Why Octomom is a Genius

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The Octomom wins! Ben Hoffman celebrates her victory in this week's infoMania Editorial.

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  • chackoccino
  • LexieTauken
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      LexieTauken  
    • This makes me angry. I think its terrible for someone to do this. she is not brilliant....is this really where people want their tax dollars to go?

    • 2 years ago
  • PaulSevere
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      PaulSevere  
    • First impression-IT's REALLY NONSENSE STUFF!

      Second thought. If we want to save the planet, we have to take care of the excess population. We can't do that by eliminating the males, _Iran_ proved that. They Kill all the males over age 9, and the population STILL goes up!

      So we just set up concentration camps and gas chambers for the Octomoms! Save the planet-no more greenhouse gases-green is good-what's wrong with that? Oh, that's right. We have a government to PROTECT individuals--not the other way around.

    • 2 years ago
  • honusurf
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      honusurf  
    • New Bill to go to congress blocking Octomoms of the future. "The world can not afford for every crazy bitch who wants a staff to go out and become an Octomom"

    • 2 years ago
  • AaliasChrisCarter
  • metaloki
  • cantspascua
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      cantspascua  
    • This is so true . She made money from using our obsessions about her life. Greed has no shame from a woman looking to make a fast buck ... pure genius.

    • 2 years ago
  • kasiokristmas
  • UWAZell
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      UWAZell  
    • '14 can come out, then one can go in.' Classic statement and it really is sad how much attention she has gotten for essentially making poor decisions.

    • 2 years ago
  • Neghie
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      Neghie  
    • I know a girl who sending money to her. She is in fact mentally ill. I could care less about what her intentions were. I just couldn't imagine growing up in a house that feels like a foster care home. Talk about setting your kids up for failure. At least 8 of those kids will develop a middle child syndrome.

    • 2 years ago
  • dj_ioglyphics
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      dj_ioglyphics  
    • I only read these words.... "Why Octomom is a Genius"
      and the first thing that popped into my minds was this.....

      GENIUS!!! women have been making money with there virgina's for ages... isn't that basically what she is doing... isn't this also known as the oldest profession in the world?

      Okay, maybe its harsh to call the woman a hooker. But, she is clearly trying to capitalize on the use of her female parts.. you can't deny it.

    • 2 years ago
  • desertcat
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      desertcat  
    • what a crazy society she goes and has more kids than all my neighbors combined, no money, no job living off her mother and she is treated like she saved the world or something. Meanwhile thousands of kids are living right now in tent cities because their PARENTS lost their jobs or home. Where are the good doers for these people? Or don't they count cause they did it the right way. Wonder how many grandkids she will have by the time the 8 turn 16.

    • 2 years ago
  • jacejasons
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      jacejasons  
    • OMG! Who cares about this women and her welfare??? She's not the first women in America to have 14 kids and live off the government. What's more disgusting is that the media throws you people a bone and you chase it like the dogs you are. What you should be steaming over is how are country has been hijacked by rogue politicians and corporate America; our serious environmental and energy crisis; and the current depression... ooops, I mean recession.

      FYI, corporate America is the biggest benefactors of Government assistance and welfare. We supposedly live in a free market with Democracy. Somewhere along the line we've severely gone off course. The fascination with meaningless media and numbing information presented by the media and other influencers, which you all find so amusing and dare I say "entertaining", is just rubbish to keep your pea size brains distracted.

      I bet no one here has dared to take as much interest in the fact that your families and your futures are about to be transported entirely and completely to China, just like those cheap $10 blue jeans you're wearing.

    • 2 years ago
  • RubyJ
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      RubyJ  
    • She received a House, she didn't have to pay for and she has round the clock care for the new babies, that she doesn't have to pay for. And the last I hear it was Octomom's mother that said she took care of the other 6 children. She may not have time to paint her toe nails but I bet she has the time to go to the spa for a pedicare. And I wonder who's paying for that? .......I am sure that all 14 children will not lack for anything. They will probably have more than many children. I wouldn't feel too badly for these kids, they will be fine, they have a very clever mother......and don't forget your tax dollars!

    • 2 years ago
  • poosta7
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      poosta7  
    • some birds evolved the behavior of laying their eggs in another bird's nest and have other birds feed and care for their offspring --- but so far, after millions of years of avian evolution, birds have not evolved a way to induce other birds to build a nest for them and to feed the clutch of eggs they lay....octomom has created a truly an advanced form of parasitism.

      She is the new role model for unwed, uneducated, unskilled, dull normal american females....breed like a fly and a bird??

    • 2 years ago
  • NJDaryl
  • SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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      SHAWN_RITTIMAN  
    • Is till can't figure how the use of fertility drugs creates fame. I would be more impressed to find out how self sufficient she was and did it on her own. I won't hold my breath.

    • 2 years ago
  • afanofmyown
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      afanofmyown  
    • something is real crazy here!!! the 'MOM actually started doing this (egg injection)at 21 .this doctor claims it is good publicity for other people who wants to get pregnant... but i "m feeling she is like a genetic testing ground for the women who consider this the way to get babies...she is certainly making money from doing this ...i seen her in a video in TARGET shopping for baby items (courtesy of DR. PHIL) wearing sandels (thong type)and i must ask my -self HOW THE HELL DOES SHE FIND TIME TO HAVE HER TOE NAILS POLISHED !! I RAISED 5 CHILDREN AND WAS LUCKY TO FIND TIME TO USE THE BATH-ROOM!! SHE IS DEFINITLY RAKING IN THE PROFITS FROM ALL THIS ATTENTION! THANK GOD FOR GRAND-MOTHERS!!!

    • 2 years ago
  • Iamninja
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      Iamninja  
    • she is not a genius, she just got lucky her story got so freaking famous, it's like when my neighbor says paris hilton is a genius because she gets paid alot of money just to hang out in night clubs, she's not a genius who the hell would turn that down if they were offered?!

    • 2 years ago
  • afanofmyown
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      afanofmyown  
    • Iamninja:

      i must defend my girl PARIS NOW !!paris hilton was born into it !she is pretty and smart& she may have have some bad decisions along the way. . but paid her dues (with her money!)but she did"nt have a bunch of babies she could not afford...she loves animals and has 18 to prove it!! and she can definitly affrord them !!i love paris !!!she is who i want to be in my next life!!!!ha-ha for real!!!

    • 2 years ago
  • alivein85
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      alivein85  
    • ....I guess he is being sarcastic- really sarcastic!

      But if the whole joke is heavy laden sarcasm, then that means all these comments are too?

    • 2 years ago
  • alivein85
  • SPECIALIST
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      SPECIALIST  
    • someone please find out if her doctor got a fee for his services - that will reveal a LOT.

      and she is not crazy, but emotionally disturbed and misguided. feel sorry for her and mostly her soon to be underprivileged children.

    • 2 years ago
  • RubyJ
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      RubyJ  
    • Well, Ben hit the nail on the head. Octomom knows how to play the "poor little ol' me" card. She even had her lips enlarged for a better "pout". I wanna know where she got the money to get her ''lips" done?

    • 2 years ago
  • morirjedi
  • JStation
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      JStation  
    • It was really interesting to hear Nadya say that she honestly believes she was irrational in having fourteen children. This whole time we've been convinced that she's a nutcase, and she's very aware of using the media to get her the help she needs to take care of a situation her recklessness got her into.

      I say give the woman a shot at Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, too. She played the right chords on everybody's instrument, and ultimately walked away with a problem solved.

    • 2 years ago
  • unimatrix0
  • afanofmyown
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      afanofmyown  
    • you are so right !!!oh my gosh! i just had a real crazy thought !I hope THIS doesn't start a trend... whoa! that is really scary! the baby '"boomers "all over a gain!!!

    • 2 years ago
  • manny0409
  • afanofmyown
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      afanofmyown  
    • there is something really weird about this ...she does resemble a.j home-wrecker in a heavier way ...i think she is suffering from wanting to be a.j homewrecker so bad.. she tried to out-do a.j by having more babies and it sure did get her the national attention that a.j does each time.. she gets a new one...she may really love babies but as they grow up she is going to feel like the "old woman in the shoe ... i even would bet her kids will get to go to college darn it ! the children will need more as time goes on !! i just pray that they all are heathy and loved!

    • 2 years ago
  • freer
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      freer  
    • what i find interesting is that we're living in an era where a great poet like Saul Williams is proving the power of spoken language, its affects and impact on humanity and people that profess to be conscious beings are cursing these children with such hopelessness and disregard^ what are we, fortune tellers, now?
      i see a family that's been given an opportunity to survive in this moment; our communal support will surely get them through the next^ my intention isn't judgemental here but i feel quite hopeful for their future^

    • 2 years ago
  • agreeablestatistic
  • Tayllerand
  • mutedmajority
  • SHAWN_RITTIMAN
  • stephenthomson
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      stephenthomson  
    • Octomom makes money off the Media, and the media (including Current) turn around and make more money off Octomom.

      seriously, If Current thinks it's doing anything differently than the rest of Big Media, think again: you can rail on her all you want, but in the end you are implicated in her "winning".

    • 2 years ago
  • afanofmyown
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      afanofmyown  
    • stephenthomson:

      i must say that CURRENT ROCKS and TALK ABOUT RAD TOO!!CURRENT is there to inform us out here on people who do what they do! that is why they are called CURRENT"duh!i happen to love CURRENT FOR HAVING TO PUT UP WITH ...WHAT-EVER COMES THEIR WAY! THEY ROCK !

    • 2 years ago
  • stephenthomson
  • snanders
  • Robroy1
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      Robroy1  
    • Like they say in Russia "Wow what a country". I have to hand it to her, but she is under the microscope of the media and any screw ups and she's in trouble, but she is a celebrity of sorts and knows how to use her 15 minutes of fame. Smart Person, I just hope she can be a good mother to her children and coming from a family of 15 I doubt it. With that many brothers and sisters you never really develope a close relationship with your parents and have to fend for yourself. Not having great guidence is a bad point especially later in life. Also to have enough money to educate that many children is a real drawback. None of my brothers or sisters have a college education, some of us tried but did not have the cooperation of the parents so it was hard. I hope her children fair better. I regret coming from a large family and have no children to this day. She may be smart but how smart and how her children will suffer or prosper depends on her. I have my doubts and would like to see where they are in 25 years or so.

    • 2 years ago
  • notyavgkat
  • silentlyslithering67
  • Eierspass
  • cerealforeal
  • nursediesel
  • lordsbassman
  • PajamaDan
  • larock
  • lordsbassman
  • shirma3
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      shirma3  
    • The Octumom...Wow! A new term regarding Child Birth, and Motherhood...This story isn't going away soon it seems. One thing we have to remember is, neither are these prescious children. Yes, their mother may need medical evaluation and treatment..However we may have witnessed the births of a few doctors, and lawyers, philantrophist, an embassador , and even a future president. If we add up the medical expenses for premature births, and imagine it being shared with 8 individual families..then.? The initial act is somewhat unethical, however do we want to contribute to a more hostile invironment for these children. Our children learn from us! Ofcourse we may be watching a REALITY Show, in the not so distant future... And Octumom. will be laughing all the way to the Bank!....Perhaps she'll sign an IOU, and repay the state. Then we all win!

    • 2 years ago
  • unimatrix0
  • Croakus88
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      Croakus88  
    • shirma3:

      Or great dictators, they'll just have to overcome their intellectual, emotional, and physical trauma...easy fix; Intellectual: take drugs (dont limit to just the legal ones) Emotional: Hate their mom (and they have many siblings to enjoy this with) Physical: Viagra and bandaids... and then all they have to do is promise hope

    • 2 years ago
  • jacquii
  • nursediesel
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      nursediesel  
    • What was that doctor thinking? He should lose his license to practice medicine.
      This woman is insane. And of course she used the media. Duh. But to what expense?
      Those children will pay emotionally, all 14 of them.
      And their children after them will always be haunted by the insanity of this act.

    • 2 years ago
  • iamfree
  • KarlitoMosquito
  • Snuff99
  • rachelmaechel
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