[jomasano]

We also don't know how things are going behind closed doors with the Anthonys. It may be "living hell" for those parents being under the same roof with their daughter right now. I'm sure they never wanted something so horrendous to affect their lives. They didn't choose to be in this situation. It was thrust upon them and they are dealing with it the best way they know how. They and the missing Caylee have my total sympathy.

:clap::clap::clap:

 

[jomasano]

Oh YellowDog,

Yes! :clap::clap: I am SO glad to see that others are truly compassionate about this family, in spite of all its misgivings and poor behavior!

And yes, I can only imagine the private hell this family is going through. And I do not want to see a post saying 'they've asked for it.' That isn't the point.

And this is only the start of this family's private hell -- I'm afraid it's just the tip of the iceberg.

I wouldn't want to be in this family's shoes -- I was just telling my husband last evening that I really feel for this family. I know their behavior has been rather unsavory -- I get that. But still, this all has to be taking a toll on their health. There's been enough unsavory behavior involving this case to go around...many times over.

Cindy and George have most likely lost their beautiful little granddaughter. I have viewed all those videos of Caylee -- she was such a darling, beautiful little girl.

It just goes to show you that no matter how lovely a home you may have, no matter how beautifully your lawn may be landscaped, no matter how many material things you may have in life, the one thing we ALL share in common is that we are all human and we will and DO, make mistakes.

In some cases, horrendous mistakes...

My prayers really do go out to this family. May they soon find Peace and the Truth as to what happened to Caylee...they deserve at least that much.

I agree with every word...:clap::clap:

 

[tiredofthis]

I don't have grandchildren yet, but I hope I wouldn't hesitate to turn one of my sons in if he had harmed his child. I would like to think that I would have the strength to watch one of my children go to prison for the rest of his life.

My point: I have judged CA and GA for trying to protect their daughter, but until I have walked a mile in their shoes, I really can't say how I would react in the same situation.

Sorry. I didn't sleep well last night and my thoughts are really jumbled.