Ok. After the last post, I thought I better include some pictures of the cutie patootie eating his first food. Avacodo! Yum....
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Food!
Ok. After the last post, I thought I better include some pictures of the cutie patootie eating his first food. Avacodo! Yum....
Peeved
I wasn't sure whether I should blog about this or not, but I'm so annoyed, that I think I'm going to just do it.
Yesterday, I was reading the BBC, and the front story was one about the UK pledging money to vaccinate kids in Africa so that children under 5 no longer have to die of preventable diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia. I thought to myself, "finally."
Then, I noticed that there were many, many comments on the subject, I scrolled down expecting to see comments saying ,"It's about time!", "Thank God", etc, etc. Instead, I saw comment after comment of people saying things about population control and how we shouldn't be helping these kids now because they'll just grow up to die in the future. "The planet is already overpopulated and now we have 4 million more mouths to fee." No joke.People were actually saying this stuff.
I have been fuming about this for about 24 hours now. Is overpopulation a problem? Yes. It is. It's a big problem. But who are we to say who gets to live and die. Just because they had the bad luck to be born poor, who are we to say that their lives are therefore worth less than our own? If we're concerned about overpopulation and sustainability, we better be recycling, cutting down our consumption, eating vegetarian/vegan, etc. But we do NOT have the right to say that 4 million kids in underdeveloped countries should die of preventable diseases. If we're refusing to vaccinate these kids, then I guess we shouldn't be vaccinating kids in the US and Europe. Let's stop putting money into cancer research or any medical research for that matter. After all it's just nature's way of thinning out the population, right?
On the other hand, why don't we vaccinate these kids? Let's cut down the death rate of children under five. It's proven that as countries develop, the birth rate goes down. People stop having 10 kids each because they no longer worry that most of them will die before they hit their fifth birthday. As people's basic needs are met, they stop having so many children and start focusing on education and career. If we're so worried about overpopulation, we should be doing everything in our power to help underdeveloped countries meet their basic needs (i.e. helping their kids live) so that they can have a chance to start developing. That's the way to stop population from growing at such an astounding rate.
Ok. I'm done. End rant.
Yesterday, I was reading the BBC, and the front story was one about the UK pledging money to vaccinate kids in Africa so that children under 5 no longer have to die of preventable diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia. I thought to myself, "finally."
Then, I noticed that there were many, many comments on the subject, I scrolled down expecting to see comments saying ,"It's about time!", "Thank God", etc, etc. Instead, I saw comment after comment of people saying things about population control and how we shouldn't be helping these kids now because they'll just grow up to die in the future. "The planet is already overpopulated and now we have 4 million more mouths to fee." No joke.People were actually saying this stuff.
I have been fuming about this for about 24 hours now. Is overpopulation a problem? Yes. It is. It's a big problem. But who are we to say who gets to live and die. Just because they had the bad luck to be born poor, who are we to say that their lives are therefore worth less than our own? If we're concerned about overpopulation and sustainability, we better be recycling, cutting down our consumption, eating vegetarian/vegan, etc. But we do NOT have the right to say that 4 million kids in underdeveloped countries should die of preventable diseases. If we're refusing to vaccinate these kids, then I guess we shouldn't be vaccinating kids in the US and Europe. Let's stop putting money into cancer research or any medical research for that matter. After all it's just nature's way of thinning out the population, right?
On the other hand, why don't we vaccinate these kids? Let's cut down the death rate of children under five. It's proven that as countries develop, the birth rate goes down. People stop having 10 kids each because they no longer worry that most of them will die before they hit their fifth birthday. As people's basic needs are met, they stop having so many children and start focusing on education and career. If we're so worried about overpopulation, we should be doing everything in our power to help underdeveloped countries meet their basic needs (i.e. helping their kids live) so that they can have a chance to start developing. That's the way to stop population from growing at such an astounding rate.
Ok. I'm done. End rant.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Please vote!
So, I hate to ask this, but the count was reset, and I would really appreciate some votes to get us ranked again! No pressure, but if you like reading, could you please click on the button on the right. A new screen will pop up, and you can click on the button on the left. That's it! All done! I went through and voted for all my favorite blogs this morning :)
Oh, and a message from Sam:
Oh, and a message from Sam:
Thursday, June 9, 2011
weekend at the park
This past weekend was nice and hot, so we packed up the diaper bag, stuck a sun hat on Sam's pretty head, and we headed out to the park for a fun and sun-filled day. Sam and I hung out in the shade for most it while Lamine soaked up the sun a few feet away. Luck guy! Never gets a sun burn.
PS. I LOVE these little overalls. His chunky thighs just kill me!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
blogging
Lamine and I looked back through the blog last night, and I have decided that I really need to get back into it. I can't believe only post 5-6 times in April and May and 20 times in March. I want to be able to go back through this blog and ooh and ah over how fast Sam is growing--to be able to see the day to day changes. That's why I started this blog in the first place. So, in the spirit of blogging more....Here's some pictures of the cutie patootie.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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