Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Who the Hell is Nayda Suleman Kidding? And What the Hell Was She Even Thinking?



And when you think all this hoopla is bizarre enough, Nadya Suleman is now soliciting online contributions on her new website.

But when you think about all this, consider this:

She has no monthly income, and has $50,000 in student loans outstanding.

She also receives $490 a month in food stamps and receives about $600 in disability payments a month for each of the three of her older six children with disabilities -- one has ADHD, another has a speech impediment and a third is diagnosed with autism.

And Medicaid is now footing the bill for bringing the party of eight into this world. As Tim Rutten noted in today's Los Angeles Times, "We don't know yet whether any of the octuplets will be disabled in ways requiring public assistance. It appears that, in the case of the Suleman family, raising 14 children takes not simply a village but the combined resources of the county, state and federal governments."

Rutten goes on to add:

"The Suleman case is a caricature of the issues raised by contemporary fertility medicine, but sometimes a cartoon brings discomforting truths into high relief. One of them is that the novel, perplexing and often unhappy demands that situations such as Suleman's make on our legal, ethical and social consciences aren't really a matter of necessity, but of choice. That choice is an outgrowth of the narcissism that has become our society's background noise.

When the Nadya Sulemans of the world say, as she has in interviews, that they undergo these extreme, invasive, unpleasant, uncertain and expensive medical procedures because they "want children," that isn't really the case. If what people want is children -- and the incomparable experience of parenthood -- there are tens of thousands of children in our country and perhaps millions more abroad waiting for adoption. Thousands of others in our country are waiting for foster care."


And get a load of this tasteless photo that surfaced on TMZ.com:




I've heard of assuming personal responsibility for your actions, but THIS?

Nadya Suleman's problem is exactly the same as it was with my own biological mother: she wants the fantasy of having a large brood of children but expects others to pick up the tab to enable and feed her fantasy.

My mother's idea of child-rearing is shipping off my brothers to a military school and other siblings into state mental hospitals, shirking her responsibilities while living high off the government dole. This is more than an abuse of government aid programs. It is a flat-out, insidious form of "outsourcing."

With our nation's economy going straight to hell, we should not be using our tax dollars to enable others into acting out this delusional form of narcissism. As a famous Shakesperean line once stated, "The fault, dear Brutus, lies in ourselves."

8 comments:

Unknown said...

Well, John, I agree! What was she thinking? Probably as you have already guessed, a new house, car, and LOTSA money without lifting a finger. Maybe even TONS of baby food, diapers, endorsements, TV shows, you name it. After reading your blog, and all the media news on this anchor baby, herself. I decided to figure out who the heck she was. I think I found out more then I wanted to know.

She DID get a house given to her according to http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/02/octomom-to-get-new-home-1.php I suppose donated by her church. The car is probably on it's way. No wonder we're as a nation going broke............SSI for ADHD? A speech impediment? How many other millions of children in America have that WITHOUT collecting SSI? I can name a few already I know without even thinking. If it was a normal American citizen, we've got to fight for YEARS to get anything we really needed......as millions do. But, it seems Nadya learned to play the system pretty well early on!

She's the child of Iraqi immigrants born here and became an "anchor child" herself. I find that interesting in itself. Already one of our problems in America. And, now she has 14 more children for the government to raise. School loans, and SSI and food stamps to raise her children! None of which I have anything against........only when it's abused like this case.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/31/nadya-suleman-octuplets-m_n_162756.html

Anyone one else would have to REPAY the government should a "windfall" of money happen by....is she reporting her "little" envelopes to the government. I wonder.

I know it eerks me!

lisnavarro said...

Immigration policy states that if you immigrate here and turned out to be a liability, you forfeit your right to stay. Since she was born here, there is nothing anyone can do except for the law to change. In other countries, even if were born there, it does not warrant you to be a citizen. I think we should adopt the same policy. You have to be an asset in order to earn the Citizenship. Do you agree?

lisnavarro said...

God will provide if you help yourself. This scenario is somewhat intentional not by accident.

Kali said...

This is not going to turn out well.
You don't have to be a genius to figure that one out.

Sharon said...

As a Christian woman I am going to keep these 14 children in prayer. Nadya appears to have suffered more than a back injury in the riot at the mental hospital. She is delusional and it is so unfair to the children them that she is only thinking of her needs and not theirs.

The IVF doctor who inplanted her without a mental work-up should have his license pulled and his malpractice insurance should be forced to reimburse for all the medical expenses that will now fall to the taxpayers and also for the millions of dollars it will cost to raise these children. That is not even mentioned the mental damage that will be done to these children when there is just not enough of Nayda to spread around among them. Is she going to have the babies all poop in order, eat in order and sleep in order. Not going to happen!!!!

I am also appalled that a website has been set up soliciting funds and items for these children. I thought she was capable of taking care of them. Obviously not.

I saw her public relation spokesperson on the Today show. My question is, who is paying the PR firm? Is it again tax dollars at work or are they going to wait until Nayda gets her degree in a year or two for payment.

As for Nayda being a Christian. Well I have to ask, where was her faith in God? The Bible talks about many women who were unable to have children and they waited on God to provide them. They did not take it into their own hands. Nowhere in the Bible do I read that it a good idea for a single, unemployed woman with no means to intentionally upsurp Gods authority and have 14 children.

Unknown said...

WELL SINCE HER KIDS ARE STILL BEING TAKEN CARE OF IN THE HOSPITAL, MAYBE SHE'S JUST GATHERING UP THE DONATIONS THAT THE PEOPLE WILL GIVE TO HER AND LEAVE ALL HER KIDS BEHIND AND JUST TAKE OFF. REMEMBER.... SHE SUFFERS FROM ADHD NOT RETARDATION. SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT SHES DOING. IF SHE DON'T GIVE ALL HER KIDS UP FOR ADOPTION I CAN SEE HER DOING SOMETHING AWFUL TO THEM IN THE LONG RUN, AND BLAME IT ON HER ADHD.

Unknown said...

EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT A TAXPAYER AND DONT LIVE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MY HUSBAND STILL IS AND I PERSONALLY THINK THE BITCH IS CRAZY.... DON'T GO MAKING BABIES IF U CAN'T PROVIDE FOR YOUR FIRST ONES OR FOR THEM. I REALLY DON'T THINK THE DOCTOR IS AT FAULT BECAUSE THE ASSHOLE JUST GOT GREEDY FOR HER MONEY AND NOW EVEN MORE FOR THE PUBLICITY. I WOULDN'T DONATE A PENNY BECAUSE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE ALREADY PROVIDING FOR HER.

teacherlady said...

I believe that the babies should be adopted out. I would be willing to donate to their care if they were in a healthy and stable home. Seeing her touching her children with her beautifully manuicured hands makes me sick. Good grief! I accidently sratched my baby's face with a natural nail and immediatly cut them all off. She is totally out of touch with reality. She does not need our help, but her children do (and her poor mother!).