Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 2/10/09
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Good night Anderson! Again my emotions were all over the place tonight! Your show can do that to me sometimes, but I keep coming back for more, you keep me informed and I love that! Rest easy dear Anderson! Take care of that cough love! See ya!
Nite all! Good to see Randi tonight!
Nice shot AC360. Oh, Coop, I love your love of Dolly Parton. Haha.
Good night all. Go and get some rest Cooper. See you bright eyed tomorrow night!
Hello Dolly.... goodnight everyone else.
love dolly she is awesome !!!!
great show good nite!!!
Anderson, and team,
A great show, today!
Except by the grandma of octuplets! 🙂
Thanks for a good time!
Good rest and good evening for everyone!
That's the funny thing about our freedoms. There are no laws against what this woman has done. However despicable it may seem, she has the right to have as many children as she wants. The doctor is not in the business of ethics in this either. However, we do have child care laws that can take those children away and give them to homes that won't try to exploit them.
Goodnight everyone! Sleep better than Congress!
Biba: NO! I work for Social Services in removing children. We will be out there very soon.
Dolly is so cute! Woo Hoo the dixie stampede! She looks great!
Thanks for the shot needed to end on a lighter note. Have a great Wednesday
PS...I loved the shot! 🙂
I love Dolly Parton–talk about genuine!
Mike, Syracuse NY February 10th, 2009 10:45 pm ET
Bridget, TX February 10th, 2009 10:38 pm ET
@JoAnn, why should we care about the GOPs, other than the three who put the american people ahead of the nex election, since they’ve proven they couldn’t care less about anyone but themselves?
You could say the exact same thing about the House Dems who loaded the bill with pet projects without caring what it did to the chances of passing it. Pelosi is the biggest problem in DC right now for bipartisan action.
Mike, Nicely said!
oh my goodness BettyAnn..please be careful..we hope to hear from you tomorrow..please stay safe
I think octuplet mom has a form of : munchausen by proxy. No, Im not a dr., I only play one online.
If you love children so much then ADOPT. That way with the regulations you can make your life better while making another person's life better.
anderson,
i agree. what this doctor did was totally unethical, he has no clue what kind of care these children are going to get. i wonder if IVF was the only way she could conceive? i heard that was how she became pregnant with the first 6 children as well. very concerned about those babies.
I predict Octo-mom's publicist will drop her soon. The only people interested in Octo-mom will be tabloids and they won't have to pay big money .... Her story won't be really ripe until about 5-7 years from now when what she's done has really sunk in.
Yep, it's "hunker down" time in Oklahoma and TX! That term is so funny!
That mom does not have her kids' best interest in mind. It is her own fame and glory. Unfortunately with us discussing it we are giving her what she wants. We have 3 children two incomes and it still is a struggle to provide what they need. What was that doctor thinking.
Good show tonight Anderson. I trust that Rahm will be doing some "arm twisting" these next couple of days and this bill will get ironed out. Thanks for all you and the 360 crew do -
Good night fellow bloggers. Good chat tonight.
Good night Anderson, Randi, David, Ali, Joe, Ashley, Megan, Brandi, CaseyJ! Great discussion and show tonight! Have a great night and amazing Wednesday!
I just hope that the woman who had eight more kids doesn't end up in the show Extreme Makeover-yay! what would Super Nanny say, huh Anderson?
Goodnight everyone! Be safe!
The mom is mentally unstable! By virtue of being born in the U.S., these kids are U.S. citizens. It is our responsibility to look out for their best interest and their best interest is NOT to allow them to be in the custody of a mentally sick and disabled person., even if it happens to be their mother.
Octo-mom is just an extreme case of people who have children they can't afford then expect the rest of us support them. Maybe some of the stimulus should pay to have welfare recipients 'fixed' after 2 kids.
omg...when you said tornadoes the wind started howling outside...it's been raining all day pretty much, but the wind just picked up...
great show as always! goodnite ya'll!
I think Anderson's question is very valid. Social, emotional and financial situations should be taken into consideration for the implantation of fetuses. They are when a person/couple is trying to adopt a child. The standards should be equal.
mother of 14 go get another botox injection for your lips. Its so obvious and so very sad
I dont think that its a matter of who gets tax breaks. People need to do their fair share. Im just sick and tired of people getting free rides from tax dollars no matter what class of wealth you are considered.
"This octuplet thing is ridiculous if a woman is on welfare there is no way she should be allowed to be implanted with embryos or fertility drugs."
@Ken, I absolutely agree!!!!
what disabilities do the older children suffer from? are the disabilities a result of her being fertilazed with multiples?
That medical ethicist (sorry, missed his name) couldn't have said it better. That doctor had a very obvious ethical duty and he flagrantly disregarded it.
That weather is headed my way. Strong storms with 70-100 mph winds!
I hope everyone in the path of this storm takes cover and stays safe
Team
Have a great night!
Miranda
Anderson,
I have no comment 8 babies, it is so mad at her having 8 babies......
14 kids + no job = disaster.
Tornados! Love to chase 'em hate to watch 'em destroy...
oh no, is it tornado time again?
"I don't know if I'd want her watching ANY child." Good quote Coop. You mean she won't be babysitting for you some day?
I hope everyone in the tornado zone remains safe!
I work for Social services in the front end...removing children from unfit homes. I am sure we will be out there very soon...removing her children
Hi Anderson, Randy K., crew and bloggers!
Thank you Gary Tuckman for the fire story from Austrailia...truly a nightmare...genuinely hope the arsonists are caught and prosecuted! (The picture of the Koala bear is pricesless and telling).
The story on the octuplets is outrageous. I am a single parent and know how very difficult it is to afford and raise children alone. This woman should never have been allowed to have this many children! I think it is not unreasonable to assume that she expected the have the story picked up so she would get help from individuals and companys of baby products to totally support her and her many children.
The eithics of this story need to be examined at many levels!
Doctors make decisions like this all the time. For instance in sex reassignment cases. They don't just give it to them because they want it.
"Mr. Anderson Cooper, by law can you have fourteen kids and 3 adults in a 2 bedroom house?
California and City Fire Code
14children??? Why is this story so big? I don't understand how this mother can have this all over the news. We already have enough unwed mothers in the world.
This octuplet thing is ridiculous if a woman is on welfare there is no way she should be allowed to be implanted with embryos or fertility drugs.
Doctors in our conservative community already make health decsions based on the financial costs to the community. They avoid diagnosing chronic health problems to prevent local school from having to provide resources and support to students with special needs.
This is an extension of the very same conversation...who has the right to assume that Doctors are automatically ethical.
how many times was she pregnant for the first 6 kids, does anyone know
Who paid the doctor to do this?