HaHaHa!!! How does The Onion do it, year after year, so effortlessly?

It may seem callous but the press is not supposed to make value judgements, only report facts. If the general consensus in the town was that the girl's lack of supervision was a factor, then that is what should be reported.. If it was one person saying that and 100 saying something else than it was inaccurate.

Brings me back to the purpose of the 2nd amendment. It is not to protect us from invaders. The Const specifically prohibits states from raising armies. The purpose of the 2nd amendment is to insure an armed populace who when faced with a tyrannical gov't can bring it down. The bill of rights was written by people…

I didn't know that, but it doesn't really change my opinion. She is a lay person with no qualifications to speak on the subject, yet the broadcasters etc give he a forum because she

"begging the question" is a logical fallacy where the conclusion is part of the evidence, also known as circular reasoning. I think when you wrote "begs the question" you meant "demands explanation" or "invites the query" or something like that.

1)Everyone likes a "bad boy"/No one likes a "drunken slut". Before you ring the sexism bell this is an observation, not my opinion. They both need serious changes of lifestyle or they both will end up dead, if they are lucky.

@BordenGrote: "go, kid go, you can do it" is motivation. "You are garbage, I'm going to burn your toys if you are not perfect" is debasement. We are not talking about punishment here. This is years and years of conditioning.

@BitchyD: Withholding food and supressing bodily functions are assault in my state. Ms Chua is a criminal. I think she should be in jail. That is the difference from the hypothetical "soccer mom" you describe.

@toohotforporncareer: My, are we in la di dah TV Movie of the Week Tonight: Child Abuse! Land or what? Most children who are "actually" abused never see a Children's Home, or a hospital or a shrink. It's kept "in the family", "she's awfully clumsy", you know. As for the low income crack, humanity is not an…

I agree with previous poster. This woman admitted things she should be in jail for (withholding food, preventing from going to the bathroom, that one's assault, mommy.) and she's all boo hoo I'm being criticized? Is it me or are people utterly lacking in empathy also void of self awareness?

Spock:Everything I say is a lie

If I was a thirteen year old girl I would totally meet him in a public, well lighted place.

Crappy web site. No store, no tshirts, I really really want a SwingDangle mug or something.

@sarahsmile: How about "1/2 Governor" or "Chicken out Governor" or "Failed Governor"?

I'd do her before both Bristol and Christine ODonnel. Not Bachman, though. It goes 1)Bachman 2)Palin 3)..maybe you?

"Sex is a dialogue between people. It becomes a bone of contention in ‘Blue Valentine.'Their relationship is described through sex" said the films director

They found my wallet.

Soldier of Fortune? Guns N Ammo?

I go with drunk dialing.

@BasicSand: 90% of weight loss is diet. You can cardio until you heart explodes, if you don't reduce the foods you'll be the fat guy at the gym for life.