Some Country for Old Men

Normally we at SCFOM couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the alleged abuse or proven abuse of children because let’s face it: Children suck. For every awesome thing that results from a child’s existence (Disneyland), there are 482 things that induce suffering (here are just three examples).

Sometimes, though, something that happens to a kid is so heinous even we have to say, “Holy crap. No kid, no matter how unwanted, unneeded or ugly, deserves this.”

To wit: Mom allegedly leaves kids in maggot-filled home.

First, we’re just as surprised as you to find a story worth reading in the LA Times. (That’s what happens when you Google alert the word “maggot.”) Second, barf.

Check this out:

A 35-year-old Cypress mother of three was arrested for allegedly leaving her two children home alone in a house filled knee-high with trash, bugs and maggots, authorities said today.

Gack! That’s wretched. Take a look at mom, though, and you likely won’t be surprised.

“Frozen bugs were inside the refrigerator and the toilets were overflowing with human feces,” [a police spokesman] said.

Overflowing with human feces. Ugh. No photo link necessary. Here’s the money shot, as it were:

Their mother, Alison Le Anne Ebert, turned herself in to police, allegedly telling officers she had been smoking marijuana at “some dude’s house,” was addicted to methamphetamine and felt lazy and depressed.

OK, we call bullshit (different from human feces in toilet). While we’re sure that this, uh, person had been smoking the ganj, we’re pretty sure she’s not addicted to meth, if only because she’s about 100 pounds too heavy for that. And though we’d feel lazy and depressed if we lived in Cypress, Calif. (it’s part of the OC, but not the cool OC), that’s not a good enough excuse for ditching your kids in a gross house. (Good enough excuse.)

By the way, mom’s out on her own recognizance. Can’t wait to see what happens in court Aug. 2!