Right Wingers apparently are more interested in teaching hypocrisy then the realities of the world. This was on display with Sarah Palin who is proud of her values, and yet failed as a parent with a child who has a child before she could vote for her mom. Another child who was forced to go to war in...

    Republicans these days are very, very deeply concerned about "wasteful government spending." House Minority Leader John Boehner [1]complained about wasteful spending in the stimulus. Congressman Mike Pence [2] of Indiana stated: "More big government spending ... won't cure wh...

Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol stated the obvious to Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren on Monday night that the abstinence her mom admittedly preaches is “not realistic.” Bristol Palin gave birth to a beautiful bastard in late December and encourages children her age to wait or at...

We've had studies which show that federally funded abstinence-only sex education is rife with false, misleading, or distorted information." We've had studies that prove that federally funded abstinence-only sex education does not keep teenagers from having sex. We've even seen teen mom Bristol Palin...

You know that whole command of God thing?  That’s really not working for me. Abstinence (”chastity” would be a better word) is only unrealistic for those who don’t practice it. The teen said she wanted to tell her story so that other young people might think twice about havi...

Some good stuff from recent days, in no particular order. If you follow my FriendFeed or StumbleUpon profiles, you may have seen some of these already, but several things will be new. And as usual, there’s a ton of good stuff over at Our Bodies Our Blog. Renee of Womanist Musings at Global Com...

Came across this little waste of tax money: Derek the Abstinence Clown. Yes...you read that right. Derek Dye was paid as part of the Abstinence Only program to promote abstinence. Here is a video of Derek at work: Now, this guy is just awful. And on many blogs he gets a lot of crap for how bad he is...

Abstinence? 3 and a half years later?! Let me start out by saying that I am currently in a sexually active relationship (sort of). We have been together for over 3 years and everything has been great. Until now, I am almost done with my current deplyment (4 months) and I will be home in a matter of ...

When asked what Bush accomplished during his eight years in office, many people point out that he was responsible for putting together a comprehensive AIDS program for Africa. In an article called, “An Unlikely Champion,” found in the January 15, 2009 edition of Nature (available only to...

Joe at Advocates for Youth notes that clowns are always scary: We currently spend $1.5 billion a year to fund abstinence-only until marriage sex education in our public schools. And yes, that money goes to people like Derek Dye, as he is employed by the Elizabeth New Life Center that received a $800...