Jim, we already know what a "mother's medal" will look like because the Nazis already made one years ago! Called the "Mutterskreutz" it was a variation of the Iron Cross and had a first and second class version depending on how many children said mother had. Note: it wasn't particularly popular and I doubt it encouraged anyone to have kids .... particularly since there was also a war on and few men were home to do their part! (And the last thing you need when times are hard is more kids underfoot.)
My dear and long departed mother once said this in a conversation we had when I was an adult: "I think it's possible to have too many children too fast." There are four of us siblings; I was one month shy of my fifth birthday when my younger sister was born. There are likely other situations like mine. My mother and father did their best for us and were good parents. RIP to each of them. And may those who have, are and want to interfere in others' choices about reproducing themselves pay more attention to taking care of everyone's basic needs! Many thanks, Jim.
My mother had six children. The first three were born in six years. Yeah. It was pretty crazy in an 800 sq ft house. Only two bedrooms. I was ten when the fourth baby was born and we had to upsize to an 1864 fieldstone farmhouse.
Four of my grandkids are siblings, ranging in age from late high school to post-college graduation. Before his marriage, his main interests were math and electronics - and then he discovered girls! Well, his stairstep kids turned out fine!
Spot on, as always. God help us if we return to the Middle Ages, where childbirth was dangerous and mothers had no choice - which often killed them, as well as those babies. (The church introduced infant baptism precisely for that reason: an unbaptized baby could not go to heaven.)
It's not just political BS, it' s also a majorly big pile of economic BS. Spread the birthing mat, take away the safety net? We don't think so.
Don't you wonder how conservative brains work? This is so transparently stupid they must think we are all dumb animals that only see the carrot. They really want a poor, downtrodden workforce to do their bidding and dirty work.
Unfortunately, childbirth is still dangerous for many women, especially those without access to health care. In this country, women died in childbirth from infections well into the 19th century. Thank you for reminding us about this unnecessary and dangerous situation: glorifying 'motherhood' while failing women and mothers.
Honest to God, they are really out of touch . I resent being characterized as only good for being a broodmare like dogs in a filthy puppy mill with no adequate care available pre natal and post natal.
My wife and I have been married 35 years and are still very much in love. Early on, we decided to focus on my wife and her career, since I had kids (and now grandkids and one great grandkid) from my first marriage.. But, now that she is retired, would the Republicans still give us a substantial sum per adopted kid, say, from Mexico or Venezuela?
If women continue having no or few kids, there won't be enough child labor (think of Florida's new law allowing 14-year olds to work overnight shifts in warehouses) to replace all the undocumented workers being deported to gulags. Conservatives aren't 'merely' sexists. They have another agenda cleverly integrated into that. Child labor will be easier to obtain as economic and social welfare policy creates more "have-nots." As in the days before unions and child labor laws, families will need the income of their children to survive. Republican propaganda will support that compliance.
The main idea is to increase the Christofascist vote. The terrible burden for the rest of life on Earth is irrelevant since the Rapture is expected in their lifetimes. Never mind this interpretation is dubious and unbiblical. And forget love thy neighbors, let alone thine enemies.
Another benefit of a large population would be to drive down wages. 1%ers and egregiously selfish CEOs will be delighted.
This world is already over-populated and no one is talking about that. But then, the end of times turds want there to be plenty to get "left behind" in their Rapture! What a load of crap.
Jim, you ask what the Cross of Motherhood would look like. I suppose it would look like the Cross of Honor of the German Mother, instituted in 1935 Nazi Germany. It was shaped more or less like an Iron Cross but was purple predominately. Given of course only to those mothers certifiably "racially pure" Aryans. Surely our governing party will institute similar prerequisites.
Many babies mean many people with too few jobs to go around. So, more exploitation of workers - meager wages, poor working conditions, no unions. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and fight among themselves for lousey jobs.
It seems to me that Mr. Hawley is a do as I say type of guy. As far as I know his wife is a lawyer with ADF (argued Rowe v Wade before SCOTUS) and has three kids.
As us baby boomers and the overlapping generations die off, this will increasingly put the country (and indeed, the world) into the diamond lane of fascist theocracy. Maybe it would be better if the asteroid barrage would come and just settle things.
Jim, we already know what a "mother's medal" will look like because the Nazis already made one years ago! Called the "Mutterskreutz" it was a variation of the Iron Cross and had a first and second class version depending on how many children said mother had. Note: it wasn't particularly popular and I doubt it encouraged anyone to have kids .... particularly since there was also a war on and few men were home to do their part! (And the last thing you need when times are hard is more kids underfoot.)
My dear and long departed mother once said this in a conversation we had when I was an adult: "I think it's possible to have too many children too fast." There are four of us siblings; I was one month shy of my fifth birthday when my younger sister was born. There are likely other situations like mine. My mother and father did their best for us and were good parents. RIP to each of them. And may those who have, are and want to interfere in others' choices about reproducing themselves pay more attention to taking care of everyone's basic needs! Many thanks, Jim.
My mother had six children. The first three were born in six years. Yeah. It was pretty crazy in an 800 sq ft house. Only two bedrooms. I was ten when the fourth baby was born and we had to upsize to an 1864 fieldstone farmhouse.
Four of my grandkids are siblings, ranging in age from late high school to post-college graduation. Before his marriage, his main interests were math and electronics - and then he discovered girls! Well, his stairstep kids turned out fine!
Spot on, as always. God help us if we return to the Middle Ages, where childbirth was dangerous and mothers had no choice - which often killed them, as well as those babies. (The church introduced infant baptism precisely for that reason: an unbaptized baby could not go to heaven.)
It's not just political BS, it' s also a majorly big pile of economic BS. Spread the birthing mat, take away the safety net? We don't think so.
Don't you wonder how conservative brains work? This is so transparently stupid they must think we are all dumb animals that only see the carrot. They really want a poor, downtrodden workforce to do their bidding and dirty work.
It occurs to us that conservative brains no longer work at all.
Unfortunately, childbirth is still dangerous for many women, especially those without access to health care. In this country, women died in childbirth from infections well into the 19th century. Thank you for reminding us about this unnecessary and dangerous situation: glorifying 'motherhood' while failing women and mothers.
Honest to God, they are really out of touch . I resent being characterized as only good for being a broodmare like dogs in a filthy puppy mill with no adequate care available pre natal and post natal.
My wife and I have been married 35 years and are still very much in love. Early on, we decided to focus on my wife and her career, since I had kids (and now grandkids and one great grandkid) from my first marriage.. But, now that she is retired, would the Republicans still give us a substantial sum per adopted kid, say, from Mexico or Venezuela?
If women continue having no or few kids, there won't be enough child labor (think of Florida's new law allowing 14-year olds to work overnight shifts in warehouses) to replace all the undocumented workers being deported to gulags. Conservatives aren't 'merely' sexists. They have another agenda cleverly integrated into that. Child labor will be easier to obtain as economic and social welfare policy creates more "have-nots." As in the days before unions and child labor laws, families will need the income of their children to survive. Republican propaganda will support that compliance.
What a wonderful strategy!
The main idea is to increase the Christofascist vote. The terrible burden for the rest of life on Earth is irrelevant since the Rapture is expected in their lifetimes. Never mind this interpretation is dubious and unbiblical. And forget love thy neighbors, let alone thine enemies.
Another benefit of a large population would be to drive down wages. 1%ers and egregiously selfish CEOs will be delighted.
This world is already over-populated and no one is talking about that. But then, the end of times turds want there to be plenty to get "left behind" in their Rapture! What a load of crap.
Jim, you ask what the Cross of Motherhood would look like. I suppose it would look like the Cross of Honor of the German Mother, instituted in 1935 Nazi Germany. It was shaped more or less like an Iron Cross but was purple predominately. Given of course only to those mothers certifiably "racially pure" Aryans. Surely our governing party will institute similar prerequisites.
1984 is here.
And gone. Now it’s New and Improved! Cheers!!
Thanks, Jim. Wages that would support a family would help. Women's wages matching men's wages would also help.
Many babies mean many people with too few jobs to go around. So, more exploitation of workers - meager wages, poor working conditions, no unions. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and fight among themselves for lousey jobs.
What the Trumpkins and MAGAts are clamoring for are more "Caucasian" babies.Make no mistake about this racist ploy.
Everything else is pure BS political or otherwise.
It seems to me that Mr. Hawley is a do as I say type of guy. As far as I know his wife is a lawyer with ADF (argued Rowe v Wade before SCOTUS) and has three kids.
As us baby boomers and the overlapping generations die off, this will increasingly put the country (and indeed, the world) into the diamond lane of fascist theocracy. Maybe it would be better if the asteroid barrage would come and just settle things.