Happy news!

Number 18 is in da coochizzy!

Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar announce #18 is on the way!!!

We are so grateful to God to announce that Michelle is expecting our 18th child, due in January of 2009!

Psalm 127 says, “Lo children are a heritage of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is His reward.” We believe that each child is a special gift from God and we are thankful to Him for each one.

Oh, terrific. According to the website, the oldest son has gotten married. Which means. . . .

Comments

[LizDexic]

To quote Groucho: "I like cigars too, but I take 'em out once in a while."

[M.K.]

I wish I had not read this before lunch.

[four legs good]

Oh, gah.

There oughta be a law. Who pays to educate all of those kids?

[queek]

"What was your name again?"

[Frogspond]

four legs good - they are all homeschooled.

[JDM]

Goddam fucking retards.

[heydave]

That corner of the gene pool was already mutated, not it's spreading?

[queek]

I think it would be fitting that all the kids shared the same reproductive defect rendering them sterile!

[missy]

Do they make pessaries in XXXL?

[Frogspond]

Judging by the absolute affection that the oldest is holding his wife with in the picture on their website I am betting he is the gay one.

It's all part of a woman's right to choose

[noblejoanie]

Menopause can't come too soon to this woman.

[Gindy]

They may be home schooled but you can bet your tax dollars the parents claim each and every spawnette on their income taxes and get a HUGE deduction for them. Of course the deduction never measures up to the cost of housing, feeding, clothing (if you can call the togs the spawn are wearing clothes) and educating them. They still have to pass tests to prove they have been schooled and not just on bible verses.

[mike in pr]

Dare I say that some of you sound as intolerant and authoritarian as the pro-life crowd.

[whoissecretdubai]

Hello,

A humble request...

Do you, by any chance, happen to know who Secret Dubai (the blogger: secretdubai.blogspot.com) is?

http://whoissecretdubai.blogspot.com/

[amused]

Hey, if they're a happy family and can afford to raise such a huge clan (and they want to... yeesh!), go for it. I don't care.

But I must say that the poster caption is quite hillllllarious.

[virgotex]

didn't they just have one last year?

[zoe]

Oh my.
The Joad family times 6?

[shpx.ohfu]

They get lots of wingnut welfare from their wackt Quiverfull brethren down in rope belt country.

I'm sure Discovery/Sci chan or whomever gave them a TV show to parade their freakish reproductive beliefs before the entire world is paying for that "privilege" as well. Too bad an otherwise reputable channel gives them a stipend for nothing more than irresponsible fucking.

[Molly Ivors]

didn't they just have one last year?

Well, that's pretty much always the case.

It takes a helluva toll on your body, being always pregnant. I'm sure Michelle is anemic and her hormones are way out of whack. I'm also sure she doesn't nurse.

[Jim Bailey]

Being the oldest of eight I can tell ya that if they're happy they are VERY happy...being from a LARGE family makes it easier to handle communal living when you get older...in fact a quiet house
can drive you nuts in the middle of the night.
Let's cut 'em a little slack eh?
But the caption is fucking hilarious!

[sightunseen]

I do wonder to what extent that the massive publicity
this family has engendered has altered their lives in any appreciable way? Would they have continued to birth all these children if there had been no public showing of their offspring? And do they, as individuals, feel somewhat driven to further their
procreating?

[danno]

Given the fact that most of the planet's problems are a direct result of overpopulation, HELL NO I won't give them one tiny bit of slack. People with large families ought to be penalized so they bear the true cost of their sick obsession with breeding.

And yeah, I'm very intolerant of people whose selfishness and stupidity is so goddamn destructive. Being tolerant does not require a person to accept every damn fool thing someone does.

[Elspeth R]

That family disgusts me and to the concern trolls - NO I do not owe them a damned bit of consideration so get bent!!! They are tantamount to animal hoarders..."hey let's get (make) another one!?" Let alone the child-making equivalent of a Crazy Cat Lady (who happens to get laid once a year whether she wants to or not).

The most important word that Madame Ovary could have learned (and obvy didn't): "NO!"

Are they sure it's really the 18th foetus and not her uterus just pulling the plug and making to move out for some peace & quiet in an undisclosed location?

Elspeth

[Caveat]

Thank you, danno, saved me the trouble.