Ted Turner, father of five, wants one child policy

[Oh, Gee!!]

ted can piss in one hand and wish in the other. we'll see which hand fills up first

[LnGrrrR]

We have a winner. I'm sick of stupid unemployed people spitting out babies like watermelon seeds because of financial incentives. My daughter knows a girl in her early 20's that has 3 kids from 3 different fathers and lives on child support and government aid. My office is near Fox Tech High School and I see pregnant girls all the time pushing baby buggies with another kid walking by their side taking their kids to the day care at Fox Tech.

I agree that there is real moral hazard to "incentivising" having babies. However, if we didn't provide for the mom, then these kids are screwed. If our society can help, should we? Perhaps we should just have everyone on welfare with children annually revisited to make sure they are taking care of the necessities of thier child/ren, or else the child is placed in foster care.

The two biggest problems I see with fixing the system are causing issues for the innocent kids, and too much of "big brother" stepping in to determine how one raises thier children. (Then again, if you're getting helped by the government, having to abide by gov guidelines isn't too bad.)

[LnGrrrR]

Oh and as far as the OP, that's f'ing ridiculous. Ted Turner can kiss my ass. Sorry pal, but try to start limiting family size in America and you'll get run out of town.

[LnGrrrR]

RG posted an article in a thread a while back that, if true, renders Turner's concerns moot.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...n_global_aging

An interesting article, but there's some math in there so stupid it makes my head hurt.

As for Japan, one expert has calculated that the very last Japanese baby will be born in the year 2959, assuming the country's low fertility rate of 1.25 children per woman continues unchanged.

Now earlier in the article, they talked about the dire predictions of Paul Erlich, and how the birth rate dropped from 2 to roughly 1% in the past 20/30 years.

Then they post a mathematician who's projecting out current fertility rates to the year 2959? GTFO

[jack sommerset]

I'm telling you guys the US should force anyone under the age of 18 to go on some sort of birth control. This will clean up alot of the mess plus make people know how great/tough the responsibility is for having children.

[CosmicCowboy]

I don't know how you got that from what I said but you're welcome to believe what you'd like.

Maybe what I'm saying is those are problems that have no solution. They all boil down to individual choices made out of ignorance.

[MannyIsGod]

You think choices made out of ignorance are unsolvable? Choices made out of ignorance by definition are preventable.

[CosmicCowboy]

You think choices made out of ignorance are unsolvable? Choices made out of ignorance by definition are preventable.

So you are saying that all social problems can be solved with more education?

[The Reckoning]

i dont get it.

is it that hard to understand how babies are made? really? how can you know how to stimulate the clit but not know what the whole contraption is for?

[LnGrrrR]

i dont get it.

is it that hard to understand how babies are made? really? how can you know how to stimulate the clit but not know what the whole contraption is for?

I think knowing how babies are born is pretty obvious; knowing all the work/time/frustration etc, not so much. Though with all these 16 and Pregnant, Teen Mom shows, maybe some kids are starting to realize it's not that smart.

[MannyIsGod]

So you are saying that all social problems can be solved with more education?

I didn't say that.

But let me frame it to you this way CC. I'm assuming none of your kids were teen parents and why do you think that was? Do you think its because they were just fundamentally different from those teens you see everyday or do you think it was something they experienced or were taught along the way?

[The Reckoning]

i still dont understand. do these guys really think "im not going to pull out because having a kid is worth going inside her."

really?

[MannyIsGod]

i still dont understand. do these guys really think "im not going to pull out because having a kid is worth going inside her."

really?

You really can't believe that teenagers are capable of really stupid judgement?

[boutons_deux]

I read where some US teens are getting pregnant to get on the teevee and become celebrities.

[The Reckoning]

You really can't believe that teenagers are capable of really stupid judgement?

nah. especially girls who get pregnant more than once before theyre 20.

[Blake]

OK, so in other words, it's hopeless because they are just ing stupid...

got it...

so you are saying that these girls are thinking about government money when they lay down and spread their legs open?



you are giving them too much credit. there are some really, really ing stupid high school kids out there.

[Blake]

nah. especially girls who get pregnant more than once before theyre 20.

yeah like the drunk driver who has multiple arrests for DWI.

the first time was just stupid. the 2nd time was deviously planned.

[DarrinS]

The weight of all the termites in the world is greater than the weight of all the humans in the world.


And termites produce (gasp) METHANE!

[LnGrrrR]

i still dont understand. do these guys really think "im not going to pull out because having a kid is worth going inside her."

really?

I don't understand drunk drivers. Do these drunk drivers really think "i'm going to drive drunk because having to get a cab is annoying"?

[CosmicCowboy]

so you are saying that these girls are thinking about government money when they lay down and spread their legs open?



you are giving them too much credit. there are some really, really ing stupid high school kids out there.

You think these girls don't talk to each other?

You think when they walk to the Valero and the one with the kid whips out her own Lone Star card to buy her "free" slushie and candy her friends don't notice? You think when she tells them she's getting $750 a month for the first one and $400 a month for the second they don't think for a minute...hey...I could do that too?

[LnGrrrR]

You think these girls don't talk to each other?

You think when they walk to the Valero and the one with the kid whips out her own Lone Star card to buy her "free" slushie and candy her friends don't notice? You think when she tells them she's getting $750 a month for the first one and $400 a month for the second they don't think for a minute...hey...I could do that too?

Really CC? Really?

How much do you think diapers/baby stuff cost per month? And how about having to deal with a baby, and the lack of freedom and independence that comes from that?

If you think kids are looking at teens with babies and saying, "That's something I want in on! A free slushie!".... well, I'm sorry, but you've obviously lost your mind.

[MannyIsGod]

The weight of all the termites in the world is greater than the weight of all the humans in the world.


And termites produce (gasp) METHANE!

Do all the termites in the world fill the superdome? Thats the real question.

[MannyIsGod]

You think these girls don't talk to each other?

You think when they walk to the Valero and the one with the kid whips out her own Lone Star card to buy her "free" slushie and candy her friends don't notice? You think when she tells them she's getting $750 a month for the first one and $400 a month for the second they don't think for a minute...hey...I could do that too?

Jesus ing Christ.

If anything this forum serves as a good indicator of how people themselves view the world.

[Blake]

If you think kids are looking at teens with babies and saying, "That's something I want in on! A free slushie"

free slushies

[Blake]

still laughing at that....