Making It In America

I am outraged about the octuplet outrage!  Late last month eight babies were born to a single mother.  The mother choose not to be identified.  Our wonderful press pushed and pushed until they found someone to “out” her and now they happily carry stories about how outraged their reading public is about a single mother selfishly having eight babies.

It seems to me the name was withheld from the public.  Then a friend told the press it was her friend.  Then her parents aired their dirty laundry with the press.  Finally, the mother did a television appearance.  Now everyone is mad at her.  Good grief, Judith Regan would support O. J. Simpson’s  book “If I Did It”, but she thinks Nadya Suleman is too selfish or an individual for people to want to read about?  She has received death threats?  People are boycotting her publicist?  Really?  And what are those people and what is their value to the world?

I know that we are in hard economic times, but it is time for people to back off and leave this person alone.  Do I think she did the right think to bring fourteen children into the world?  My friend, I wouldn’t have done it, but it is none of my business if she chose to do it.  And frankly, it’s none of yours either.  The one thing I do think is that if this family suffers from any results of her being brought to the public’s view, reporters ought to have to pay for any damages!

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