[Adam Hart] This may seem cute to some people. But I’m taking issue with a few parts of Rep. John Shadegg’s (R-Ariz.) use of a small child in his debate against health care reform.

1. He admits that Maddie is not his grandchild. If I were Speaker of the House, my first questions would have been: Did you steal the baby? Why did you steal the baby? Did you make up the name Maddie? Why should I care what a baby thinks? Babies are dumb.
2. That last one was a statement.
3. I seriously doubt Maddie’s mother’s taxes would go up $730 billion.
4. The baby obviously didn’t want to be associated with his argument, hence her continuously pushing the microphone down.
5. Why is he talking for the baby and bouncing it up and down as if it were a puppet? He knows babies don’t work like that, right?

[Adam Hart] Let me break it down for you:

• Good news: Fellow food lover Padma Lakshmi is with child.
• Bad news: I had nothing to do with it.

Via People.com:

For now Lakshmi, who divorced author Salman Rushdie in 2007, is keeping mum about the identity of her baby’s father-except to say it isn’t her frequent companion Manu Nathan, who she says is “a cousin and dear friend.

See, not me. And apparently it was pretty slim odds that she could get pregnant, so good for her. Support Padma and her unborn child by purchasing one of her cookbooks — Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet or Easy Exotic.

[Adam Hart] Adriana Lima is pregnant??? Well that’s just perfect.

You know, Marko Jaric, just because you marry a girl doesn’t mean you need to get her knocked up. It’s not the law or anything. Pretend you’re in China, where having kids is frowned upon.