Comments on: None of your damn business

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:54:32 +0000

I understand what the artist was trying to say with this cartoon and it is no way a shot at Bristol Palin. Teenagers are going to have sex (it is in the genetic make up of humans), it was not her fault that her mother failed to give her a proper education.

This cartoon is a shot at Sarah Palin on a couple of counts. First off she wanted it to be a private matter. Ok fine you want to be Vice President it is perfectly understandable that you would like your children out of the spot light. That still begs the question why tell the media about it in the first place?

Secondly this is also about her stand on abstinence only education, something she feels that will prevent teen pregnancy. What people find amusing is how ironic the situation is. A person who feels that abstinence is the way to go until marriage ends up with a unmarried pregnant 17 year old daughter.

This underlies a bigger issue, teen pregnancy. Parents and teachers are afraid to talk to their teenagers/students about sex, which leaves teenagers nowhere to go with questions that need honest responses, not the hokey wait until your married. Teenagers are smarter than you give them credit for. But how do we expect them to act responsibly if we don’t give them all the facts.

I take my own experience, my mom was a young mom with my older sister and I (She was 19 and 20 respectively). Her desire was to see that we did not follow the same path. Her solution..talked to us about sex, let us know that if we had any questions come to her, if we were ready to come see her she’d put us on birth control. I credit my mom with the fact that I”m 26 years old and have never been pregnant because I had the tools and knowledge to know how to protect myself. My sister had a baby at the age of 27 but she’s married and her and her husband were ready for a baby.

I know that we will always have pregnant teenagers. We can’t reach them all. I feel that we can cut that number down if we give them the information to practice safe sex. And yes I believe that an all around sex education should include abstinence because if you don’t feel ready to have sex don’t.

By: Smokey Demon

Smokey Demon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:49:43 +0000

I will grant you that, in a perfect world, sex education should be taught in the home. However, we do not live in a perfect world. Schools need to fill the void so many parents leave and teach factual sex education. Males reach their sexual peak at 17. Do you honestly expect abstinence to work with all those raging hormones in play?

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:35:00 +0000

I think sex Education in schools should be mandatory. The idea that if one doesn’t talk about sex in school that it wont happen later on is bull shit. Kids need to be taught how to be responsbile because fuck ups like Palin’s daughter wont end up being knocked UP. And by the way if Sarah Palin would talk to her daughter more about safe sex instead of “abstinance” than MAYBE her daughter wont be carrying around an 8 pound gut.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:33:54 +0000

Re: this small issue; I feel sorry for the daughter because her mother has not done everything she could have to shield her from the public eye.
Re: the big issue; THE ELECTION; what is wrong with it is that billions of people all over the world who have no say at all in the US election will be directly affected by the result.
Some history of last 8 years[from outside US]: Bush gets elected. 9/11 happens. Can’t find anyone to punish for it. Oh well, let’s punish the Iraqis [hang on weren't most of the 9/11 terrorists Saudis???]for their WMDs [weapons of mass disappearance.] Over 100 000 deaths later and Bush is proven right; Iraq is full of terrorists, but hang on, they only arrived there in the chaos after the US invaded!!!!
That invasion alone has magnified the tragedy of 9/11 at least twenty-fold in terms of deaths. If Bush wasn’t the US president he’d be quite justifiably labeled a mass-murderer. And yet many Republicans are quite comfortable with this?!?!?! There must be some pretty evil people behind Bush in the Republican party, and those same people are backing McCain now.
How in hell did you Americans ever vote in such a [dangerous]DICKHEAD, and TWICE??????!!!!!?????
Voting Americans, please go out and use your right wisely, vote not just for the future of your country but the whole world, most of whom are suffering, if you hadn’t noticed. Prove to the rest of the world that you dont leave your brains behind when you head to the polling booth.

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:01:43 +0000

I think Palin’s lack of experience is a bigger issue. But she has brought the focus on her personal life as the issue. The fact that she keeps extolling herself as a hockey mom means nothing on the international and national stage. When she decides on funding for NASA will knowing how to play the trap work? She made her mommy skills the focal point – skills which aren’t all that great apparently. The fact that she has voted against funding for teem moms is outrageous. Her daughter will be fine because a Governor pulls in a good paycheck. Most teen moms don’t have the luxury of driving to their doctor’s appointments (paid by mom) in a luxury car (paid for by mom.) How is this understanding of the average person. She is just another wealthy republican with no clue – she’s just less rich than average.

By: Becky W

Becky W — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:05:47 +0000

Why does she need to prove Trig is her’s. She’s 44, the baby had down’s syndrom…..nuf said.
In my opinion the whole Plain family could benefit from a visit to the local family planning clinic.

By: SCB

SCB — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:06:47 +0000

it is our damn business if she wants to parade her pregnant daughter around like a show horse. second, sex ed does need to be properly taught in our schools. now let me ask, have you ever had a conversation with your parents regarding sex. I bet most said no, or nothing serious that would have help stop STDs or unwanted pregnancy. plus, a sex conversation with your parents has to be one of the most awkward things ever for a teenager.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:54:18 +0000

American Woman
Bullshit! Every red neck knows, “A woman’s place is in the home, barefoot, pregnant and chained to a kitchen sink” – It’s the American way! let the ice caps melt, let Darfur starve, let the oil run out, let the yellow hordes have my job, let the wars rage on, let inflation starve me out, let deflation choke my wallet, let OPEC ream my ass, let Wallstreet steal my mortgage, let Bin Laden run free, let Iraq prosper while we go in debt, let gas go to $12.00 a gallon, let The Big Three build super cars, let the stock market fall, let the Euro soar, But don’t touch my ’sacred cow’ let the American sexpots we love stay as they are, over-indulged, ignorant, large-breasted sex machines, at home at the sink, and ready to do service for me- BJ’s all the way! Go! Palin Girls Go!