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Now stands for "the loser channel." FYI, I also call LMN (lifetime movie network) "the ladies man-hating network" because the plot of their movies is Man Bad, Woman Good.

Movie Names:
Mother, may I sleep with danger? (stars Tory Spelling)
Date with darkness
Deadly encounter
Lying Eyes
Intimate stranger
The boy she met online
No surrender

But I digress... plots of TLC other programs:
Long Island Medium (A woman who can see into the future -wtf?)
Breaking Amish (removing young adults from the amish and putting them into impossible situations. Hotel in Mahatten! Modling contracts!)
I didn't know I was Pregnant (explanation not necessary)
Secret Princes (oh, my god! Princes from obscure countries come to America to compete for brides)
My Strange Addiction (people addicted to such everyday items as eating cleanser, tanning 3 times a day, puppet addicts)
Little Shop of Gypsies (another wtf moment)
Weddings shows where people compete or something galore... little girls parading about in the hopes of getting a tv show, etc.

Yep, TLC is teach us lots.

http://www.o2lzvoGGXBc

Soon to get his own teevee show?

This thread is seriously making me think that people should have to get licenses to become parents. If people need licenses to fish, drive, get married, why not to have kids? The liberal in me says no, but these people make a damn good case that some people simply should not be allowed to become parents.

We could also include a license requirement to let children read the Bible or the Koran. Ofcourse, that license should never be issued.

Dan8267 says

some people simply should not be allowed to become parents.

In a society that rewards celebusluts for videotaping sex with dirtbags by heaping great financial success upon them, the least of our worries has been allowing the parents of Honey Booboo to pop out more of them thar kiddies.

I'm just waiting for one of the children from the Duggar family to get their own show (after becoming popular for writing a tell-all book about leaving the cult).

Dan8267 says

This thread is seriously making me think that people should have to get licenses to become parents

Licenses are too intrusive. I was thinking something along the lines of fines and jail time.

Having worked in a maternity ward where we regularly called CPS to report meth babies, coke babies and parents who were so drunk/drugged that they received dui's before they got a block away from the hospital, I'd say this ain't a bad idea.

Except we should sterilize these people rather than put them in jail, where I'd have to pay for their room & board.

elliemae says

Now stands for "the loser channel." FYI, I also call LMN (lifetime movie network) "the ladies man-hating network" because the plot of their movies is Man Bad, Woman Good.

in our house, we call those kinds of channels (and they are legion) the Women Abuse Network.

elliemae says

Little Shop of Gypsies (another wtf moment)

I don't know if it is the same show, but I saw this gem on TLC-I guess this is what sells.
http://www.6aBQiaEoViA

Lifetime used to have some decent movies/mysteries.

Yeah, they tended to be about women stalked by testosterone crazed, criminal rage and abuse machines. All the other men tended to be gelded, sensitive boy toys, but, hey, every channel needs a theme song.

The rage machines always got taken down in the end, with the damsel crumbling in relief after a nice aerobic workout that must have been good for the glutes and abs, even if it came with a few bruises.

Dan8267 says

This thread is seriously making me think that people should have to get licenses to become parents. If people need licenses to fish, drive, get married, why not to have kids? The liberal in me says no, but these people make a damn good case that some people simply should not be allowed to become parents.

Que Godwin's law in 3...2...1:

Dan need I remind you that this HAS been tried in the past?

It did not end well. For anyone.

New Renter says

Dan need I remind you that this HAS been tried in the past?

You do realize that I was facetiously expressing frustration?

Dan8267 says

This thread is seriously making me think that people should have to get licenses to become parents. If people need licenses to fish, drive, get married, why not to have kids? The liberal in me says no, but these people make a damn good case that some people simply should not be allowed to become parents.

Everyone we know of all political stripes says we should have a whole house full of kids and we have none. Why? It's because the very idea of parenting out here in this cesspool scares the shit out of me.

Dan8267 says

New Renter says

Dan need I remind you that this HAS been tried in the past?

You do realize that I was facetiously expressing frustration?

Yes of course.

Ah, I'm not the only one shocked by the bad parenting today.

http://www.MHQpJf63bLc

Does this guy look like the Fonze?

Welcome to the sewer pipe of media owned, written, produced and broadcast primarily from New York and Los Angeles.

rootvg says

It's because the very idea of parenting out here in this cesspool scares the shit out of me.

Shit...it's bad, but it isn't THAT bad.

And trust, me it's always been a dark, scary planet!

Mick Russom says

Welcome to the sewer pipe of media owned, written, produced and broadcast primarily from New York and Los Angeles.

It's not so much that a person would whore herself and her child for fame that surprises me. It's all the people who evidently watch this crap.

There's an awesome show called The Universe on The History Channel. I doubt it's ratings are anywhere near Honey Boo Boo.

Dan8267 says

There's an awesome show called The Universe on The History Channel. I doubt it's ratings are anywhere near Honey Boo Boo.

The national attention span is too short to watch anything too deep.

And that's ironic since this is all a symptom of way too much free time.

there is no cure for stupid... *SIGH*

EastCoastBubbleBoy says

there is no cure for stupid... *SIGH*

You know how you do something stupid, and while you're doing it you say to yourself, "this is really stupid!" (?)

Big, hairy rambunctious dog with huge paws + errant tennis ball = ellie with a black eye. Just happened, and it should be radiating lovely colors Monday morning as I give a professional presentation.