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It looks like Hurricane Gustav is now officially a Category 2, and New Orleans.

So, what we have is a big bag of wind that had the Democratic Party's leadership giggling with joy, but didn't live up to the hype.

They should rename it "Hurricane Barack."

Down's Syndrome isn't a congenital abnormality of the chromosomes then, it happens just before birth. Who knew?

I'm glad the Left have sorted that bit of medical science out for the rest of us.

Also, I'm glad they've cleared up the matter regarding hurricanes being not natural phenomena. Other unnatural phenomena include rain, snow, sunshine and those horrible muggy days that make you feel kind of bleh.

Now if we can just get her to focus her attention on getting an earthquake to level San FranFreakShow.

Wow, that is one powerful woman!

I don't think there are many mangrove trees in Alaska.

If she can cause a hurricane I want her in the white house. John McWho?

Something that doesn't seem to have been picked up on with Alan's post is that he ripped a portion of it off from an April article in the Anchor Daily News.

http://www.adn.com/626/story/382864.html

"Still, a Sacramento, Calif., obstetrician who is active in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said when a pregnant woman's water breaks, she should go right to the hospital because of the risk of infection. That's true even if the amniotic fluid simply leaks out, said Dr. Laurie Gregg."

Colmes didn't write the statement as a quote or provide any sort of attribution.

Isn't that a journalistic no-no?

They actually suggest you see a doctor with in 24 hours. You do not need to rush to a hospital and the doctor's office is fine if they can see you. At least that is what they've always told me.

Aw c'mon, Richard, "journalistic no-no"s are only reserved for Conservatives. "Liberals" are so high in virtue that no law on Earth applies to them.

In less sensitive times, Down's Syndrome children were identified as "Mongolian Idiot." Thankfully that term is now obsolete.

On the other hand, Gov. Palin's detractors may qualify as some other kind of idi....no! I won't go there.

""Mongolian Idiot." Thankfully that term is now obsolete. "

Don't be so sure. Have you read DU today? It's there. I know, I know,, the dems are officially the Party of Vomit.

I hate to break it to these "geniuses," but Down Syndrome is due to an extra chromosome, usually due to a mother's egg not properly splitting prior to fertilization, and becomes more common as the age of the woman bearing the child increases!

There are three types of Down syndrome: Trisomy 21 — An estimated 95 percent of people with Down syndrome have Trisomy 21, meaning an individual has three instead of two number 21 chromosomes. We normally have 23 pairs of chromosomes, each made up of genes. During the formation of the egg or the sperm a woman's or a man's pair of chromosomes normally split so that only one chromosome is in each egg or sperm. In Trisomy 21, the 21st chromosome pair does not split and a double-dose goes to the egg or sperm. An estimated 95 percent to 97 percent of the extra chromosome is of maternal origin.

Translocation — This occurs in about 3 percent to 4 percent of people with Down syndrome. In this type, an extra part of the 21st chromosome gets stuck onto another chromosome. In about half of these situations, one parent carries the extra 21st chromosome material in a "balanced" or hidden form.

Mosaicism — In mosaicism, the person with Down syndrome has an extra 21st chromosome in only some of the cells but not all of them. The other cells have the usual pair of 21st chromosomes. About 1 percent to 2 percent of people with Down syndrome have this type.

Age-related Risks

Generally, the chance of having a Down syndrome birth is related to the mother's age. The odds of having a child with Down syndrome at age 35 are about 1 in 350. Under age 25, the odds are about 1 in 1,400. At age 40, the odds are about 1 in 100.

To put it bluntly:

1) It has nothing whatsoever to do with what a woman does or does not do in terms of pre-natal care.

2) It is statistically next to impossible that that baby belongs to a 16 year old girl and far, far, far more likely to belong to a 44 year old woman.

Are you imbeciles finished making complete fools of yourselves yet, or does this farce continue?

Stay classy lefties.

Rev, thanks for the info. I'm purdy darn sure that the lefties have no concern for factual data on this subject or any other. Not their style. After all, facts interfere with their twisted agendas. They just like to BITCH! And they do that quite well actually.

With the photo you used, you had the nerve to write:

Sarah Palin has to shoulder her share of blame

:)

That's a great one!

Sarah Palin gave birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome at the age of 44.

Is anyone else appalled at this?

The risk of giving birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome is extremely high in women over 40 (and even higher when the father is also over 40).
http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030701/dad-age-down-syndrome

Sarah Palin "opposes the use of birth control pills and condoms even among married couples".

I am disgusted by this irresponsible behaviour. To give birth at age 44 to a baby with Down's because you refuse to use birth control inexcusable. Ignoring the dangers that you expose yourself and your baby to by refusing to use birth control after 40 is negligent and careless. To believe that a woman like this has the opportunity to become Vice President of the United States of America in 2008 makes me ill.

Does anyone else share this opinion?

Nice try "concern troll" frogcatcher912.

I'm appalled and disgusted at a**holes like you pushing that sort of filth around the internet!

Let me have a go at this, using your logic if I may...

What a g*ddamn shame Obama's unwed mother didn't use proper birth control back in 1961. She could have spared us all from the need to worry that this Marxist moron would become our next President.

How do you like that ridiculous argument now, idiot?

Nice try... NOT!!!

Oh look is that a Liberal I have spotted? the kind that said Bill Clinton getting his cock sucked in the White House, and cheating on his wife was non of the publics business? One of those Liberals who say a women has the right to choose what she does with her body, and her baby?
No can't be because that sanctimonious prick above me broke all those "rules"

It's quite simple. Liberals/Democrats/socialists/the left in general, at least in America, are incredibly inept, so ineffectual, and so unmotivated in anything they do besides talking and posting on the internet. They can't figure out simple economics, basic precepts of military operations, how to achieve the free universal health care they think everyone needs, even how to win at the one thing they are obsessed with above all else -- politics. The only thing they are effective at is slowly wearing down the system via constant media coverage of their talking points, and the preponderance of liberals among the legal community which achieves change in the legal system.

On the other hand they see how effective conservatism is at just about everything -- most of all at winning in politics -- and it just melts their minds. They can't conceive of how they could be wrong, therefore they attribute extravagant, ridiculous powers to conservatives, like being responsible for abnormal weather patterns, being able to destroy buildings in front of thousands of witnesses and get away with blaming it on Al Qaeda, being able to steal entire elections..

It's all reverse projection of their own weaknesses and failings, to avoid having to confront the fact that they pretty much suck at everything.

Posted by: frogcatcher912 at September 1, 2008 8:48 PM

I am disgusted by this irresponsible behaviour.

The birth of a fifth child, and the most special of all their children, to a happily married, successful, loving and wealthy couple, disgusts you?

Is sucking an unborn baby from its mother's womb with a medical vacuum less disgusting than this? Just asking, you know.

To give birth at age 44 to a baby with Down's because you refuse to use birth control inexcusable.

Ah.... according to who, exactly? Are you proposing that a Downs Syndrome person cannot lead a life of sufficient quality to even be considered as a viable human? Or that the Palins have no right to want to keep their child? Or that there is a problem with becoming pregnant above 40? Or that the Palins could have known their child would have Downs and thus have used birth control to avoid this? Or that the Palins will love this child less than their other children? Or that an up-and-coming, extremely popular politician, who already manages four children and is an athlete in the prime of her life, and her husband, a successful businessman, also an athlete, to whom she has been happily married for over two decades, are a less than ideal profile for parents of a special needs child?

Ignoring the dangers that you expose yourself and your baby to by refusing to use birth control after 40 is negligent and careless.

But getting knocked up after a drunken night out at a bar, then killing the baby because you can't choose between being a single mother on welfare or continuing your career with no-one to help you raise the child, is perfectly responsible, as long as you're not over forty and there's a lower risk the child could have special needs? Gotcha.

To believe that a woman like this has the opportunity to become Vice President of the United States of America in 2008 makes me ill.

Get used to feeling ill. And get used to seeing her face, every day for at least the next four years, along with her five children, including Trig, and be reminded how much better a person she is than you.

Does anyone else share this opinion?

Hopefully not. As in, hopefully no-one else is as brain-damaged as you appear to be.

Sarah Palin "opposes the use of birth control pills and condoms even among married couples".
[Unsourced allegation]

She is Christian and pro-life, but also a supporter of birth control: she's a member of Feminists For Life (FFL), an anti-abortion, pro-contraception organization.

[Time Magazine].

Why frogcatcher912, I thought that y'all were about choice. Are you telling us that it isn't about choice at all, but whether you approve of her choices?

rogers cadenhead's site - if y'all would like to visit - beware - it's not purty at times! i happened across it a little over a year ago.

I'm hoping that Sarah Palin will help to educate people about Down syndrome and put to rest the kinds of comments expressed by an ignorant individual here. I, too, have a child with DS. DS has nothing to do with prenatal care, it is a chromosomal abnormality. I do not see my child as anything but a unique individual who deserves a chance at life.

It's appalling to me that 90% of all women are too selfish to give birth to a child with DS. They have no idea what they are missing. Sarah Palin has demonstrated that she is a true woman who can see beyond an extra chromosome. I hope she will raise awareness about DS and enjoy her amazing son.

Down Syndrome is what occurs when a person decides to have children after medically safe child bearing age 38, not 44. Well it's to bad some folks don't come to an understanding of whats best for others over ones selfish desires to have more (babies).

With tender love.
Bob

My comment is to Dana who posted on September 1. I cannot agree with you more. A so called educated woman like Palin should have known better how to prevent a 1 in 100 chance in having a child with Down's Syndrome at her age. I have all the sympathy as anyone else for children born with Down's Syndrome, etc., but today we have knowledge to prevent this by good birth control, especially after 40 and early amniocentesis tests so you can abort if needed. I'll go on to say that her only mention of help to children was for "children of special needs"......I know there are countless numbers of children living in poverty right here in the U.S.and to me every child is special and has needs. I would definitely have to question intelligence and judgment here on her part.