"Single Mom" Discharged From the Army

Ridiculous. Love the "Single Mom" headline. You know who we have to blame for this? George W Bush and his White House Communications Director--Karen Hughes. She's the one who convinced GWB to talk about "Moms and Dads" in speeches, not "parents". She's the one who convinced him to talk about "single Moms" rather than "single mothers. All to sound more heartwarming, more folksy, more sympathetic.

So now, we have a no-load soldier (I'm sorry to have to use that term--she's not a soldier) who just decided not to go. She's a "cause celebre" and the Huffington Post uses the Bush term "Single Mom" to help us frame the story--because she's really not a no-load getting over on the system, being paid to serve her country while she instead decides to grow her family without necessary support--she's a "single mom"!