MarilynBB's Comments (68)

“Yep. And kids should take examinations when -they- are ready -not- just when the system says they should be ready.”

“.......and really, how is a kid supposed to hear about THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, and if you don't behave AND love him, you'll go to hell. Love Jesus or go to hell.........pretty scary proposition. I am a recovering Christian.”

“I couldn't agree more. Well said.”

“Is your gender bias at full alert? As a woman, I CRINGED every time Kate emasculated that man in front of the whole world. She simply could not control that narcissist overbearing streak she obviously has. That's my perspective at any rate.”

“Women empty bank accounts too. This is not a gender specific issue.”

“I'm sure the parents have already started them on drugs....”

“Oh get a life!”

“give us all a break, please!”

“obviously they will say "dont imitate that part"?”

“As a new Catholic, I also realize the debt we owe to the Church. Oh, it has had its problems, and with a 2000 year history and over 2.5 billion who have been Catholic, it has its loads of crap and filth, and this is the latest chapter. If only 1% of all Catholics were rotten to the core (and that would make the Catholic Church a paragon in human history), that’s still about 25 million people who have been rotten to the core. And it's probably more than that!

It's how we see things. As a former secularist and self-proclaimed agnostic, I looked around and saw much of the same thing, but without the burden of commitment or group identity (the secularist could always fall back on 'they don't answer for me!'). But no less the problems. That doesn't mean the Church doesn't need to be taken out and smacked around for this - but this is simply part of the overall investigation of the downward spiral of the church during those decades of the century when it, as well as so many other institutions (education leaps to mind), were suffering from such scandal. Believe or disbelieve as you will, but don't base it on 'because it is so bad'. When you look at anything long enough, the bad isn't hard to find.”

“Thank you.”

“Maybe it's because the word, "business" was in the title?”

“What happens in other people's marriages is not my business. How much time and money was wasted on Bill Clinton's affair? How much better would New York State be doing if Spitzer was still the governor?

However, calling Elizabeth innocent is disingenuous. She campaigned with John Edwards and raised money. She knew about the affair and knew it would eventually come out. Yet, she still collected campaign donations. I wish it weren't so, but the personal life of a politician can ruin a career. Thank god he did not win the nomination. John McCain would be President today. The Republicans might have regained control of Congress, This woman put the personal ambitions of her husband above the interests of the country. Think about that before you champion the integrity of Elizabeth Edwards.”

“Marilyn,
Thanks for sharing your insight.”

“This is probably a case where absolutely no one believes the "slick liar." I have never heard of anyone blaming Elizabeth for anything, other than enabling him to run for president when he clearly was compromised by his repeated lying to the media about this affair.

I think it's easy for most of us to understand why someone facing her health problems, especially, would not want to break up her 31-year marriage. They still have small children, a young adult daughter who needs support (who they're putting through a very public ordeal....for what?), and a life they have made together, for better or worse. A lot to give up and little to be gained (unless she gets to the point where she can't stand the sight of him!).”

“You should learn how to read, MEXICALI.”

“Marilyn, this isn't funny.”

“He loses his license for 90 days.”

“Mebbe covered by flight insurance? Since his GPS failed...”

“Well, I think we should do that and get the total weight as a criterium on how much one pays for flying. It would be the best incentive yet to finally get fast railway connections. However, the logic is a little flawed. It is the total weight that is an issue, and not the weight of an individual. Too many people are cramped in too tiny seats to increase...PROFIT!!! And charging overweight persons a higher fee increases...PROFIT!!!! That said, I would rather have fast rail, bus or private car transit and eliminate the waiting on airport terminals for connection, going from one terminal to another shlepping my luggage, or being limited on what I can and can not take with me. Overweight or not, let us hear it for public fast transportation, on the ground level.”

“CARGO PAYS MORE THAN PASSENGERS!

My knee-jerk reaction to your rationality is go soak your head. With all the weight that the airlines accept in cargo, nothing comes close in passenger weight! Money rules, hence, cargo rules. As a licensed pilot, I know this for a fact.

With all the danged complaints the airlines have received about their miserable services, passengers weight is the least of those. This is blatant discrimination, and will only open the door to more if it is permitted by our Office of Civil Rights. (Thank goodness for SW Airlines!)

Yes, weight is primarily a genetic condition, but also for many an addictions (interestingly, there are more complaints about drunks and loud snoring on planes than a person's size - and snoring is outright dangerous, and there is no worse health risk than excessive use of alcohol!!! Work in any ER in the nation and you'll see what alcohol does to people!).

There is serious misinformation about over-weight people. No all have hypertension by the age of 60, not all have high cholesterols, not all are under-exercised, or lack flexion and the ability to move easily. Ask any RN how many deceased over-weight people they've 'wheeled' to the morgue compared with "average" or under-weighters. The latter two take the permanent prize. This is all gross discrimination in our nation, just like all appearances are judge so that now Americans favor the sick "Hollywood" images.”

“I am glad I don't live in your country and that mine has its own airline. This is discrimination under the guise of "help" The same kind of discrimination that black people and gays and Jews and Muslims say they face on a daily basis.

So already fat at 5, clearly the offending child /grown up must be HUMILIATED in public because they are not thin.

And where would this "charging by weight" exercise take place? ON the open floor of an airport because of course you can HUMILIATE people into being thin, is it?

It is high time that fat people begin their own lobbying. No one really cares about your health, it is all about "looking good"

Well, despite all the so called medical facts, I have NEVER seen a fat corpse, so I'll believe the health stupidness when I see it. Heart trouble is not caused by fat- fat is the result of an already poorly performing heart.

Diabetes is not caused by fat - the fact that you are getting fat, already means your insulin management system is off kilter.

Get some REAL research done instead of having drug companies, clothing manufacturers and the gay lobbies PERSECUTING fat people.”

“What rubbish! The south beach diet doesn't work either. Obesity is a complex scientific issue that is part of human evolution. Once we stop blaming the obese, maybe we can help them. Ultimately there will be some good pharmalogical sollutions. However, to get any help with obesity a patient has to jump through many hoops and is mosltly met with here, follow this diet. If obese people could control it themsleves they would. More is needed
David Smith, Ed.D.”

“Expressing the views from the other side of the aisle, I think it's wrong to participate in this better or worse attitude that women are engaging in. This image driven society has and is being used.
The competition within the fashion industry has driven this image of skinny small frame women
for years. They make money. Clear and simple. This image has been driven so blatently that many of our young girls feel inadequate if they don't look that way. It cruel and unjustified. None the less many women follow this criteria and will do anything to uphold a fashion driven image of what they should be. On the otherside, women who are naturally smaller, nevet starved themselves and could care less about the (better size, needs to eat, too skinny culture) they are just small. Their crisis is the so-called plague of being smaller. It's not wright. It pits us against each other and bears down on presence of womens appreciation of women, which can only defeat all women in the end. This has got to stop. Funny how men always stick with men no matter what. Nothing separates them regardless of what their wearing, not even a designer.”

“MarylinBB girl, You hit the nail right on the head!!! After all this time of making clothes that do not suit/fit anyone but the most undernourished, hungry and superrich, for these spoiled brat, still wealthy designers to complain like children is shameful! They should be embarassed! Espcially since Michelle is a Real Working Woman and Mother who wants clothes, but does not need names or fancy expensive labels to validate her or clarify who she is!!

Michelle is NOT their Black barbie, their crafted, shaped ideal. She is NOT a vain 17year old new model to be shoved out on the runway with her goods hanging out while they take credit for letting the see through fabric or spicy cut reveal too much of the girl underneath and too little of something anyone could actually wear to work or a parent-teacher conference! She went to Harvard Law for heaven's sake!

I applaud Michelle's refusal to wear designers who would only make the clothes to fit her because she is the first lady while still showing the rest of us the door and tons of disdain when we show up in their shops with our normal/average size butts!
Oh The Horror, The Unmitigated Terror of these dellusional designers of my heathy, perfectly toned size 8 distance runner's butt trying to squeeze into their tiny, itty, bitty size 2 clothes!!”

“WOW, You are good; you should have written this article.”

“Touche!!”

“I agree with you. Most of these so called overpaid designers don't know anything about fashion because they are men and weird ones at that.”