Letters to the Editor
Parson Jim
Published Letters: 582 Editor's Choice: 7
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What has America come to?
[Read the article: "I would want to give my child, like, everything"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]From the NYT July 18, 2004
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07EED6113BF93BA25754C0A9629C8B63
"I found out I was having triplets when I went to my obstetrician. The doctor had just finished telling me I was going to have a low-risk pregnancy. She turned on the sonogram machine. There was a long pause, then she said, ''Are you sure you didn't take fertility drugs?'' I said, ''I'm positive.'' Peter and I were very shocked when she said there were three. ''You know, this changes everything,'' she said. ''You'll have to see a specialist.''
My immediate response was, I cannot have triplets. I was not married; I lived in a five-story walk-up in the East Village; I worked freelance; and I would have to go on bed rest in March. I lecture at colleges, and my biggest months are March and April. I would have to give up my main income for the rest of the year. There was a part of me that was sure I could work around that. But it was a matter of, Do I want to?
I looked at Peter and asked the doctor: ''Is it possible to get rid of one of them? Or two of them?'' The obstetrician wasn't an expert in selective reduction, but she knew that with a shot of potassium chloride you could eliminate one or more.
Having felt physically fine up to this point, I got on the subway afterward, and all of a sudden, I felt ill. I didn't want to eat anything. What I was going through seemed like a very unnatural experience. On the subway, Peter asked, ''Shouldn't we consider having triplets?'' And I had this adverse reaction: ''This is why they say it's the woman's choice, because you think I could just carry triplets. That's easy for you to say, but I'd have to give up my life.'' Not only would I have to be on bed rest at 20 weeks, I wouldn't be able to fly after 15. I was already at eight weeks. When I found out about the triplets, I felt like: It's not the back of a pickup at 16, but now I'm going to have to move to Staten Island. I'll never leave my house because I'll have to care for these children. I'll have to start shopping only at Costco and buying big jars of mayonnaise. Even in my moments of thinking about having three, I don't think that deep down I was ever considering it. "
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Yes, nycgrrrl
[Read the article: The Carla Bruni obsession ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You are right, Bruni is a whore. Thjere - I said it for you.
Why do you blame men for being with her, but don't ascribe her any responsibility for her actions?
Typical feminist.
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another grrrl
[Read the article: The Carla Bruni obsession ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No comment on Bruni? Thanks for proving my point.
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????
[Read the article: Chris Matthews' mea culpa]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why should he have to apologize for anything? The feminist thought police shouldn't have any jurisdiction in America.
After all, the female reporter who suggested Tiger Woods should be lynched doesn't seem to have suffered any setbacks.
Oh, yeah! She has her own free pass to slur anyone she wants...she's a PRIVILEGED WHITE WOMAN.
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OK
[Read the article: Chris Matthews' mea culpa]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So, I guess we should give her the sympathy vote because she is a woman, and everyone is being so hard on her.
You're not supposed to do that to a woman, women need to be deferred to....
A great reason to vote for someone.
Obama isn't asking anyone to pull any punches. He's just taking the high road.
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@eeave1
[Read the article: Chris Matthews' mea culpa]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You're right. No one should be allowed to say anything bad about Clinton. Like how she took credit for her "experience" as First Lady, or how she voted for the war in Iraq.
What should we do with people who tell the truth about Clinton, eeave1, should we brand them as "right wing fanatics"? Should they be censored?
Those of us who actually believe in democracy shudder with anticipation to hear your additional thoughts on the subject.
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@Juliebird
[Read the article: Chris Matthews' mea culpa]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If he were a white woman and talked about lynching Tiger Woods on the air, that wouldn't get him fired.
http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3186158
But he's a man, so he better be careful about what he says.
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We all know
[Read the article: The knives come out in South Carolina]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We all know white women in this country are far more oppressed than blacks, who got the right to vote before women, as Gloria Steinem pointed out recently.
Hillary represents a change. Obama represents the false historical assumptions about blacks that have been foisted on this country for centuries.
Anyone knows, oppressed, college-educated attorneys such as Hillary Clinton represent the oppressed far more than any interracial man.
You must vote for Hillary, otherwise you are sexist and denying the suffering of women all over the globe, from the poor Chinese peasant woman to the enslaved Long Island suburban housewife, shuddering from the burden of her workload as she calls her housekeeper on her cell phone.
Vote for Hillary. You must.