Oops, She Did It Again...

[piesRsquare]

Michelle Duggar is pregnant with her 18th child...9 months after #17 was born.

Arkansas Mom Pregnant with 18th Child

LITTLE ROCK (May 9) - It's a Happy Mother's Day, indeed, for Michelle Duggar - she's pregnant with her 18th child, and says she has no plans to stop any time soon.

Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest bundle of joy will join seven sisters and 10 brothers, including two sets of twins.

"We've had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us," she said, laughing.

The Duggars' oldest child, Josh, is 20, and the youngest, Jennifer, is nine months old.

http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/arkansas-mom-pregnant-with-18th-child/20080509181009990001

[dubeskin]

1. Sounds like HE needs to learn when to pull out

[mtf80123]

4. I want to know why

this fine, upstanding CHRISTIAN family is not adopting "Snow Flake" babies?

[Night_Nurse]

12. good question! nt

[timtom]

25. Is this a Zen koan?

It has the same jarring non sequitor approach.

[panAmerican]

32. What are "snow flake" babies?

[KharmaTrain]

51. Also Known As "Crack Babies" n/t

[POAS]

58. Snow flake babies is the name

the right wing uses to refer to babies born from frozen embryos.

[mrbluto]

38. That's an extremely unreliable method....

...and could be the problem.

Perhaps a condom, or perhaps a vasectomy, is more like it.

[XemaSab]

65. They believe that children are a blessing

and it's the duty of every Christian to have as many as possible.

It's called "quiverful."

[The Stranger]

90. Oh my fucking god. I googled "quiverful," and you're right.

http://www.quiverfull.com/

:puke:

They are killing us with their cults.

[tularetom]

2. Hey if we elect McCain

we can have Dugger's fighting in Iraq for at least 50 of the next 100 years.

And if any of this generation of Duggers survive, we might be able to keep a Dugger there for the whole 100.

[Lasher]

17. At this rate Iraq would be up to its eyeballs in Duggars before 50 years.

[yellerpup]

36. Not a clown car!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ThatsMyBarack]

43. Shouldn't that say UTERUS?

I mean, a vagina is just the exit door! ;)

[Lasher]

87. You know that is a very good point.

You are exactly right. But I usually think of a vagina as an entrance door, if you know what I mean.

[MoeHayNow]

93. I was ready

to post this image. Glad I looked through the thread before I did.
It's still hilarious, even though they are a few kids short of the current 17.

[Generic Other]

100. Oh dear God, I peed my pants

dAMN YOU!

[Lasher]

102. Well I wish I could take personal credit for the pic

But others have posted it here before. It's pretty easy to find with Google image search. Now you'll remember to spread mirth with it at the right time, just as I have.

[Indenturedebtor]

3. I'd like a lawyer to weigh in here

Can I sue her for grossly contributing to the destruction of our planet? I hate these people. Shameful disgusting creatures.

[orleans]

5. went on their website and saw their house. what the fuck does this

guy do for a living that he has all this money?

i think the website said him and his wife are REAL ESTATE AGENTS?

my god. i've got one kid and a semi-crappy house. i'm in the wrong fucking business.

(and how much time does this woman have to be a real estate agent? i mean, i would think she was home raising the kids since there are so many of them)

on edit
from their website that i can't copy & paste:
"as a family project the duggars built a 7000 sqft home debt free! both jim bob and michelle are licensed real estate agents. they often host and facilitate the jim sammon's "financial freedom seminar." jim bob served in the arkansas house of representatives from 1999 to 2003 and was a candidate for the u.s. senate in 2002."
http://www.duggarfamily.com/aboutus.html

[uppityperson]

15. Obviously something that doesn't take up enough of his time. (pict here)

Something about rentals, having a bunch of rentals. Don't know how he got those rentals or what they are, but memory tells me reading something about rentals.

Figuring dates, she must have just missed her period. Assuming she had one yet. Or maybe would it be more proper to say that it is 4 wks post fertilization.

Look, here's the newest Duggar!

[annabanana]

26. jim sammon's "financial freedom seminar." ?? LOLOL

Google this puppy a little. Can you say "PYRAMID"?

[live love laugh]

35. "jim bob"? Really? That's a loaded name--he HAS to be a repug. n/t

[ThatsMyBarack]

45. I read somewhere that he is!

That's why I hate this family: They keep breeding Repuke NAZIS! :mad:

[mcctatas]

6. Sweet suffering Mary...

I have 3 children, and everytime I see this woman I cross my legs and have sympathy pain! (for you men, I think it's similar to the response you have when you see someone get a knee to the groin). How on earth do they support that brood, how can any child in a family that huge get the attention they deserve (I am sure it is possible, but I think the laundry alone would take up all my time). Wow, just wow...:scared:

[live love laugh]

34. I wonder about the attention thing too...but...they look happy for the most part.

Some women are just made for this. I just wonder when she has the time to GET pregnant.

[pnwmom]

84. Of course they look happy.

These pictures were selected by the Duggars to make them look good.

They don't tell us what living in that family is really like. There's no way for an outsider to know.

[Dogtown]

94. Staged

bush looked like he had quite the package in his "mission accomplished" press release, too.

I believe neither.

[Pharlo]

47. Well, if the younger siblings are getting the attention they need,

it's coming from the older siblings, because there is no other way it could be happening.

I have dogs, not kids. I would LOVE to have 20 mutts running around. But, four or five is my absolute limit because I know I couldn't give them the individual attention they deserve if there were more. Hell, even five is pushing it.

[Lasher]

95. That is exactly the way it works.

Older kids are actually assigned newcomers for whom they are responsible.

[shanti]

67. the mom doesn't do much of the hard work

that's for the older kids. she does do the homeschooling tho.

[Beregond2]

7. Ever notice

how the people who deny we are related to animals are often the ones who have litters?

[piesRsquare]

9. Good point...

n/m

[Night_Nurse]

13. LOL

[Blue Belle]

80. Spot on.

:)

[enid602]

8. ?

My God, are they wearing name tags?

[alfredo]

10. Pregnant eleven years.

[TahitiNut]

61. More like 13 years.

:banghead:

[alfredo]

76. That's a real slice of one's life.

[LibDemAlways]

11. She's only 41. She's probably got a few more

breeding years ahead - if her body doesn't wear out first.

I've got one child and it's all I can do to give her the attention she deserves and make sure her needs are met. I would find it difficult with two, but 18? No possible way. The parents must make the older ones responsible for the younger ones, and that's a hell of an unfair thing to foist on teenagers. I wouldn't be surprised if behind closed doors there isn't a lot of rebellion already.

[Beregond2]

91. I don't

know about that. For most of human history, the older children were expected to help care for the younger ones. Seems like a nice system to me, fostering responsibility. Not that I'm advocating having tons of kids!

[LibDemAlways]

92. I'm not saying an older sibling shouldn't be called upon

occasionally to watch or care for a younger one. What I object to is that in this situation the older siblings are almost certainly raising the younger ones as surrogate parents, which, in my view, is unfair to both them and the younger children.

[pepperbear]

14. so uh, which one do you think is already gay? n/t

[sakabatou]

16. ...

My god, that's a person not a baby-factory!

[razors edge]

18. Reminds me of a clown car. n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

46. It reminds me of Monty Python's Meaning of Life...

Let's all sing, now..."Every sperm is sacred..."

[misanthrope]

19. Dysgenics in action**nm

**

[Blue-Jay]

20. .

[PBS Poll-435]

22. EWWWW......

At this point, I will assume that Mr. Dugger needs some kind of electronic stimulation.

[Runcible Spoon]

27. LOL more like:

"RI-CO-LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
:rofl:

[monmouth]

21. "She did it again"??? Hmmmm, Immaculate Conception perhaps..lol.

[timtom]

23. Fine looking children, all.

I hope they have happy and productive lives.

And all vote the Democratic ticket.

[timtom]

24. Wow!! I just read the other posts on this thread.

Very hateful stuff!

Sometimes Democratic Underground embarrasses me. This is the sort of hate-filled diatribe I would expect on that OTHER site.

So, home schooling and multiple births automatically makes them Fundies? Are they FLDS? Child molesters?

I don't get it.

[Runcible Spoon]

28. umm NEWFLASH

they ARE fundies. And pyramid scam artists/tax shelter sponges to boot. :eyes: Enjoy your righteous anger. I will enjoy my nasty snark over here with at the Big Kids Table :hi:

[timtom]

54. Of the 5 responses I received

3 were intelligent (if impassioned) and gave me information that was not evident in the link in the OP.

Yours was not one of those.

Enjoy your stay at the "Big Kids Table".

[Runcible Spoon]

68. aww poor thing

sometimes it's just too much bother to educate. Besides, my post contained 3 pieces of information but I guess it wasn't delivered in a palatable form for you. Try strawberry yogurt?

:yawn:

[timtom]

83. nah, just obnoxious

Your yawn speaks volumes.

[Deja Q]

30. On certain occasions, there is every valid reason to criticize wrongdoing.

18 children is irresponsible and potentially dangerous. Most of us can't begin to make enough money to properly care for 1, 2, or 3 children -- never mind 18!

If something happened to her, I would feel sorry for her family, but let's get real -- it's not a healthy thing to do. Psychologically or physically.

She can do what she wants, and maybe she has all the resources and doesn't need to rely on everyone else all the time (helping the needy is good, but especially with population concerns, what she is doing is WRONG - period), and her condition is so extreme and frivolous, is all that's left truly making bad jokes? Possibly.

[timtom]

55. Thanks for the reply.

I didn't get that in the link in the OP.

[datasuspect]

33. thank you for your concern

[coriolis]

37. They declared their homestead a "church" to avoid paying taxes.

Fucking evil scum.

[timtom]

56. Thanks for the info.

I didn't know that.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

52. They Are Fundamentalist Republican Christians, who declared their home to

be a church and pay zero real estate taxes.

[timtom]

57. Thanks for the clarification.

That mitigates things a bit.

[tom_paine]

77. In other words: Tax Cheats. Bushie Liars and hyprocrites. Carriers of the New Dark Ages.

Why this bunch will be forming mobs to burn witches, I mean Liberals, in NO time.

Get the parents and the kids old enough into uniform and get them over to Iraq, where they can joyously fight other fundamentalists who happen to believe in a different variant of Big Cloud Being With Moutanche, Beard and galaxy-sized penis.

[pepperbear]

64. The act of bringing 18 kids into the world while 18 million are already starving,....

and then being proud of the fact that she's an anti-feminist baby machine is worthy of scorn. She thinks that having a litter of children somehow fulfills God's plan. Oh, and by the way; that's God's plan for THEM.

I read between the lines.

[pnwmom]

86. They are Fundies, which is clear if you read their own web site. n/t

[timtom]

88. The link in the OP did not reveal any mention of their own website.

Therefore, Fundyness is NOT clear. Others have provided the needed information.

Thanks.

[pnwmom]

89. If you haven't already found it by now, here it is.

http://www.duggarfamily.com/aboutus.html

[Deja Q]

29. She's not a mother, she's Polaroid's new invention for an instant baby making machine.

(With their instant cameras no longer all the rage, they had to do something... or someone...)

:hide:

[hlthe2b]

31. the pics where all the girls (and the boys) look alike ....

with identical hair (or haircuts) and especially the one with the girls all wearing their "prairie" dresses does sort of unnerve me. No individualism encouraged (allowed?) there..

'Sort of reminds me of another recent ongoing news story with religious overtones, but I just can't put my finger on it. Oh, wait...

[Maine-ah]

39. it may be easier to purchase clothing that way

either way, I think they're frickin' nuts. But, what ever, it's their choice.

[hlthe2b]

42. If they were not obviously well financed, I'd agree & not give it

a second thought--just think them imminently practical and frugal. But after seeing their house & their self-discussion of finances, I think it represents something quite different...

[shanti]

70. i think they

dress this way because it's just easier to manage. i went on their website and noticed that the oldest daughter is breaking free of the "style", so that's why i came to this conclusion.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

40. I had this thread running on Friday. Interesting responses too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3261980

[ThatsMyBarack]

41. How many days 'til Mrs. Duggar's *Menopause*??

Gotta happen sometime, right? RIGHT?!?!111

[leftofthedial]

44. cut his off and sew hers shut

that's ridiculous.

[boobooday]

48. They named one of them "Jinger"

WTF?

[ThatsMyBarack]

49. "Jinger"="Ginger"

With a J instead of a G. All of their kids have J names for Jesus! :puke:

[boobooday]

50. Wow, I would have NEVER gotten that!

I'm glad she didn't show up on a roster in my class. I would have looked pretty goofy pronouncing it to rhyme with "ringer"

"J names for Jesus"?

Jesus. I'm sure he'll know the connection right away when he meets "Jinger"

[Miss Carly]

73. I wondered why they all had J names, even the dog has a j name

they are going to run outta names and have to go to another letter...
Jeckle
Juniper
Jasmine
Jazz
Jezibel...no, never mind, that wouldn't be a fitting name
Jumbalaya
Jesusa

[boobooday]

85. Juanita and Jorge are probably out of the question as well . . .

:eyes: :eyes:

[iamthebandfanman]

53. they shoulda adopted , sheesh.

so much work involved in taking care of that many people... youd hope youd show a lil unselfishness and help out a child who doesnt have a home or any brothers or sisters...

[Miss Carly]

59. well, now, wonder how much $$ they got in the stimulus package

I can't help but wonder as many times as she has been in labor and delivery, if those babies just slide right out quickly, like a laundry chute.

[Deja Q]

60. Well, if they put all that money to a bucket of Crisco and a pair of rubber gloves...

:hide:

[knight_of_the_star]

62. So when did she get started

18 kids considering women can't conceive right after giving birth how young would she have to have been to have that many when she had her first?

[gulfcoastliberal]

63. Disgusting! Idiots like these are why the world is overpopulated - global warming, ecological ruin,

resource scarcity, etc are the symptoms of this terminal disease. I decided a long time ago (my personal view, obviously) that it would be wrong to bring kids into this world. I'm glad every day that I made that decision. And I'm so happy to have a partner who feels the same way. It's so selfish and pigheaded to have kids when so many unwanted children out there are in need of adoption and loving homes.

[DadOf2LittleAngels]

74. No...

Its the morons with 1 kids a 5k sq foot house and two SUV's that are the problem... These people use less energy than John Edwards and at about 250 sqft per kids use less space, energy, and heat per square foot than most Americans.

The Duggars are far from perfect (the whole avoiding property tax thing is really *really* lame) but to say its folk like that ruining the planet is moronic, 'Idiots like these' account for a very small fraction of the worlds population.

[galledgoblin]

66. I grew up in a big family

I have five siblings, not because my parents do not believe in birth control (my mom is a frequent poster here actually) but because they wanted and could afford six children.

it was a great upbringing, filled with problems that smaller families do not have but also treasues that smaller families miss out on.

these people give me the heebie geebies.

take a look at the daily schedule: they have practically every minute of these kids lives already written down.

(and the girls of course have to do the cooking...)

the greatest moments of my childhood were those playing with my siblings. we came to our own ethical and moral realizations with both the guidance of the adults around us and on our own.

these kids don't seem to get a minute to stop and question anything told to them.

[Miss Carly]

69. They live in a nice home...er I mean church

http://www.duggarfamily.com/photos.html

[Wapsie B]

71. Gosh, wonder what would happen if several of these kids

grew up to be Liberal Activists?

[tom_paine]

78. Instantly expelled and disowned, almost certainly. However, if you read about the childrens'

uprbringing, you will see that they have zero opportunity (very likely, no one can say for sure unless they know this grotequely huge family) for intellectual growth and meeting other people with differing views.

Looks like the parents have very effectively intellectually enslaved the children, and they are tax cheats, to boot!

Those poor kids. However, if the Bushies take this nation where I think they are, they will make wonderful Concentration Camp Guards (scourging the Liberals and Colored for Jesus!) or Neighborhood Spies (keeping an eye on the UnGodly for Jesus).

[StarryNite]

72. Michelle Dugar said,

"We've had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us," she said, laughing.

I'm thinking March and April are their busy months.

[tabasco]

75. Irresponsible idiots.

The planet has too many people.

[Blue Belle]

81. Their probably members of the Flat Earth Society anyway...

overpopulation is a liberal conspiracy like greenhouse gasses and the death tax.

[SmokingJacket]

79. Why do they get so much attention? It's not newsworthy.

I had a friend in school who had 19 brothers and sisters, all the same two parents. Really, it's not that uncommon.

[Bombero1956]

82. imagine

having so many kids that they need name tags just like at Wal-Mart.

[Rex]

96. Hey they like fucking and having kids, don't see the big deal.

[Disturbed]

97. I am surprised that they don't have a TV Reality show yet.

Wait for it.

[Rex]

98. You call the fam and I'll make arrangements in a studio/flat somewhere.

Hey why not ride the money train? What can we call it? "19 Is Enough" sounds a little far fetched. We could make gold alone on the kids and their habits.

[maxsolomon]

99. you're not serious, right?

http://health.discovery.com/convergence/duggars/duggarfamily.html

that's the only reason we know about them.

please use the :sarcasm: smiley

[guitar man]

101. good gawd!!

jeezus kee-rist, it's a vagina, not a Pez dispenser....:eyes: