You're kidding, right? While I grew up in the classic "Dad works and Mom stays home" kind of family, today that's damned near impossible. Kids are "farmed out" wholesale to day care centers, etc., and it's so the parents can pay the bills. That Mr. and Mrs. basso can afford a "nanny" is a lucky thing for their kid(s) (can't remember if there are more than one). Also, their kid has special needs, so there may be even more reason to go that route. I have huge differences with the current version of basso, but how his family operates certainly isn't one of them. These days, we all have to deal with both spouses needing an income to maintain the standard of living many of us want and that our parents had. "Leave it to Beaver" is way back there in the rear view mirror, available, perhaps, to some upper-middle and upper class folks, but rarely for everyone else.
christ people. bash Basso all you want but his family should be off limits. Batman - nice calling the mother of his children an "*******". Kids may be innocent, but innocent does not always mean "good". Maybe ignorant is more apt. My 5 year old girl is already getting slanty-eyed remarks from some white boys. Last year she was told by a Mexican girl that she wasn't allowed in her house because she's Chinese. We had earlier invited the same girl to my daughter's birthday party. It's probably only going to get worse as time goes on. We live in liberal California too. Good thing she got her purple belt tonite. I don't usually condone violence but I wouldn't mind at all if she punched out some snotty white boy who was pulling old slanty-eye on her.
Wow what an example how the BBs has changed in a few years. The first time this thread was posted the comments were helpfull and thought through. However this time it is not even close to that. It is just sad. Where is the respect for the fellow posters, even if they have different opinions than you have. You have to have civilized discussion with each other, otherwise the D&D is nothing more tha people throwing poo at each other. Why have these personal attacks on Basso. I mean I seldom agree with him in any political discussion. But personal attacks are just not civilized. Every person raises their child differently. And if both parrents need to work and they hire a nanny doesn't make someone a bad parrent. being a good parent is much more than simply only having one parent working. I agree with Langal family is off limits. They have nothing to do with all the discussions going on here.
Dude, some of you people need to get with the times. Join the new millennium, where only about 25% of women decide to stay at home after having children. Here is a very brief read based on census stats to bring you up to speed on these modern times in which we now live.
I think it's telling how basso's changed. I'm not saying I agree with attacking his parenting skills, but back then basso wasn't making offensive thread titles, hadn't called liberals unAmerican as much, generally ignored all legitimate questions posed to him, lied about people on this board making fun of special needs children etc. The guy has lost all credibility, and his own personal attacks and lies against people on this board have predictably inspired some back lash. Early in this thread I was very good spirited, and joking around with basso. But after seeing so many race baiting thread titles by basso, I believe some of that attitude has probably rubbed off on the children.
Interesting. I got negative rep points for posting in here. What is so bad about saying a parent with a nanny is not worse than other parents?
I probably haven't, and I don't really care. If it makes you that full of vitriol to call someone and their wife assholes you probably shouldn't be posting here anymore.
After something like that, you are lucky you are still allowed to post at all. I couldn't sleep last night I was so offended by your comment.
many things about basso's past do not add up - his claims regarding his personal life, which he invokes as an example of the destruction of Obama's America - are often inconsistent.
Reminds me of when my daughter was 3 years old. We turned the channel to the Rockets/Lakers game and Kobe Bryant went up for a shot. My daughter immediately turned to me and said, "Is that your friend 'Dave'?" I realized then that my daughter didn't distinguish between color. I also realized that my friend "Dave" (who is 5' 8" and white) really does look a lot like Kobe Bryant.
