Thought for the day

Blizzards to the West, flooding North, tornadoes South, global financial ruin, wars, famine — you name it, we've got problems.
And yet, amazingly, there is still time and energy to waste on the crazy woman the press has dubbed Octomom.
OK, sure, I am part of the problem. I actually viewed the CNN web page video report headlined, "Nurse: Octuplet mom fed babes for show."
Clearly, the only ones who should be watching Octomom are the authorities at Child Services. As for the three CNN news anchors and Dr. Phil ... I hear they need sandbag volunteers in Fargo.
But, just to bring you up to speed, in case you missed the vapid details of what our news outlets deem worthy of attention, here is the latest:
Octomom — the single mother of 14, the last eight of whom were birthed as octuplets — is in a new home (somehow, I missed that event), with her kids, and until recently, with the help of nurses provided free of charge by the organization Angels in Waiting.
The latest news surge came after Octomom fired the nurses. She says they seized control of her house and her babies.
Meanwhile, the nurses filed charges with Child Services on several counts, including that Octomom is failing to adhere to such basic motherhood standards as feeding her children.
According to the claims, Octomom only sought to feed her babies when cameras were present to record the moment. Otherwise, she left the mundane task to the nurses.
There is so much sad, disturbing and wrong about this story, it's hard to know where to begin and chances are nothing has been left undiscussed.
Still, I get this sick feeling that somewhere between Octomom, her lawyers and media handlers, the nurses and their lawyers, Child Services, and the media, there are eight tiny babies and their six older siblings who face long odds of experiencing a childhood that even remotely resembles normalcy.