Desmond Hatchett might be an irresponsible idiot who is 
probably the poster boy for out of control sex addiction, but one positive thing I can say about him is he sure stays busy. Unfortunately, he’s not busy earning a living wage commensurate with his responsibilities.
Hatchett, 33, is only three short of having fathered one child for every year of his life. That’s right, at 33 he has 30 children, none over the age of 14. I know that sounds impossible, but it isn’t if you have 11 women popping them out for you. Twice in his “productive” life, Hatchett has sired four children in the same year!
If you were to tell me it’s none of my business how many children anybody has, I’d be right there with you – as long as, like the Duggers of TV fame (19 Kids and Counting,) they are able to find a way to feed, clothe and shelter the brood without hitting me up for subsidization. Sadly, this is not the case for the prolific Mr. Hatchett.
Instead, Hatchett works a minimum wage job. Imagine how far one of those 11 stupid mothers can make $1.49 stretch over a month. Yep, that’s the amount some of them are getting.
So, of course, Hatchett had no choice but to petition the court in Knoxville, Tennessee for leniency on his child support payments. Leniency? Really?
According to a LA Times report in the May 21st edition, there is a distinct possibility that Desmond Hatchett in behind bars and has been since November 2009 for an aggravated assault conviction. Although the Corrections Department of Knox County (TN) has confirmed there is an inmate with that name, whether it is the Father of the Century has still not been determined.
Instead of leniency, this record-setting sperm donor needs a vasectomy. And the women who helped him achieve that dubious achievement need therapy so that they can fully understand the fact that they are human beings and not rabbits.
There are 30 children in Tennessee who are destined for hard times, struggles and, saddest of all, the likelihood of continuing in the footsteps of their parents. There is no getting around that. And that is just wrong.
Hatchett should NOT receive leniency from the courts. He should be required to work two or three jobs and turn 90% of what he earns over to the family court for distribution. And if he doesn’t, he should be returned to jail for I-don’t-care-how-long. Moron!
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I was thinking, though, I hope the kids are knowing each other. They need a family from somewhere.
They are a losers, but the real losers are the poor kids.
phyllis is what: My guess is some of them will connect, but through no help from their mothers. I'm sure there are jealousies at play, in spades.
Abra: I just thought about the probability of STDs, drug addicted newbords, etc. What a mess!
Universally available and free birth control would be SO much cheaper than an entire (broken) infrastructure for poor and unwanted children.
Lezlie
Very disturbing. And not what I expected when I clicked on the title, wow.
How can you be a father without being a Father?
OK, no puns on Hatchett jobs. It's tempting but just too obvious.
My great-nephews' daddy is the father of over 10 kids(one of them being my niece's ex-best friend, whom she 'stole' the father-of-the-year......) and counting. No, there's no support, like above daddy of the year, baby maker doesn't make enough to support the ants living in his bed room. PFFFFT!!!
IF YOUSE CAN'T SUPPORT THEM BABIES, LEAVE YOUR DICK IN YOUR PANTS MOFO!! Same to the ladies, keep your legs crossed and your butt on the chair when that man comes a knocking.
"We can't afford birth control or condoms...."
THEN YOU CAN'T AFFORD A BABY!!!
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A vasectomy should have been forced on him a long time ago, slowly and without anaesthetic as a reminder that rearing children is hard work and needs to be done by responsible parents.
Or should I say wannabe Rush Limbaugh wrote?
WTF, Scanner? Women do NOT get pregnant and left without financial and parental support because of how they dress!
Sure the women bear SOME of the responsibility, but that is based upon willful disregard for theirselves and their societal responsibilities to their children.
To imply that they are somehow sluts who got "magically" pregnant because of the clothes they wear once again gives the man a free pass from HIS responsibilities.
I suppose next you are going to excuse rapes because she was wearing a short skirt and was asking for it.
With thirty kids, one might grow to be a human that makes a contribution we'd all miss out on if he/she did not arrive.
The reason you will never see any Chinese man have 31 children (regardless of the one child policy) is Chinese women have abortions like Americans have dental work. Chinese women believe birth control pills give you cancer, so they would rather have an abortion. Some Chinese women by the age of 24 have had several (you get kicked out of college if you get pregnant here and are not allowed to marry while in school).
In this culture there is no moral impediment to abortion. My concern is for the future fertility of these women, with every abortion, her chances of conceiving naturally and having a healthy (one) child is reduced.
The world is messed up, and I don't think all the sex ed in the world can burst through these cultural disattachments.
'Nuff said.
r
No, BA, that sounds stupid!
You are proposing that the man gets acfree pass and bears no responsibility at all, that the woman be the one with the total onus of preventing pregnancy and that if she fails, the CHILDREN should be punished.
g.k. torino: That is a very real concern.
ccdarling: People like that seldom harbor concerns about the children.
Kosh: I’d like to take a hatchet to this bozo’s neck!
Tink: This guy’s had more litters than you ever though about!
Donegal: Oh, Santorum and his ilk would just prescribe abstinence – retroactive, I guess. :D
Linda: I think forced vasectomy should be considered, too.
Scanner: I’m not sure what how these crazy women wear has to do with it. They are irresponsible and lack any semblance of self-respect for hooking up with a guy like Hatchett – and then some of them turn around and do it again with him. Self-respect is passed down from parent to child; it is taught. Obviously, there has been a serious break in the chain.
Alysa: That would be nice, but it is highly unlikely.
Amy: I agree, but I think the women bear HALF the responsibility.
greenheron: I admire your hopeful outlook for the kids, but that is no reason to procreate irresponsibly. Even if one makes such a contribution, that leaves 29 others who don’t stand a chance.
Joan: Me, too.
Kate: Which culture would you think could be at play in this case? As far as can tell, it is just the culture of ignorance. Yes, there is a sub-culture in the American black male population that thinks condoms are unmanly, if that’s what you mean.
tg: :D
Erica K: Yes, lots of people do. He doesn’t, obviously.
David: If we were to ask Desmond, I’ll bet my next Social Security check he had no father in his life. He doesn’t have a clue what fatherhood is supposed to be about.
jlsathre: Either that or put one of the ankle bracelets around his hyperactive penis!
Chicken Maaan: Me, too.
Pea Dubb: LOL!
Lezlie
Just as we know some people in whom this drive is only slightly active, if it is active at all, there are some who seem to have it in abundance. Those who have it in such abundance are as responsible for their drives as gay people are for being gay, white people are for being white, and tall people are for being tall.
Those who would advocate jail time for such a man or woman, based on the cost to society of supporting those children, have indicated a clear inability to think things through. The costs to incarcerate such a person far, far exceed the costs of helping to raise his/her children. AND... we'd STILL have to raise those kids!! (Or do you know some way a prisoner can earn enough to pay child support?)
;-)
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There's the (apparently) widely accepted belief that the male evolutionary biological imperative is to spread his seed as far and wide as possible.
There's rampant anti-bc thought "thought" that has been spread far and wide lately in Republican presidential primary campaigns and the Catholic church's fake crusade for its religious rights to be defined as the freedom to force its beliefs on its employees.
And there's the huge segment of society that is shut out from meaningful participation anyway.
So yeah, this guy's going to happen. That and the dead certain fact that he's only alone in the level of publicity he's getting. Tsk tsk.
BA: This is one time when I’m not too worried about the stereotype, precisely because what this man is doing IS uncontrolled sexuality. However I have mentioned in this comment thread the theory of “street cred” you are suggesting. I did not in any way suggest that this idiocy is restricted to the black subculture that eschews condoms for “manhood” reasons. I do think your solution sounds radical only because it doesn’t do anything to help the innocent children who are thoughtlessly thrust into this unwelcoming world.
Miguela: I don’t know if that is crass, but it certainly rings true in the shadow of THIS case.
Jeanette: I do and I agree!
Sky: Nothing about your argument precludes a person who has the drive in abundance from preventing pregnancies while he is satisfying his biological imperative.
nerd cred: I just a tad weary of the biological imperative argument in defense of inseminating an entire community without the means to support the progeny. That apparently widely accepted belief does not and never has precluded taking advantage of the tools designed to prevent pregnancy. And, no, Mr. Hatchett is certainly not alone in his ignorance, but he damn-well should be.
Linnnn: Exactly.
Amy A: It seems to always be that way.
Maybe he attends one of those churches that goes on and on about having tons of kids who will grow up and help fundamentalists be the majority --- as happens in some of those southern churches.
I know, this doesn't seem like one of *those* guys.
Really, what is there to do with a guy like this?
Penile chastity belt?
that this fellow's genes
are gonna impact
the 21st century & beyond
and
so i hope there is nothing
to that stuff about inherited characteristics!!!
Rated.
J.T.: In your sweet way, there you go trying to find a good reason for this man’s behavior. I think a penile chastity belt with an electronic alarm on it would do the trick.
James: That’s the kind of thing I think about, too. He might as well be an anonymous donor at a sperm bank for all the good he’s doing his children.
Razzle Dazzle: Oh, how you are reading my mind.
Jon: I believe Wilt only claimed to have been with nearly 20,000, which, if you do the math, would require him to be quite busy while off the court. This guy is well on his way.
: )
Moron is too polite a word for him.
HUGGGGGGGGGGGG
Sarah: I think that information you heard is suspicious. What the hell is a “pure European?” And according to whom? There are certainly poor “white” families having what we might consider too many children for their means here in the south, in Appalachia and places I don’t even know about. Then there are those whose religions either prohibit family planning or that encourage large families (sects of LDS, for example.) I think the answer, if in fact what you heard is true, is probably in the ratio of poor versus not poor in each classification.
Tom: Perfect!
Linda: I know, and don’t think for a minute I didn’t call him all the impolite ones privately.