Single Abstinance Spokeswoman Bristol Palin Pregnant. Again.

Image from source, Wonkette

The first time* Bristol Palin got preggers, it tarnished her mother's bona fides as a "traditional values" candidate, and made Bristol's mama bristle at the press, starting a political sideshow that continues to rear up its head every so often to this day. Since then, the younger Palin's hastily arranged nuptials to the first baby's father was cancelled, she's become an abstinence only spokeswoman, and has continued--along with the rest of her trashy family--to be a political Kardashian. I stopped paying attention years ago, but apparently there have been other beaus, a near-marriage (to someone who was already married, did I get that right?), and now is still married, and preggers again.

*And while I'm reporting on this tawdry tale, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that it's possible that the first time Bristol was actually pregnant, there may have been some subterfuge to pass the kid off as Sarah's. There's still an awful lot of weirdness around that particular nativity story.

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Looks Like God Knocked Up Bristol Palin Again

 

Oh my stars, it seems America’s most virginal born-again virgin is with child. Again:

"I wanted you guys to be the first to know that I am pregnant. . ."

Read more at: Wonkette

Red State Update: Bristol Palin & Abstinence

Hee hee! I just love these guys. Bristol Palin, abstinence, teen pregnancy, and Greta Van Whatsername are the subjects, and Jackie and Dunlap do their usual, hilarious banter. Check it out.

Concerned Woman Matt Barber vs. Keith Olbermann

Photo from source, Town Hall

I'm a big Countdown with Keith Olbermann fan, and have made that pretty plain in this blog. I dig his special comments, love his sense of humor, and he covers stories that are actually relevant. Well, except the last 15 minutes of the show, which is fluffy stuff; but even that is treated with the proper amount of irreverence.

Anyway, if you've watched the show, you'd know about a segment called Worst Person in the World. It's a usually snarky, but sometimes serious bit about the lowlifes in that day's news. It is clearly not intended to name the actual worst in the world. The author of the piece excerpted below does not have a sarcasm meter apparently.

He is also a spokesperson for "Concerned Women for America," which is odd considering he's a man. And he is apparently unaware that "abstinence only education" is a flat-out failure. So if you'd like to read a slightly loony take on the sex education debate from a guy who isn't holding a full deck (he may only have a three), read on. . .

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Who's the Worst Person in the World?

It’s not Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It’s not even Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot or Adolph Hitler. No, according to Keith Olbermann — that blinkered liberal extremist who plays a newsman on TV — Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), is “the worst person in the world.”

Read more at: Town Hall

Democrats Agree to Fund Abstinance Only Program

Ugh. They're just killing me. I keep hoping that the Congressional Democrats will start playing ball the way voting Democrats want them to. And then we see item after item like this.

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Abstinence 1, S-Chip 0

. . .To entice Republicans to support the bill, the House of Representatives agreed to increase money for abstinence-only sex education by $28 million, to a total of about $200 million a year. Abstinence-only courses, the only form of federally financed sex ed, teach that sexual activity outside of marriage is likely to cause psychological and physical harm. . .

The story, at: NYTimes.com