04/15/2010 4:20:38 PM PDT
· 6 of 7 wimpycat
to guido911; Constitution Day; Tax-chick
I’m too technically deficient for that, but I was just at the Tax Day Tea Party in Raleigh, NC. Nice crowd, couple thousand people at least, lots of Gadsden flags AND American flags ON POLES!-there is some ordinance that doesn’t allow flag poles ‘cos they MIGHT be used as weapons, but that was suspended for our demonstration-’cos, let’s face it, they know we’re CIVILIZED! Good speakers, great signs, and about maybe 30 people counter-protesting across the street, calling us all racist bigot homophobes and proclaiming solidarity with all immigrants, because “no human is illegal” and “no worker is illegal” dontcha know.
I took some pictures with my phone, but I don’t have internet access to get them off the darn thing!
I'm not knocking the guy's literary talent. I read it as an adolescent and just couldn't identify with...what was his name, Holden Caulfield? I just didn't get it. I didn't care anything about him or what happened to him.
For what it's worth, I tried to read Ivanhoe 4 times, at 4 different times of life. It just never "took" with me. And I love great books.
Here's the punchline of the whole article, and the whole debate on the topic, for that matter:
Although some might consider a pacifier a more socially acceptable way to comfort their child, Paul said she would prefer that her child receive comfort at her breast.
I think it’s unwise and just plain stupid to breastfeed a 6 year old in modern Western society. At some point mom (and it’s mom, not the kid, who is keeping this thing going) is going to have to stop.
Hopefully, peer pressure will cause the boy to give this up, and I have a feeling it’s mom’s feelings who are going to be hurt.
There’s something weird about this phenomenon, especially since I don’t think I’ve ever heard about a mom breastfeeding her 6 year old daughter........
Well, I was never against McCain...I don’t know anything about Palin, but everything I’ve seen today so far is just making the whole idea grow on me more and more.