I figured I'd share my thoughts on this with you since it's been driving me crazy. In Defense of the Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman who made national and international news giving birth to 8 kids at once, who also already has 6 children of her own.
For the record I'm NOT going to defend the fact that she's not married, not to defend the fact that she had multiple embryos implanted into her, not to defend the fact that she's on welfare. Here's just something I've noticed in the media today.
Right now the media is having a field day going after Nadya and her doctors. The media is accusing her of being "IRRESPONSIBLE" "FOOLISH" and "SELFISH" to have that many kids without having a job.
The media is even criticizing her for being on welfare. Wait? What did I just say? Yes! THE MEDIA IS CRITICIZING HER FOR BEING ON WELFARE!?
Since when do the media hate people for being on welfare? I THOUGHT WELFARE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A GOOD THING TO THE LIBERAL MEDIA!?
I can remember sob story, after sob story about families and individuals who were fired from their (evil) corporations and "Oh my! Thank Goodness the Government was there to save that POOR...hard lucked middle-class person"
The media is accusing her for being "IRRESPONSIBLE" for having too many kids without (at that moment) being able to take care for them. While that may be true, and should be criticized... SINCE WHEN HAS THE MEDIA EVEN BEEN USING THAT WORD 'IRRESPONSIBLITY' LATELY?
The media is upset with her racking up a $1 MILLION DOLLAR MEDICAL BILL. Okay...yes that's a bit much....however.
Just this week CONGRESS PASSED A $1 TRILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT STIMULUS PACKAGE!!!! FULL OF PORK BARREL PROJECTS!!!
I'LL TAKE A $1 MILLION DOLLAR MEDICAL BILL OVER....
CONGRESS WASTING MY MONEY ON $1 TRILLION DOLLARS.
NADYA'S BILL: $1,000,000
OBAMA'S BILL: $1,000,000,000,000
At least UNLIKE BARACK OBAMA'S BILL....SHE ACTUALLY PRODUCED SOMETHING! 8 PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! Something this stimulus bill will not!
For the record I cannot condone her implanting that much embryos or all of this media attentions she wants. I will confess I don't like her "Gimme money if you want to talk to me" attitude. However, how can she NOT have a job after all this? Somebody's got to offer her something.
And about Nadya being "Irresponsible" today I was hearing from commentator to commentator about how "Irresponsible" she was. Oh really? Media, for once you are actually criticizing irresponsiblity? When did this start happening?
Last year all you talked about were how the home owners who were NOT responsible with paying their mortages on time were "VICTIMS" of those "Evil Banks" simply because their introductory rate ended and their intrest grew. That could have been avoided HAD THEY BEEN RESPONSIBLE AND READ THE FINE PRINT!
We've had billionares and bankers being irresponsible twice. One for giving the loan to people who have: bad credit, no job, and no means of paying it back. So then you ask for a bailout, and congress gives it to you. Then you're irresponsible with the bailout money by giving yourselves vacations and bonuses.
So billionare bankers, and foolish home owners who got foreclosed upon are "Media Victims" with the "Sob Stories" and the violen music in the background...but then comes along this Pregnant Chick who has 8 kids and the media practicly says, "LYNCH HER!!!"
Yes we need to be responsible with kids, but I also think that's the real reason why the media hates her. She represents big families, something the media loathes right now. I also think that's the real reason why the media hated Sarah Palin so much is because she didn't get an abortion with her down syndrome baby "Trig" because that's what her own doctors suggested.
What bothers me are responses I'm hearing about this story. Here are some people's comments from other blogs. A liberal blogger said that "Nadya should be arrested for creating those ecological time-bombs" (You mean children right?) The radical blogger said we need "Human population control" and that we should have a 5 year ban on having anymore children to stop global warming. Yes I know you're laughing, that couldn't happen right? Would you have believed me if I said 2 years ago that our banks would be nationalized in 2009? Would you have believed me on Sept 12th 2001 that we still haven't captured Bin Laden and that our new President is named Barack Hussien Obama?
Here are other comments from CNN's blog and the Times Online.
Are you kidding me? I cannot believe this woman was alowed to do this! -Graham WA
This is exactly why there should be laws restricting how many embryos can be planted via IVF. it should be limited too 3 or 4 to prevent this from happening. i hope those babies are ok and get a good life like they deserve even though the mother is irresponsible and selfish
Katie, Auckland, New Zealand
"The Government should intervene. There ought to be laws against having too many children. Or better yet have a 'License to breed' from the state before you can have kids of your own. Oh sure you can have sex, but abortions should start to be manditory like China has done. Our planet is at stake"
Those comments above scare the crap out of me because if there's anything the last 6 months have proven it's "Don't say it can't happen" next Obama could introduce a bill ordering that you'll have to get "Government approval to mate" Don't laugh it could happen.
Nancy Peloci when she took power said that "She was here for the CHILDREN" having the House surrounded by kids Yet last month Nancy Peloci said that people should have "MORE ABORTIONS" and more "Contraceptives to help boost the economy" What? Are you kidding me? First of all if you increase abortions, that's LESS CONSUMERS for the economy! Less future workers too. No more "We're here for the Children" comments.
Also one more thing. The birth rates have been down the past decade. Esspecially in 1st world countries. In Japan more old people are dying off than children being born. Their birth rate right now is >.01% in so much that the Prime Ministers of Japan and Russia have ordered, (I'm not making this up) a national holiday for their workers to have sex with their partners to get pregnant.
The Census has reported that white people will be in the MINORITY in America by 2050. Why? Because we're working too much and not having kids. Plus aborting 3,000,000 people sure isn't helping. So maybe this woman has actually helped increase that!
Yes this woman needs to find a job, yes she needs to help herself so that she can help her kids. But media, DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT IRRESPONBILITY OR BITCH ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR MEDICAL BILL WHILE YOU'RE CHEERLEADING OBAMA'S TRILLION DOLLAR PLAN!!!