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April 4, 2014

Boomer recommended a C-section for better timing.

I consider that the most egregious part of his statement.

Just cut open that woman's body and make so that she'll necessarily require the same in all subsequent births.
(Yes, I know it's possible to have vaginal birth after a C-section, but fairly risky, and usually not done.)

Rather cavalier of any person to suggest major surgery for another.

April 4, 2014

I hope other states - those that had state exchanges- take note and

initiate a similar program.
I'll bet many of those newly enrolled in health care had never been approached re voting and registering to vote.

April 4, 2014

You're correct, she was an invited guest. However,

she presented at the school and reflected poorly on the school.
Time will tell.

April 4, 2014

No, it's more than issuing an apology.

If kids (and parents, but especially kids) decide that the school is an uncool place, such a reputation can severely affect enrollment.
Hopefully, the school has other awesome things going on - highest academics, or excellent sports, etc.- to overcome the ill will this speech may have left.
Teenagers are all about fairness, and if they perceive their gay cousins, friends, acquaintances being singled out, they will avoid the place like the plague.
I hope it doesn't happen; hope Sr. Laurel hasn't poisoned the well, but bad press doesn't help any place that needs support from its constituency.

April 3, 2014

I'll return the favor of the message-

I love Honey-Maid cinnamon graham crackers, especially before bedtime with a little peanut butter on them!

April 3, 2014

I'm glad an apology was issued.

Undoubtedly many parents will give serious consideration as to whether this is the type of education they want their children to have.
The welfare and future enrollment of Charlotte Catholic High School may be affected for years to come.

April 3, 2014

Which is the better - or more practical- gift-

Elizabeth's basket of honey, whiskey, etc., or Barack's gift of seeds from the White House garden, in a handmade box?

April 3, 2014

More importantly, how does O'Malley describe himself?

Now, now, rug, you know that God loves all DUers.
Even those in the atheist group.
Maybe, especially those in the atheist group.
You know, Good Shepherd and all that.

April 3, 2014

Cincinnati was one of Jean Shepherd's first stops

and I was a teen - quite taken with his talk.

April 3, 2014

Senior lady here, and when I was a little girl - early 1940's- shampoos were not

in common use, at least not in my home, my mother being a product of the roaring 20's and the Great Depression. (Thye really knew how to be frugal.)

Anyway, she washed my longish hair in the sink with a mild soap - no detergent soaps then.
She rinsed it with vinegar - apple cider type I guess, which was to be used for brunettes.
The purpose of the vinegar rinse was to remove the soap residue and leave the hair shiny, which it did.
However, I remember having tangles and hating the combing. Hair conditioners were not in our parlance then.

My sister, who was blond, was to rinse with lemon juice.

Everything old is new again.

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