Michelle Duggar is pregnant again! This is a woman whose life's work is to ensure that the rare white home-schooled fundamentalist child is produced in enough numbers to keep it off endangered lists, and she is serious about her chosen profession.
In her honor, Arkansas is changing the state seal to reflect her hard and often misunderstood work. Interestingly enough, they didn't have to change much; the bird already had arrows representing the Quiverfull movement, the angels already had mom hair, and the motto needed only a little tweaking. (see the original here)
I laughed out loud! Normally, I'd be all for "leave this family alone, it's their business," but the Duggers shop their story all over, smiling those alien plastic smiles, in order to get donations for their household expenses. They'll put up with any abuse for cash. Yeah, people used to have this many kids all the time, before reliable birth control BUT those old folks with so many siblings remember their childhoods and say it's much better the way most families do it now.
Posted by: Miss Cellania | May 13, 2008 at 03:34 PM
It was interesting doing research for this. Ok, I'm as childfree as they come, but the sheer nastiness thrown this woman's way (comments on her ugliness, her hair style, her clothes) are just...sad. I don't agree at ALL with the way they live their lives, but where's the nastiness toward the father? He's at least 50% responsible for making all those kids. And for the record, I think she's quite pleasant looking.
That said, they have made themselves fair game with the TV show and the website and the politics and the handouts and the religious tax shelters. I am mocking the whole idea of promoting ridiculously huge families as a good thing...even ridiculously huge families that happen without fert drugs.
Posted by: Kipling | May 13, 2008 at 07:36 PM
Thank you for adding the J. I love all the other details, but the J calls out what I feel is the freakiest about them...all those damn kids with names starting with J.
As for Jim Bob, I'll take care of him soon. Mwaaaaaaahahaha!
I love this one Kipling.
Posted by: 14 | May 13, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Well Done.
Posted by: Kamala | May 14, 2008 at 04:19 PM
kook Christians 18 kook muslims ? When will these stupid religious cults end?!
Posted by: Stanley Ipkiss | May 30, 2008 at 06:29 AM