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Also, SMG? Listen. There are lots of "selfless" things a person can do. One can volunteer their time to helping others, advocating for a worthy cause, donating money to charity, or choosing to live in a socially-aware way. Having a child can also be one of them. Seriously, I'm glad you're happy, I wish you lots of happiness and love and all that good stuff, but having a baby =/= selfless. Having a baby = having a baby. Lots of people have kids and don't become selfless.
I shouldn't even post this comment - it feels really mean and self-centered, but it just pisses me off when people have kids, and then tell me how awesome they are for it. People donate time, love and goodness in all sorts of ways. You don't have to be a parent to be selfless, and you don't have to be selfless to be a parent. #sarahjessicaparker
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I love SMG but that comment bothered me. Even just the idea of her saying that people aren't capable of being good parents in their 20's. You might have not have been but others are capable of that - we all grow at different rates. #sarahjessicaparker
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Good for her, she's happy with the choices she made. That's really wonderful. But I wish she didn't have to imply that people making different choices aren't as perfect as her. #sarahjessicaparker
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As for the age thing... I've been a young mother and an older mother - had my first kid in my early 20s and my last kid in my late 30s. There are pros and cons to both, and a good parent works with what they've got. Yeah, I was more patient as an older mother but I had a lot more energy as a younger mother. I'm more stable now, I was more adventurous then. Different, not better. #sarahjessicaparker
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@AnotherJenn: This is also true! Some 2o-somethings are great parents. I just didn't like how condescending it sounded, I guess.
@metalkate: In a way, having a baby is completely unmiraculous - it happens every day, around the world, it is needed for the continuation of the species, etc., etc. I know when it happens on a micro level, it's totally different, but I hate it when parents act like they are the only ones ever who have experienced such a thing. It's like, on a macro level, this is nothing. Don't start lecturing people just yet. :) #sarahjessicaparker
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And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is given this day in the city of Los Angeles a Stinker, which is Labor Pains, the movie.
-Luke 2:9-11 #sarahjessicaparker
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Has he bought the WSJ yet? Or did he just take Rupert Murdoch out for lunch a couple days ago while they agreed what headlines should go in the next paper?
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I'm only 25 so I usually ask my parents for guidance if it's my first time dealing with some great Adult Responsibility (TM), but they're not so therapy-positive.
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If it is individual insurance, they should still have to provide you with the same basic information. You can call your state insurance commission for details.
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While I will support his rights to say what he says, he in turn would never support mine. He is in this game for his own profit and perspectives and not the Ameican people.
I am a republican and I denounce Karl Rove as the crimminal he truly is.
Support true health care reform that lowers our costs and stops the imperial insurance companies from receiving and taking our money, homes, and lives.
We would never let a dictator do this, why are we allowing insurance companies to do this to us?
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When we decided to make health care a for-profit industry. Because once we decide it's a good idea to let the free market dictate health care, that leads to the scenario you described: an executive in a boardroom deciding his first priority is to the shareholders, not the people who buy policies and trust that those policies are going to protect them when they get sick.
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The problem is that this is our moment, this is our time (as our President once said). I lived through health reform failing in the 90's and it took over 10 years to get another opportunity. This is our opportunity for a public plan. We won't have the opportunity next year. People will say health reform was done and when people are unhappy, they will say the Democrats screwed up. Then nobody will want to ever talk about a public option again just like nobody wants to talk about single payer after it failed in the 90's.
I work every day with people who are underinsured. People who have insurance but can't pay their hospital bills. People who have insurance but skip pills because they can't afford their medications. They are underinsured because their employers won't pay for good coverage. It sickens me every single day and I don't think the Senate Bill will do anything for them.
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At least it puts the thing up to a referendum. Dunno, I'm undecided about this, but my guess is it's better than nothing.
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