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Learn to look away from the 'Octomom' trainwreck
Taylor Trudon
Issue date: 3/17/09 Section: Commentary
I've tried to ignore her, but she's everywhere. Every time I turn on the TV, go to check my e-mail, or checking out at the grocery store amid the dozens of magazines, there is no escaping the plague of Nadya Suleman, otherwise known as the twisted tentacle mess of Octomom.
But despite the pseudonym, no, Octomom is not of a creature of the eight-legged genus, but rather a creature of the psychotic species. The 33-year-old Californian initially warmed the hearts of Americans with the arrival of her octuplets, but those sentimental feelings quickly dissipated as the country learned that the single parent was also the mother of half a dozen other children.
America loves a good train wreck, and Suleman's story is no exception. Who in their right mind would intentionally undergo in-vitro fertilization to produce eight more children while already struggling to provide for six other children? A sick person, that's who. No, not sick à la Michael Jackson, but sick in the sense that Suleman looks like a prime candidate for intensive therapy.
Clearly, this woman has some underlying issues and feels that they will be resolved by pumping out babies faster than Britney Spears pumps out beat bouncing, body gyrating singles. Three of her first group of children are considered to be disabled, her father has publicly questioned her mental stability, and she has been living off of $460 worth of food stamps each month.
But alas, have no fear Octomom; you will soon be settling into your newly furnished home in Orange County (one of the wealthiest regions of the Golden State), which includes the assistance of a professional cleaning crew as well as dozens of volunteers who have been rushing to finish painting, laying the carpet, and installing the hardwood floors in time for the first of the octuplets to come home. And when we're not exerting physical labor for the benefit of Suleman, we continue to feed into her mental instability by making donations on the Nadya Suleman Family Donation Web site and buy the magazines with her face plastered on the cover.
But despite the pseudonym, no, Octomom is not of a creature of the eight-legged genus, but rather a creature of the psychotic species. The 33-year-old Californian initially warmed the hearts of Americans with the arrival of her octuplets, but those sentimental feelings quickly dissipated as the country learned that the single parent was also the mother of half a dozen other children.
America loves a good train wreck, and Suleman's story is no exception. Who in their right mind would intentionally undergo in-vitro fertilization to produce eight more children while already struggling to provide for six other children? A sick person, that's who. No, not sick à la Michael Jackson, but sick in the sense that Suleman looks like a prime candidate for intensive therapy.
Clearly, this woman has some underlying issues and feels that they will be resolved by pumping out babies faster than Britney Spears pumps out beat bouncing, body gyrating singles. Three of her first group of children are considered to be disabled, her father has publicly questioned her mental stability, and she has been living off of $460 worth of food stamps each month.
But alas, have no fear Octomom; you will soon be settling into your newly furnished home in Orange County (one of the wealthiest regions of the Golden State), which includes the assistance of a professional cleaning crew as well as dozens of volunteers who have been rushing to finish painting, laying the carpet, and installing the hardwood floors in time for the first of the octuplets to come home. And when we're not exerting physical labor for the benefit of Suleman, we continue to feed into her mental instability by making donations on the Nadya Suleman Family Donation Web site and buy the magazines with her face plastered on the cover.
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Ted Ingalls
posted 3/17/09 @ 10:54 AM EST
Gee...it would be nice to actually be able to read the article...if you want to make it even harder to read, why don't you set the text color the same as the background? How about a nice White so it can be seen on the dark background?
The more work you make it to read something, the less traffic you are going to get. (Continued…)
Thomas Razo
posted 3/17/09 @ 2:48 PM EST
Octomom pisses me off. Both my wife and I have school loans and careers. We could only afford a small condo in a desirable place in California (Chino Hills). (Continued…)
lynda m.
posted 3/19/09 @ 8:15 PM EST
This "reproductive creature from hell" is only after money & "fame"----those poor 14(FOURTEEN) children will have a lifetime of horrow with this totally insane selfish idiot as their only parent!!! And to make matters worse, Dr. (Continued…)
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