I see things are back to normal around here.

[Tyler Durden]

Herd them cats.

Max out for REAL issues is about 25-30 posts, and what is TAKING OFF and about to pass 300???

Mom nursing a kid on a plane 2 months shy of 2 years old, and REFUSING a blanket to cover up, NOW throwing another fun fun lawsuit.

The National House is STILL on fire, and the big issue is still the type face for the number on the building.

Maybe we need a totally NON POLITICAL forum for this sort of thing.

YEHAH KITTIES! MEOW EM' OUT.

Go ahead and beat me up, now.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. WooHoo

Boobs everywhere.

[Tyler Durden]

5. It's weird...personally I could care less.

I don't really care what anyone else does. Go ahead, whip it out and slop the little dear. Personally, I think after Junior has TEETH and can TALK, Mom ought to slip him an unsalted soda cracker, but that's just me.

Breast feed until he tries out for the team, for all I care. I just would rather see that level of righteous indignation directed at something like universal healthcare, or afirmative action.

[Damndifino]

30. When grammarians attack...

You mean you couldn't care less?

[SmokingJacket]

34. Actually he could care less, but doesn't want to bother. nt

[Lex]

2. And don't forget the finger-wagging

hall monitors!

[omega minimo]

7. Don't call the Mods names!!

:wow:

You WAS one!

:evilgrin:

[Lex]

14. Definitely not referring to the Mods!

Love the actual Mods, not the self-appointed finger-waggers.

[omega minimo]

19. Better wagging a finger

than wagging something else :hi:

[bloom]

3. So women's rights are not political. ???

We see what your colors are.

[Tyler Durden]

9. Fix what you can fix.

Try working on some REAL women's rights, like reproductive freedom.

And don't tell me it's all the same thing: it's not. My first wife fed the first kid in public all the time, but as nuts as she was, she would have let him HOWL if she didn't have a receiving blanket handy and would have told anyone else they were NUTS if they told her just to whip it out.

[Fierce]

15. Forget it.

Not worth it.

[Tyler Durden]

THAT'S the spirit.

You're right. Not worth it. MOVE ON. As 300 others should have done.

[omega minimo]

4. My reality check was the "Cu*tface" GD Title

It is what it is

[Habibi]

6. Can I just add an LOL?

:thumbsup:

[seabeyond]

8. or you just chose the threads you want to go into. what a concept. btw

this thread would go into the frivolous outrage threads, just to be clear

[Tyler Durden]

11. If there was one, I'd have put it there.

And talk about frivolous outrage??? Breast feeding tops DARFOUR??? There are 18,000 votes MISSING in one of the Florida elections: Breast feeding tops THAT????

Give me a break.

[Fierce]

12. Fortunately, it's not a zero-sum game.

Talk about herding cats. Any issue *you* come up with, someone's going to go after it as frivolous and unworthy of attention. There are thousands of people here. It happens.

[Tyler Durden]

16. See Number 13.

Get concerned about Item #100,000 on the list of earth shattering issues if you want, but invest the amount of time it's WORTH. Then move on. Two words: GLOBAL WARMING. Kind of makes the other issue look silly, nes ne pas?

[Fierce]

17. Funny, spelling is big on my list.

Bigger even than global warming.

How is posting on a message board helping fight against global warming?

See what a stupid game this is?

[Tyler Durden]

20. My last word on the subject: following my own advice.

I'm so glad you think this is all so silly. So why are you here?

[omega minimo]

18. Breast feeding tops a lot of other bullshit you might point out

Why does that one push your buttons? Images of women without receiving blankets "whipping it out"?

[Fierce]

21. The terminology caught my eye too.

I mean, Jayzus.

[Tyler Durden]

22. It's NOT the BREAST FEEDING

It's the level of outrage.

It seems that genocide, global warming and the Republican Party future backlash just might make the issue moot.

Shoot. I'm breaking my own rule. This is REALLY my last word: Breast Feeding is VERY IMPORTANT: it just isn't that HIGH on the World Ending Issues list right now, is it?

[Fierce]

31. Tell these mothers and kids differently.

It's the idea that there's a hierarchy of issues we should address that tears this party apart, and that's what I resent.

* * *

Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Uganda: 4000 Die Daily Due to Lack of Breastfeeding

The Monitor (Kampala)
September 4, 2006

At least 4000 infants and young children die everyday in Uganda due to
lack of breastfeeding. This was disclosed by the Health Minister in
charge of General Duties, Dr Richard Nduhura in Gulu on Tuesday.

Nduhura was addressing a rally to mark the World Breastfeeding Week.

"Everyday, as many as 4000 infants and young children die because they
are not breastfed. Why should this continue?" Asked Nduhura.

He said the trend could be reversed if mothers are empowered with
enough knowledge about breastfeeding and are continuously motivated
and supported to breastfeed the children.

The minister blamed the increasingly poor breastfeeding culture in the
country on aggressive advertising for bottle feeding, where marketing
gimmicks and slogans are used to discredit breastfeeding.

"Those advertisers claim breastfeeding is best but bottle feeding is
almost as good as breastfeeding," Nduhura said.

He said they use striking images of well breastfed babies to persuade
mothers to buy their feeding bottles, yet they are putting the next
generation in danger.

According to a recent World Health Organisation report, babies who do
not breastfeed are six times more likely to die from diarrhoea or
respiratory infections.

The report said HIV positive mothers have to make the hard decision of
whether or not to breastfed their babies.

"For HIV positive mothers, the decision whether or not to breastfeed a
child can be difficult, because studies show that babies, who
breastfeed from HIV positive mothers, have a 5 to 20 per cent chance
of getting infected," the report said.

Nduhura, however, said health workers worldwide have realised the
fatal consequences of bottle-feeding. The theme of this year's World
Breastfeeding Week was 'Regulating the Marketing of Infant Foods.'

Gulu LC5 Chairman Norbert Mao promised to visit radio stations in the
district and stop advertisements of "junk bottle and other infant food
items." He called on husbands to support their wives in breastfeeding
their infants.

[Fierce]

10. Because God knows, if you get outraged about one thing,

you can't possibly get outraged about another thing at the same time.

[Tyler Durden]

13. I am talking about a level of outrage.

And with that, I have exorcised my outrage, and am going to direct my extremely limited and valuable time to IMPORTANT issues.

[Karenina]

36. Tyler, I think you're missing something.

The BF thread speaks to some very BASIC issues. It indicates the level of resistance there is in America to PROVIDING THE BASICS FOR OUR YOUNG. A tolerance for and commitment to the needs of our future being met... The other issues you delineate are not mutually exclusive. The attitudes expressed on that very emotionally charged thread are informative of what is FUCKED UP in American society and WHY the issues you raise are not addressed.

[Texasgal]

23. So I guess we are only allowed

topics are "wordly" important?

Are we not a "discussion board?"

[shadowknows69]

24. Have to admit at least we're consistent

n/t

[Avalux]

25. Might I suggest using the "hide function" ?

You have it for a reason, try it. :hi:

[Swamp Rat]

26. IMPEACH BUSH!

[omega minimo]

27. Don't confirm Iran/Contra Guy to "run" Iraq War!!

[Swamp Rat]

28. That too!

:D :hi:

[omega minimo]

29. smack

:pals:

[Jim Warren]

32. We've just been waiting

for you.........with all that natural charm and razor sharp wit to find hypnotically compelling ways to begin threads on the hard issues.

[omega minimo]

35. "Hypnotically compelling ..........................."

:popcorn:

[PVnRT]

33. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBS

n/t