How so? I'd love your take on it.

You're amazing. I have an autistic child, and his behaviors can be so trying that I can't imagine doing this for another child that I didn't personally give birth to. That makes me a horrible person, I know, but autism is not easy. That's why adoption scares me, because you're taking on a person with a whole set of…

It's amazing how many people are villified for trying to do the best they can for their family. Don't have your own children, don't do fertility treatments, adopt! Wait, don't adopt infants! Don't adopt people from other countries! Don't adopt unless you adopt a foster child!

What if the first lady is Jewish or Muslim (I know, I know, will never happen)? Is she still required to tell children that Santa Claus is coming to give them presents?

Well said.

Gee, you don't say.

Actually, it's a very good idea to say that. Change in a country begins with internal and external pressures, and to lose tourists can also hurt the bottom line, and convince some officials to make a change.

Ha. Very very true.

I happen to LOVE Christie, but I know I'm one of the few on this site that does. I also loved Guiliani while he was mayor of NY, and I liked him well before 9/11, because although he wasn't very popular, his ideas made sense and yielded results.

Many conservatives actually feel that raising taxes is an important thing right now, because until now Congress has been irresponsible with raising the level of debt as acceptable.

You are delusional and raving. Israel doesn't go on a podium and talk about ridding the region of Palestinians, like SOME Arab countries I could mention that talk like that about Jews.

So you haven't gotten the:

There actually have been some instances. Few, but they are there.

The Sandy Hook shootings was by a 20 year old that had an exceptionally wealthy lifestyle.

So the word is wrong, but the sentiment is the same. Norway did it right.

I'm too late to the discussion, but this woman makes me feel like I'm a horrible person for not being the Fairy Pixie Manic Mom who sprinkles reindeer food on her driveway, and makes jars of fairy dust as party favors for my special two year old's birthday in the forest.

Actually, the mothers of other special needs children are a mixed bag. I feel like I spend so much time dealing with it that I just don't want to talk about it for another second. Also, I find that moms of AS kids are so much more all about the, "HAVE YOU TRIED...? HE"S TALKING ALL THE TIME NOW!" and " WE GOT…

I'm not saying that you should have kids, do whatever you want. All I'm saying is that you say you've "only" been nannying kids for 12 hours a day. That's the entire day! My kids are pretty young, and the ones that aren't in school all day are only awake for 12 hours a day. So you're doing it full time.

I'm trying to adopt. It's freaking impossible, and it's a bloody fortune to boot.

I think that's a really simplified way of looking at things. I live in a culture where we frequently have long, full, leisurely meals with real plates and utensils and we value mealtime socially. And that can cause weight gain too.