What does it take to be a politician nowadays? What kind of person wants to get into politics? Is it simply a matter of wearing an off-black suit, with a pressed white button-up, and a cornflower-blue tie? Is it a matter of delivering a perfectly half-hearted smile while you debate some other monkey in an empty suit in order to maximize your profits from the corporations and make sure that your constituents don't realize just how badly they're getting screwed?
That might be it, actually.
Let's call a spade a spade. Politics in the United States is a joke. Here we
Shocker! Teen Pregnancy Drops Due to Contraception
by Jason Lightner April 20th, 2012 | Independent Ideas, Independent Views
How this is a surprise to anyone is beyond my comprehension.
From salon.com:
You don't say? Kids use a condom, or the pill, or both, and they don't get knocked up? Brilliant! Seriously, call Guinness! Wait, what? There's another possibility?
Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America:
Oh! I get it! By telling kids to not have sex because it's bad, they're not
From salon.com:
“The most recent decline in teen births can be linked almost exclusively to improvements in teens’ contraceptive use”
You don't say? Kids use a condom, or the pill, or both, and they don't get knocked up? Brilliant! Seriously, call Guinness! Wait, what? There's another possibility?
Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America:
“They don’t even mention the fact there’s been a tremendous increase in effectiveness and pervasiveness of abstinence education."
Oh! I get it! By telling kids to not have sex because it's bad, they're not
Rockets Can’t Buy Happiness
by Jason Lightner April 13th, 2012 | Independent Ideas
Did you hear the news? North Korea is going ahead with plans to launch a rocket, even though it's going to freak a lot of people out. Surprised? Didn't think so.
So the BBC has reported that North Korean officials are claiming the rocket launch is being conducted in order to place a satellite into orbit, however opponents of the launch are fearful of a disguised long-range missile test. This all comes at the cost of U.S. food aid that was promised under the conditions that North Korea would not conduct such a launch. I suppose they're correct, though
So the BBC has reported that North Korean officials are claiming the rocket launch is being conducted in order to place a satellite into orbit, however opponents of the launch are fearful of a disguised long-range missile test. This all comes at the cost of U.S. food aid that was promised under the conditions that North Korea would not conduct such a launch. I suppose they're correct, though








