Octonut Update

The media have taken to calling Nadya Suleman the Octomom. She doesn't deserve the title of mom -- Octonut fits much better.

Anyway, we learned that she already receives almost $500 a month in foods stamps plus Social Security on her three disabled children. These payments will, of course, increase with the addition of eight children to the household. The hospital caring for the octuplets has requested reimbursement from Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program. Yet the Octonut insists that's not welfare. Whatever she calls it, it evidently is not enough. If you would like to donate some of your hard-earned money to her, you may do so at her website. Otherwise, she'll be supporting her family with student loans and daycare provided by California State University day care center and volunteers. But she evidently has some disposable income. Her lips don't look natural to me -- they look like they've had some Angelina Jolie injections.

The Octonut's attorney defended her: "I would just ask people to consider her situation, and she has been under a tremendous amount of pressure that no one could be prepared for." Her situation? She chose to do this. She's a nut, and those children should be removed from her care.

"California taxpayers may be on hook for baby costs." The Dallas Morning News; February 12, 2009; p. 10A.