Talk About "Focus on the Family"
An Arkansas hack politician and his wife have brought their sixteenth child into the world:
Jim Bob Duggar, 40, said he and Michelle, 39, want more children.“We both just love children and we consider each a blessing from the Lord. I have asked Michelle if she wants more and she said yes, if the Lord wants to give us some she will accept them,” he said.
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Their children include two sets of twins, and each child has a name beginning with the letter “J”…
The first thought that crossed my mind was how the prolific couple plan to adequately finance sixteen college education funds.
Then I remembered: they’re from Arkansas.
Never mind.
UPDATE: The Bubbas, er, Duggars, have a website. And for more mean-spirited, ignorant, anti-Arkansas bigotry, see this Fark thread. (Warning: May be inappropriate for people with no sense of humor.)
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I am certain that, when the time comes, big-spending "family values" sorts will insist that gay families hand over big chunks of their hard-earned income in taxes to subsidize this sort of recklessness, in order to "bolster families."
That the gay families are themselves hurt by this policy doesn't matter to the big-spending "moral" minority. Their gonads are their gods.
How mean. The guy is a Real Estate Broker, former state representative, and former US Senate candidate. He owns a 7000 square foot house. He's able to afford it, so why pass judgment? If anything, his children will help finance our stupid Social Security system.
I'm one of 13 children, and I think it's irresponsible for anyone to have more children than they can care for emotionally…regardless of whether one can afford them financially. 16 is too many, IMO.
Joe, I cannot disagree with you. The thing is, there are people with one child who are ill-equipped to care for them emotionally. I'm reticent to cast judgment on these particular people because we've known of them for years and have never heard anything but good about the kids. I'd put them behind a DSS tenant of mine with 9 children on welfare when it comes to derserving criticism.
The harsh judgment of these people reminds of the way unpopular kids were treated when I was in junior high.
They are doing something extraordinary (in the literal sense of the word) therefore are deserving of ridicule?
Kip
Read your commment on my brother Phil's web journal.
You may wish to have a look there for my reply – if your time constraints allow it.