Luckily she is a emotionally strong young woman, and we are a very close-knit and loving family, so we know this will be dealt with successfully. She is already making new plans and goals, and refusing to wallow in any self-pity. We are here to support her in whatever direction she chooses.

I am truly sorry to hear about your daughter's injury. This must be terrible hard for you and your entire family, on so many levels — the seriousness of the injury itself, and the fact it ends her military career, which had just begun. I hope you and she can stay strong and take courage in the love you feel for each other.

Kathy

How's that for derailing the conversation!

So, proudamerican, statutory rape is a reflection on the woman's moral code…….glad you clarified that.

This is a very cool exercise in phony outrage by the Right who invented all the PC curbs on language. They had to drill deep to make Letterman's offhand joke which was clearly a slap at Palin's inability to pass along her strict moral code even to her own daughter by substituting the non-pregnant unmarried daughter from the unmarried mother daughter.

Only professional grievance mongers thought Letterman's joke was about the 14 y.o. The joke was about how strange it was that Sarah Palin was unrolled like an unknown product we would all love, and then we found out very little about her was real.

I would say Letterman is silly, but compared to the blogosphere, he is Wittgenstein and St. Augustine.

Considering jwest's track record of insulting anyone and everyone that disagrees with him, it didn't seem so remote a possibility. However, I am a big enough person to say mea culpa and take that part back. I stand by the rest of my comment, however.

Not that that was at all ok, but simply that is a horrible example, because it shows that side is just as bad about it.

Alrighty then.

Also, working with vets for over 40 years now, know a great deal about bone density in women, calcium metab., nutrient malabsorbtion, etc. If I can help with pointing toward resources/info, please dont hesitate to call on me. Have one vet in her 80s who's had three hip replacements over time, and still literally climbs 14ers out here in the Rockies. Though for now, just walking across the room is real progress. Hang in there and tell your dear daughter hello from a praying grandmother whose first service was with vets suffering from quadraplegia at Hines VA hospital in Chicago in the 1960s.

dr.e

That being said, jwest is also a jackass since he feels that anyone who doesn't agree with him is an “infection”…way to have a dialogue with people by insulting them. Besides, someone like jwest would've laughed it up had Limbaugh made the same “joke” about Obama's daughters. Don't think for even one second that both parties aren't guilty of this kind of thing unless you want to show yourself for the true hypocrite you are.

That anyone would think that is a clear indication of how we view things through lenses and sometimes aren't even aware of it. By definition, for those on the center left and left (and even some on the right who found Palin lacking or distasteful as a candidate) everything she does is political pandering. Thus, if she travels with her family and spends time in public with them, it's despicable and reason enough to take the gloves off with her kids.

Obama spends time with his kids, or Michelle appears in public with them…”Awe, what a great family, they're so close! “
(Which they do appear to be- don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking them as a family at all.)

I don't think for a minute that if Sarah Palin made public appearances frequently WITHOUT her kids, and didn't travel with them, she'd be knocked for that ('Apparently she cares more about advancing her political career than spending time with her large family!' would be heard.)

Personally I assume that political families are like military families- the parents end up putting their kids through stuff that I wouldn't choose for my own kids, but I think a lot of them are able to manage it and do a great job raising their kids through the process. And thank God someone is willing to do it.

As for the Letterman 'jokes'- disgusting, but I'm so tired of the outrage games as well. People need to examine their own consciences and if they're applying double standards and excusing bad behavior, well, I think they're a$$holes but I'm sure that my telling them so won't change them.

And thanks for the kind offer of help, but I have the logistics under control.

So you're not allowed to take your kids to a baseball game? That's ridiculous!

Best wishes for your daughter. I hope she is well taken care by the VA.
I'd say enjoy your visit here (Chicago) but under the circumstamces, that's probably not possible.
If there's anything I can do (ride to the doctor or airport, etc) reply and let me know.
I'd be happy to help.

Letterman must feel pretty comfortable doing this, thinking that it's a clever way to drum up ratings. You'd suspect this garbage would come from Ted Rall or Michael Moore, and their conservative counterparts, who love to say shocking and taboo things and relish the “controversy” that follows. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm tired of the game and tribalistic fauxtrage from both sides, then the guilt trip demands to “own up” to whatever random idiot X said as if they spoke for the MSM, conservatives, or liberals at large. I'm tired of being played like a harp.

The most insulting thing you can do to a media personality is ignore them. So…