August Moon
Blog Reflections, Picture courtesy Wikipedia Commons
by blogSpotter
The August Moon is a favorite Chinese restaurant of mine in Plano. It’s also the beautiful full-moon orb I saw in yesterday evening’s sky. Last but not least, it’s a suitable time to pause and comment on some of my recent postings. We can look at hits, misses and whatever falls into miscellaneous.
Received one comment on “Mommy Files” that when I say it’s OK to be a stay-at-home Mom, it shouldn’t be necessary to stipulate “while the children are toddlers”. The reader went on to say that full-time Moms are more a necessity during the teenage years – can’t argue there either. There should be no stipulation from anywhere that says, “This is how you should use your time”. We live in a free country after all.
The same cannot be said of the people living in Iraq. In “Dead Horse” I discussed new developments in the Mid East and impact on Bush’s policies. Of course, nothing has changed substantially – maybe if we come back in 100 years. Iraq is verging on civil war; Israel and Lebanon are nowhere near a truce and South Lebanon is now a “no-drive” zone. Since my writing, Hillary Clinton took Rumsfeld to task for a failed war effort, and Rummy said he had a “dickens of a time” figuring out why people think he’s wearing rose-colored glasses. Score one for Hillary – although I’m still supporting Edwards in 2008.
Poor Senator Lieberman ran out of “Joementum” and lost the Democratic primary to anti-war critic Ned Lamont. I disagree with the Dallas Morning News – don’t think that Lieberman’s loss is a loss for Democratic centrists. Lieberman’s loss is a loss for Bush-kissing, fence-straddling pseudo-liberals. He’s now running as an independent in Connecticut; let’s hope his campaign doesn’t siphon votes away from Lamont.
To quote Jay Leno, “Mel Gibson is finally meeting with the Jewish people – his lawyers”. Mel is worth millions and can finance his own movies – am thinking that Braveheart will land on his feet. Am a little unsettled about how some Christian leaders are so quick to forgive his drunken remarks – shouldn’t seem too eager unless you’re in agreement. We all have said inappropriate things when drunk; as Bill Mahr said, it’s usually along the lines of, “I thought you were 18”. If you never have been inappropriate, good for you! Or bad for you, as the case may be. And now with the passing of the August Moon, we can blog our way through the rest of this sweltering summer and see what else the news holds in store.
© 2006 blogSpotter.
Labels: Retrospective
posted by blogspotter @ 7:38 AM
1 Comments:
Have to admit I didn't read the piece on Stay at Home Moms originally, nor any of the comments to it. The picture of Ms. magazine accompanying it forewarned me the topic was shrill feminist (is there any other type of feminist?) whining, which is bad for any thinking person's blood pressure. This reference, however, caused be to backup and give it a look.
I find it interesting that we discuss whether it is "ok" to be a stay at home mom. When has it ever not been ok to be a stay at home mom? I think we need to consider making it more "ok" to be a stay at home dad!
Within at least western culture, married women with children are given (at least) three choices: stay at home, work part time or work full time. Married men with children are given one choice: work full time. Women who work are considered strong and independent. Women who stay at home while the man works are considered caregivers and nurturers. Men who work are considered standard--it's what men do. Men who stay at home while the woman works are considered deadbeats and lazy.
Post weaning, there is absolutely no reason to consider a woman a better stay at home parent than a man. Yet it is a real sexist attitude deeply ingrained in our society--and one very few, if any feminists will ever challenge.
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