Posted on 05/13/2007 8:02:25 PM PDT by RGSpincich
SALT LAKE CITY -- Radio relationship guru Laura Schlessinger, in Salt Lake City on Friday to speak to Army families at Fort Douglas, said she was tired of hearing the complaints of lonely and overwhelmed military wives whose husbands are deployed. "He could come back without arms, legs or eyeballs, and you're (whining)?" Schlessinger asked before taking the stage at the base theater to host her daily program on ethics, morals and values. "You're not dodging bullets, so I don't want to hear any whining -- that's my message to them."
Schlessinger boasted that she once talked a young woman out of marrying a soldier, noting that "warriors need warrior wives" and that she felt the woman was unprepared.
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Look at all the people waiting in line to be scolded by Simon Cowell on American Idol!
I agree she could get her point across with out being so abrasive she herself needs anger management!:)
I was talking about PhDs, not generals. Apparently you misread or did not comprehend what I wrote. You must be a PhD to be so defensive.
Adam and Eve had a rather dysfunctional family life (what with the fratricide and all). Why should any of us expect better?
Okay, I see where you’re coming from. I’m kind of surprised she’d be susceptible to liberal henpecking as toughminded as she seems.
I thought that “orphaned” meant that the parents would be dead...
It's "Save your breath" time. Tearing down the accomplishments of others is the last ditch weapon of the loser.
It’s just funny. My husband is working hard, and will someday have his Phd. in engineering.
Guess it doesn’t count because he won’t be a “real doctor.”
exactly. none of them go home with her.
Dr Laura is an excellent advisor to millions. Her advice comes straight from an uplifting moral scaffolding.
Superb lady!
When my grandfather returned home from the war, all he heard from his sisters and the ladies in his neighborhood was what a pain in the a-s rationing was...
It appears your grandfather was surrounded by a bunch of nitwits.
Dr. Laura is horrible. She bashes these woman, but when the marriage got tough for her, she bailed. She has no business discussing people marriages when she can’t even keep her own salvageable.
I’ve talked to other WWII vets who have told me the same. The women in their lives were clueless.
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