Dr. Phil is on right now, and once again he's talking about "Octomom." I think today's episode is his third, fourth, or hundredth special on the woman. Enough already. The woman has 14 kids. Whether you agree with her decision to have them or not, the kids are already here. Deal with it. People need to stop going after the woman, threatening to kill her and her former publicist, and discussing ways to cure whatever is wrong with her mentally--that seems to be what Dr. Phil is trying to do without having even spoken to her, that or he's hoping for an exclusive once the kids go home--and find something more productive to worry about.Guess what, people. This isn't the first time an unemployed person has had multiples. Jon & Kate Gosslin didn't have jobs either when their sextuplets were born. Jon had just gotten fired, and Kate had quit her job as a nurse. Like Octomom, they could have chosen selective reduction and reduced their number down to two or three. (Jon & Kate Plus Four doesn't have the same ring, does it?) According to their book, they were even advised to do so, but they chose not to. Nevertheless, no one is going after them for their choices. Instead, thanks to TLC, the country is embracing them as America's favorite reality family. (Or do the Roloffs from Little People, Big World hold that title? I forget.)
And what about those freaks, the Duggars? They've got 18 kids and counting, not to mention badly styled hair. If people want to go after someone for having too many children, they should go after Mrs. Duggar, preferably with a hair brush. That way, they can do something with her bangs while teaching her that it's her uterus, her choice. She doesn't have to keep popping them out every nine months because Jim Bob says so. Why doesn't Dr. Phil have her on the show? Why doesn't he try to psychoanalyze her? Why doesn't he try to do a feminist intervention?
Great. Now Nancy Grace is on passing judgment and pretending to cry. Blah. I swear I'm getting mad just watching the episode. I guess that's a clue that I need to stop watching Dr. Phil. Maybe I should have never started.
