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Sarah Palin spoke Thursday at the Long Island Association, a business group in New York. The event was notable for the fact that Palin invited the press–something she does rarely. And it was newsworthy in that she gave another sign she might actually run for president: News reports say she hinted with a smile that someone who is good at multitasking (“a woman, a mom”), as well as someone who’s already run for something (“a vice-presidential candidate?”) would be most qualified for the job.
During the event, in which Palin was interviewed by the Long Island Association’s president, she sounded off about presidential things–the deficit, whether or not to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and President Obama’s health-care reform law. And she weighed in on the debate over Obama’s citizenship, reportedly saying it is “distracting. It gets annoying. Let’s stick to what really matters.”
But if that’s what she really wants people to do, why did she crack a joke about Michelle Obama’s campaign to make it easier for women to breastfeed? When the conversation turned to the escalating price of gas and groceries, Palin reportedly said, “It’s no wonder Michelle Obama is telling everybody you better breastfeed your baby–yeah, you better–because the price of milk is so high right now!”
It may have just been an attempt to draw a laugh from the crowd over issues–childhood obesity and the medically proven benefits of breastfeeding–that are no laughing matter. But even though she followed up by saying “and may that not be the takeaway, please, of this speech,” it has become one of them. Headlines saying that Palin was mocking Michelle Obama’s attempt to make it easier for women to breastfeed have lead stories following the speech.
Who knows whether or not Palin will run for the nation’s highest office. But if she does, comments like this one do little to make her sound presidential. For one, even if it was a joke, Palin was making light of something that has to do with the future of this country–the health and well-being of its children. And even if Palin spent most of the talk discussing deficits, health-care reform and foreign affairs, it’s unnecessary side comments like these that will–whether she likes it or not–lead the news.
A Florida woman faces charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon over a Girl Scouts Thin Mints cookie misunderstanding.
Hersha Howard had a hankering Sunday morning for one of the Thin Mints she purchased from a local troop, but when they were nowhere to be found, she became enraged, and her anger turned towards her sleeping roommate, Jasmin Wanke.
The 31-year-old woman woke burst into Wanke’s room and angrily accused her of eating her cookies. Before Wanke could get a word in, Howard allegedly jumped on top of her roomie, slapped her in the face, chased her with a pair of scissors, struck her with a board, bit her in the breast, then hit her with a sign she found outside.
Even though Wanke tried to tell her rabid roommate that she gave the precious Thin Mints to her children, Howard was still hellbent on getting even. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, Wanke’s husband tried to separate the rowdy roommates and managed to subdue Howard until police arrived.
Girl Scouts cookie sales are estimated at about $200 million a year and Thin Mints has been the number one seller for years.
Howard was taken into custody but was released Monday on $10,000 bail.
Somebody’s trying to kill us! Well that may sound a bit extreme, but it may be true. Babies in China drinking a particular brand of powdered milk may be causing infants to start puberty a bit prematurely.
According to reports, three babies between 4 and 15 months have shown signs of that dreaded time in everyone’s life, including growth of breasts!
The babies have the same amount of estradiol
(aka the female sex hormone) as any adult woman. The company responsible for manufacturing the product denies that any of its milk is contaminated with any thing. But I’m not so sure about that.
Remember that lead episode with China. They denied that their toys had poisons in them. Who’s to say their milk doesn’t.
Ron Paul is talking to the framers about selling Raw Milk.To be trueful I never knew you could buy Raw Milk.