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AN ELEVEN YEAR 3-DAY WEEKEND

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                  DESPICABLE  DOUBLE  STANDARD      Today I had the opportunity to watch Dr. Phil's interview with the mother that voluntarily disappeared eleven years ago, Brenda Heist.  Brenda, after dropping her two children at school, sat on a park bench and wept under the stress of her impending divorce.  She stated she did not believe she would be able to financially provide for her two children.  As she sat crying on the park bench a group of homeless people wandered by and eventually Barbara left with this group.  She would eventually make her way to Florida where approximately eleven years later she would turn herself in thinking there was an arrest warrant out on her.      America has been riveted by this story.  It was national headlines for days.  Today Dr. Phil McGraw interview Barbara for the first time.  I missed the first fifteen minutes of the interview but it did not take much time to get my blood boiling.  At least three times Dr. Phil asked "How could a