Wow, I think you're spot on. I know there are normally judgmental comments in response to parenting confessionals, but a lot of these comments are really shockingly nasty, and not even coherent. I think you may have hit the nail on the head about men being the next wave of feminists, and these comments represent a backlash.

If I was one of the women in the park, I would think your response was really cool. I suggest going to a different park or just not talking to the women who react to your being a SAHD as if it's sad. They are the ones with a problem, not you!

My mom can tell the gender of a fetus earlier than that, with an egg. Or a string. Or by gauging the reactions of other infants. It really works about half the time, too!

Yes, it can, and it has. Absolutely, they have blood on their hands.

First of all, the soldier Long was not killed by a left-wing terrorist. What we see is that it appear the right-wing or neo-conservative movement in this nation appears to find that violence is a viable way to assert political power, whereas it does not appear to be a strategy on the left: Bombing clinics, murdering doctors, terrorizing Holocaust museums, using torture, entering a preemptive war.. all things that the left is vehemently against, and indeed I believe lost Hillary her shot at the White House, yet the right embraces. The main theme appears to be: one side believes that violence is a useful political tool and the other does not believe so.

Who the hell is this Bernadette person that the left supposedly idolizes, I have never heard of her. And how can you associate Manson's murders with left-wing violence, just because he looked like a hippie: He wanted to start a race-war. He has a swastika carved into his forehead. If we need to assign some political bent to his lunacy, it's definitely a right-wing bent.

Europe's "sharp right turn" has little if anything to do with "seeing what our left leaning president offers." If you had actually read anything or had any knowledge about the recent EU parliamentary elections, you would know that:

1. The EU Parliament is widely viewed in Europe as completely useless and powerless. They have no political credibility in the eyes of thinking, politically educated people.

2. As such, voter turnout was really, really, really low. It was a record low.

4. Therefore, only the loonies and extremist went to the polls. Normal people stayed home.

That's why they took a "sharp right turn" and furthermore, it's completely without significance or consequence for the running of their government. It wasn't a backlash against Obama (most Europeans LOVE Obama), it was more a big act of complacency by the general population of voters. Kind of like the complacency that got Bush "elected" for his first term, it's something the EU may come to regret.

Dear everyone who pops in and drops this bomb:

Read the headline of the article you're commenting on: "Can righ-wing hate talk lead to murder?"

I know you want to believe that liberals don't care about soldiers, but the real reason that particular instance of terrorism isn't mentioned as example in this article is because ... the anti-government Muslim fundamentalist who killed the soldier was almost certainly not a fan of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. I think it wasn't mentioned because it's so BLAZINGLY OBVIOUS to anyone who actually considers the meaning and content of what is being written. But you obviously find greater comfort in leaping immediately to illogical, baseless conclusions that feed your preconceptions about evil liberals.

Can we get over this divisiveness already and have actual conversations and, like, READING COMPREHENSION? I see it sprinkled throughout these comments, and it is heartening. I would like to see sane, reasoned discourse and disagreement and discussion spread a bit more.

I basically just figure out who the loonies are and as long as the letter isn't too long, just glance down at the name before you start reading it. Then you know you can pretty much skip it if, for example, it says "The Unlovely Truth" and you've already had your daily dose of "OMG I'M NOT RACIST BUT BLACK PEOPLE ARE VIOLENT THEY HATE WHITEY HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS I MADE UP AND SOME OBSCURE VIDEO OF SOMEONE NOBODY HEARD OF SEE I WAS RIGHT"

No way, you have the coolest nom de post by far! I love reading your thoughts, keep up the good work! :)

Not a Nazi symbol.

I always liked Letterman. I was appalled by his joke, whether or not it was meant to be about Bristol. I am satisfied by his apology.

What good will it do to be able to marry when you can't get health care or secure a home loan? Should Obama really be blowing all his political capital on gay marriage and DADT when he needs it to push health care reform, fix the economy, end two wars and close Gitmo? It's a fucking triage. The fact that gay marriage is part of serious national debate and that gays can marry in so many states already is huge. Not that we should sit on our laurels, but look how fucking far we've come with gay rights, as a nation. It seems pretty wonderful to me when I think of it in the historical perspective.

Why does it even matter whether he was born in the US? He was born to a US citizen. That makes him a US citizen, too.

Personally, I never get so much attention as when I go out with very attractive and/or charismatic girlfriends. When everybody wants to talk to them and be near them, they end up hanging out with me, too!

And no, I'm not the ugly girlfriend! lol.

disgust me