Bush wasting billion$ trying to turn off horny teens

Take a look at the latest ad that the Bush administration is peddling. Watch it and you tell me if this is going to prevent teenagers from having sex.

From Think Progress:

4parents.gov is a government website run by the Department of Health and Human Services that is meant to provide parents with “information” to help “teens make healthy choices.”

But this "information" is not grounded in science. A recent federal report concluded that abstinence-only programs have had "no impacts on rates of sexual abstinence." Yet the latest public service announcement by 4parents.gov "encourages parents to talk with their kids about waiting to have sex."

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In July, Think Progress noted that 4parents.gov revised its Website to include ideological, unscientific claims about abortion, stating that "some women" feel "sad and some use more alcohol or drugs" after having an abortion.

Additionally, when the site launched in 2005, it told parents "to convince their teens to stop having sex by telling their children that they are 'worth it.'" But no resources were provided for "parents whose teen remains sexually active, implying that these youth are not 'worth it.'"

This is just another example of colossal waste of our taxpayer dollars by the Bush administration. This administration refuses to fund SCHIP, saying it's "too expensive," but it sees no problem wasting billions to shove their hypocritical, radical religious right, fundamentalist, twisted morality down the throats of America.

Let's get one thing very clear here - this is not about teens' health. If it was, a mix of urging abstinence and informing teens about birth control options would be a part of this program. These "family values Republicans," who would like us to believe that they are good, upstanding Christian men who don't cheat on their wives and/or who abhor homosexuality are hypocrites of the lowest sort. You know, men like Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Henry Hyde, Ted Haggard, Mark Foley, Larry Craig and every other Catholic priest.

What a noble, ingenious idea this program is. And a realistic one, too. Because, as Bill Maher said about the abstinence program this year, it's a great idea to "because teenagers aren't horny."

Today's GOP non-issue issue

Earlier today I mentioned Fox News and Mitt Romney lamely attempting to smear Barack Obama for suggesting age-appropriate sex education for kindergarten-age children. Here's an interesting exchange between advisers to the Obama and Romney campaigns. Well really, it's mostly just Romney's advisor talking to herself.

From a sexually repressed conservative standpoint, this is mighty impressive indeed. Romney's advisor touched pretty much all of the Republican bases (talking points) about premarital sex and sex education:

So-called "partial-birth abortion" (which is not a medical term, just a GOP PR one)
Planned Parenthood
Condoms
Abstinence

...You get the idea. Never mind the fact that this administration's abstinence-only sex education program, to the tune of over $1 billion, has been an unqualified failure. However, Barack Obama isn't going to say that, because he'll be painted as a sex maniac or worse by Romney, and of course Fox News.

But really, the crown jewel of this piece is how Romney is busted for his position change on the 39th issue. John Kerry, meet Mitt Romney.