Not yet, anyway...I'm sure I'll stop by Ampland sometime tonight.

A distinction it shares with such landmark opinions as Korematsu v. US (approving concentration camps for US citizens of Japanse ancestry). Don't bet on that precedent holding, despite not having been explicitly overturned. More recent cites of it have not been particularly kind to it.

.....was that a deliberate pun?:doit:

The court decides what is right for the times. It's all renegotiable.:)

Sorry everyone...my modem died, and I haven't had internet for a week, so I'm playing catch-up. I'm like, five pages behind....
We'll be gone on vacation for a week, and I don't know if I'll have access to a computer.


Sidhe

no need to apologize ;)

It's not so much the unplanning but the parenting. But, family planning IS lacking...

I think I love you. :p :D

You can love him all that you want as long as you don't have any children!:doit: :eek3:

I don't think the world is ready for another 'fair and balanced' Fox commentator.

It's not that I hate children. I love children,...I just don't think I could eat a whole one.:yum:

The smaller ones are more tender. Easier to fit into the oven without having to separate them into parts.

...And if the majority of Americans are incapable of exercising enough self-control to engage in proper "family planning," then how the hell will they ever be able to engage in proper parenting of said family?

If they can't be bothered to remember to take their pill every morning, or use that condom+spermicide, how will they plan a family budget and stick to it? (Oh, that's right, the average American owes $2,900 in credit card debt.)

Will they supervise a kid's homework? Teach them right from wrong, responsibility and respect for others?

Irresponsibility leads to children. Irresponsibility leads to bad parenting.

It's a vicious cycle.

- Pie

I always wonder about these types of stats. Not too long ago, when my wife and I both worked, and we had no kids, we would put about $1000 a month on our credit cards. Just buying stuff, going on trips, etc. We would always pay it off in its entirety each month. But basically every month, we had a new bill for about $1000.

To use your terminology, did we "owe" $1000 "in credit card debt" back then? In my mind, we didn't, because it was just one form of payment instead of another. But I wonder what the organizations that track credit card debt would think?

Either way, the number sounds really low compared to other similar statistics I've had flung at me...