This article says you had the internet when you went to the soup kitchen. Computers and the internet are luxuries and not necessities. Hopefully you used a computer at the public library. I don't ever understand why people have children when they can't afford them.

I was born and raised in the deep south and I still live in the deep south. And I am a democrat. Yes, some people from Georgia can actually read, contrary to some public opinion. The way to get a democrat elected to the White House is simple. All you have to do is get the democratic candidate to be FROM the South, like Al Gore (and we all know that he won that one) or Jimmy Carter. When someone is from the south, southerners will put all differences aside and make sure that their home town boy is put into office. It's human nature to vote for whoever is from one's own town in any capacity. Just look at American Idol.

I attended public schools all my life except for high school, where I attended a boarding private school. Both experiences were good for me. The danger I see with private school is that kids will grow up thinking that those surroundings are representative of the world. They will rarely be exposed to kids of different ethnicity, religious beliefs, etc. because parents generally have this fear of mixing their kids with different socio-economic backgrounds for fear that (gasp) they might become friends and will somehow be lowered. I live in the south and am continually disgusted with the way so many people I know only send their kids to Christian schools. What sort of way is this to raise kids? It's important for them to know that people everywhere are different and come from different circumstances. And the only way to do that is to expose them to it and talk about it. It wasn't until I was in my 30s when my husband pointed out that he hoped I realized how fortunate I was to go to a private school and an expensive private university, and the truth is that I never thought about it. It never occurred to me that it was a privilege to go to these places. And I can't help but wonder if people like me also just don't get what a blessing it is to have those opportunities--I get it now. The private school brats I often meet now sicken me with their sense of entitlement, superiority and isolation from all that is different. Are those the people we want running the country?

No sympathy--give me a break. Having children is a choice, and you don't have to do it. If you do it, be prepared. Where is your emergency fund? How are you going to send these kids to college? Why are you setting them up to fail?

The pregnancy thing does matter because it demonstrates that Palin can't govern her own family properly, much less the country. Yes, it happens that people get pregnant, but it is not the norm. And to send the message that the solution is to force her daughter into a teenage marriage at 17 (!) should scare the crap out of anyone. The GOPS traditionally want women at home barefoot and pregnant anyway, so how can they support a mother of 5 (!!!) one of which has special needs, as having a full-time job running the country? Who is raising the kids? No one--they're out getting knocked up at 17, then they're out of the house for good--problem solved. It kills me how these pro-lifers immediately jump to support a knocked-up teenager. What happened to their die hard belief of abstinence? I guess that doesn't matter. Just so long as you have babies you can't afford or take care of! Yes, Palin is a GREAT role model for women. The few girls I knew who got knocked up as teenagers were all from ultra-conservative religious families.

You misspelled Sofia Coppola. It's not Sophia--it's SOFIA.

While I realize that this article is done good-naturedly, it bothers me so much that it is criticizing her under the guise of "accepting" her. Why do people do this? Why do people constantly feel the need to scrutinize a woman's body and appearance? You may think it is liberating to say someone has a big ass in this article, but I am almost certain that no woman would take it as a compliment to be told she has a big ass--no matter what the context. This is exactly what makes women become appearance obsessed themselves--being constantly evaluated and scrutinized and criticized. If you really want to pay Michelle Obama a compliment, don't scrutinize her appearance at all.

This article misspelled "Sayid" multiple times as "Sayeed". Jeez--don't you think you could look in the credits for this simple thing? It always makes me doubt everything written when a simple thing like a name spelling is screwed up.

My problem with this is that the child may SAY he doesn't want more treatment, but he is too young and inexperienced to know his own mind for this. When you are that age, your beliefs are whatever your parents' beliefs are. Unfortunately, his batsh*t crazy parents have trained him to say whatever THEY say. This poor kid.

Obviously, this doesn't apply to ALL mommies, but it happens so often it makes me crazy. My problem with mommies is that in public places they are just oblivious to others around them. They let their kids run wild, coddle them and expect everyone else to get out of THEIR way. What's more--and this is the thing I hate the most--is that they think that their little demon spawn are just SO CUTE that they want everyone else to stop and tell them HOW CUTE THEY ARE!