Octo-mom: the most disturbing ongoing news story of the year

My internet service keeps crapping out, for some reason, due to a "service outage" hackjob that was apparently perpetrated on Los Angeles and San Diego counties yesterday that left many people with verrrryyy sllooooow seerrrvice.   And by that I mean the internet service itself, and the CUSTOMER SERVICE.
Time Warner says it's fixed, but I'm not convinced, like, at all.  And, oh yeah-- good job, hackers!  Mission accomplished!  You totally annoyed and irritated half a state full of people.  That energy couldn't have been used for anything else, I'm sure.  Thumbs up!

Speaking of annoying and irritating, I keep forgetting to write about this—maybe it’s because every time I think about it, it gets me so incensed I can’t see straight, much less write.  But—finally!  A subject that transcends political lines, religious beliefs, and all the other divisive issues.   I don’t know why, but I find this whole “octuplets mom” thing more disturbing than the stock market taking a giant dump, or the real estate market circling the drain, or unemployment spiking. 

I think we can all agree that it is a very, very bad idea for a single, unemployed woman with six children already and a clear-cut mental illness to have eight babies at one time when she lives with her parents (who kind of seem like they don't even want to live with her) and collects money from the state.  Right.   Right?  I'm not even talking about reproductive rights here, people.  I'm talking about the fact that I am very concerned that a doctor has given medical care to an insane person who might actually think she's Angelina Jolie, and this has resulted in eight (or, fourteen) children who are going to have a crappy life because no one could say no to this woman.  How is this possible?

I have a personal thing about this because I am a taxpayer in California, and I know some people who have actually gotten IOU’s from the state because of the budget/ economic crisis.  I can’t help but feel personally taken advantage of by a woman who is clearly gaming the system, as half of the children she already had were disabled when she chose to get in-vitro to have the other eight.  That means food stamps, disability, and about $ 2 million worth of California-taxpayer subsidized hospital care for eight preemies who are then going home to live in a filthy, overcrowded three-bedroom house.

Then there’s the plastic surgery—my God!  The plastic surgery!  This woman has so obviously made herself in Angelina Jolie’s image, and I’m really questioning the sanity and ethics of a doctor who would repeatedly implant that many embryos into a woman with a history of depression, suicidal ideation, and a face full of plastic surgery.  I’m seriously more weirded out by this than Michael Jackson, HIS plastic surgery, his kids, and his Neverland ranch.  I mean, there’s no one around to regulate him, but at least he has family and some money to catch him when he falls.  I know, I know, everything he has is being auctioned, but he’s still Michael Jackson, which means he can still make music.   Nadya Sulemon just defies all logic, and the fact that she got medical professionals to help her out with this is amazing and scary all at once.

So—what to do?  Can regular people file complaints with the Department of Child Protective Services?    This topic leans more on the “strange” and less on the “funny,” and for that I am sorry, but—damn!  Can she really get away with all this during these hard economic times?    I am genuinely worried about those poor children.

I would start a petition or something, but I wouldn’t even know who to send it to.  Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Comments

[Cathy - wheresmydamnanswer]

I am so outraged by this irresponsible thing. The last thing I want to do is finance her with my Cali tax dollars. There is talk on the LA news this am that they may not release the babies to her until she can prove she has a safe environment for them.

She is so selfish and her Mom card should be pulled.

[Stephan]

Further, if this delusional woman wanted to be like her hero Angelina, ADOPT, fer God's sake! (Ironically, because of her questionable financial and mental state, she probably wouldn't have met the standards for adoption. If you think this through, actually, it reveals a flaw in our evolution as a species.)