How Stupid can a parent be....

So did you hear the one about the 16 year old girl in Michigan? She is a Myspace member and met a 25 year old Jordanian man and "convinced" her Mother (apparently the Father and Mother are divorced and lives in another part of Michigan) to get her a Passport because she was going to Canada "with some friends". As she got to Jordan....long freaking way from Canada....she was convinced by US officials and Jordanian officials to go home...before she got to the West Bank. Okay, let's examine this. She's 16 and wants a Passport to go to Canada. You don't need one. You need a Birth Certificate to prove you are a US Citizen and that's it. Canada may be another Country, but it's on the same freaking continent and we have agreements with them concerning travel, and they with us. But that aside.....this Mother doesn't question her daughter the "straight A student who never gave us any trouble" about with whom, and where in Canada are you going, and when are you going. The Father is quoted as saying something to the effect of "How does a 16 year old girl end up travelling to Jordan to meet a 25 year old man". Okay Dumbass.....how does this happen???? Because you are both screwed in the head!!!! WTF??? If my Stepdaughter was to come to me and say "I need a passport because I'm travelling to Canada with some friends", there would be some questions asked. Of course she's only 11 at the moment, but even if she was 16 or 18 I'd still be asking questions. I have 3 Step kids of varying ages, and I know that you ask what, when, who, why. Whether they like it or not. Do these people not watch the news???? Myspace and Blogger and the others are good sites which try real hard to catch the pervs, etc. It's hard though. 76 million members of Myspace alone, that's a lot of manpower to find who's a freakazoid and who's not. People, know what the Hell your kids are doing!!!! Why does Ms. Straight A student who is a good kid all of a sudden have an urge to travel to Canada with "some friends". Kids say crap like that when they it is a lie to cover up something. Most kids would say "I'm going to the mall with Mary and Jenny, etc"....not "I'm going to the Mall with some friends". That's kid code for we are going to the mall to hook up with some boys/girls.........is what that is. Do we forget the crap we pulled on our folks when we were teens???? Wake up people. Get a clue before it's too late.