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Posted by elenchos | March 21, 2008 8:09 AM
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Staff Sgt. Ernesto G. Cimarrusti

Hometown: Douglas, Arizona, U.S.

Age: 25 years old

Died: March 10, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Incident: Killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in Baghdad.

Posted by fartf Poe | March 21, 2008 8:29 AM
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will someone PLEASE banned this fartf Poe character, pronto? i loathe sock puppets.

does Ms. Benn think that teenagers will fuck at McDonald's instead of ordering burgers? and what are the odds she has a 15-year-old daughter with two kids?

Posted by scary tyler moore | March 21, 2008 8:35 AM
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You know, this problem would go away immediately if we just required all women to wear burkas and hijabs. And made it illegal for them to talk to men.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 21, 2008 8:45 AM
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Corp. Wm. R. Knowles

Hometown: Alliance, OH

Died: July 28, 1898, Battle of Sevilla Heights, Cuba, Spanish American War.

Unit: Co. K, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Wooster, OH.

Incident: Dismounted American cavalrymen forced their way over the rough mountain trail this morning and encountered the Spanish infantry in a dense thicket on a high plateau almost overlooking the City of Santiago de Cuba, and routed them after a sharp battle lasting one hour.

Posted by DW | March 21, 2008 8:54 AM
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I am loving the image of Jesus weeping at un-wed me losing my virginity at 17. I wonder what else I've done that has made Jesus cry? Hmmm. Drugs? Campaigning for equal rights for teh gays? Moving in with my husband before marriage? I should send Him a box of tissues or something.

Posted by Julie | March 21, 2008 9:01 AM
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Hmm, wonder where you send things to a figment of the imagination. Maybe c/o Santa Claus at the North Pole?

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 21, 2008 9:06 AM
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Solution: Get government out of the business of funding moral and social programs. That means no money for faith-based bullshit, abstinence nonsense, OR urine-stained "art" that can't make it on its own in the marketplace. You can't have it both ways, it is an all-or-none game.

Posted by Chris | March 21, 2008 9:20 AM
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Too bad Mrs. Benn's (I'm sure she prefers that appelation - "Ms." being only suitable for feminazi lesbians) parents didn't practice a little "abstinence" when they had the opportunity, thus saving the world from the nonsensical rantings of yet another "morality warrior".

Posted by COMTE | March 21, 2008 9:20 AM
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They should have taken that McDonalds analogy and run with it:

"If you never take your kids to McDonalds, sure, they'll never eat a greasy cheeseburger. Guess what? If you never teach your children that eating at McDonalds is unlealthy, and teach them healthy ways to eat then one day they will sneak over to the burger stand while you're at work and gorge themselves. "

Posted by Colton | March 21, 2008 9:29 AM
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Someone wants a Big Mac...

Posted by w7ngman | March 21, 2008 9:43 AM
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if a big mac is sex in her analogy, mcdonalds would be what? a whorehouse? why are they talking students to a whorehouse as a part of abstinence education? and if you take a kid to a whorehouse, shouldn't you show them how to use a condom?

Posted by infrequent | March 21, 2008 10:02 AM
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Now more than ever, we need Dan Savage in the US Senate. Is it really true, Dan, as the rumors say, that you have skeletons in your closet that preclude public office? In the era of Vitter and Craig, hasn't the bar on personal behavior, especially if you can bill it as "indiscretions of youth", really come down quite a bit?

I just think you'd make an awesome Senator. Will you at least think about it if Al Franken wins in MN this year?

Posted by Big Sven | March 21, 2008 10:06 AM
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I'm no fan of abstinence-only programs; however, the researchers can't really make the conclusions they make because they didn't randomly assign people to be in the abstinence or regular sex-ed groups.

The poor kids forced into abstinence only programs probably live in areas and have families that contribute a lot of additional reasons for why teen pregnancy rates are high.

I'm sure the abstinence programs don't help anything, but putting regular sex-ed courses in those sorts of areas might not change anything either.

Posted by G | March 21, 2008 10:20 AM
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Isn't "comprehensive abstinence program" an oxymoron? The whole point of abstinence-only is that it's not comprehensive.

Posted by julia | March 21, 2008 10:40 AM
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Kids are already at McDonald's. Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain...

Posted by Tim Appelo | March 21, 2008 10:58 AM
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Big Sven, as a Dan Savage dittohead you will find this amusing.

Have some fun with this. Frost in Wisconsin--riff on that!

Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Frost

Hometown: Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.

Age: 24 years old

Died: March 3, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Air Force, 377th Air Base Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

Incident: Died in a crash of an Iraqi Army Mi-17 helicopter in Bayji.

Posted by fartf Poe | March 21, 2008 11:45 AM
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Here you go Dan Savage's dittoheads! Have some fun with this. Frost in Wisconsin--riff on that!

Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Frost

Hometown: Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.

Age: 24 years old

Died: March 3, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Air Force, 377th Air Base Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

Incident: Died in a crash of an Iraqi Army Mi-17 helicopter in Bayji.

Posted by fartf Poe | March 21, 2008 11:47 AM
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@5

What a hoot your post is. Your mentor Dan Savage is proud. Use your hipster mind to riff on this:C'mon show us what ya got!

Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Frost

Hometown: Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.

Age: 24 years old

Died: March 3, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Air Force, 377th Air Base Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

Incident: Died in a crash of an Iraqi Army Mi-17 helicopter in Bayji.

Posted by ... | March 21, 2008 11:50 AM
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That kinda sad. What the hell message do they think they're sending. What I got was:

I'd rather you get pregnant or diseased if you disobey me than know that you have the knowledge to be safe and aware of the actual risks your taking.

My parent's and our teachers were a hell of a lot better about it:

We care for you, and we think the best choice for your health is not to have sex. But we love you, and if you screw up (no pun intended) we'd rather you did it safely and with full knowledge of the risks, consequences, and obligations you're taking on. Now here's a condom. Don't put it in your wallet. That said, if you do it and we catch you, there will be hell to pay, so file that as a risk too.

Posted by Ferin | March 21, 2008 11:12 PM

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