This is what America needs

usamamasan1 I'm sorry... you must have missed the 8 posts where I ask you to address his clear disregard for his VERY failed "abstinance-only" sex "education" which has been shown to have raised the teen pregnancy rate in Texas 50% of the national average.

He ignores the problem... and it seems that you're very flagrantly ignoring the topic too.

So I'll ask you again....

Why does he seem Hell-bent on keeping Texas teenagers pregnant and infected with STDs?

usamamasan1 wrote:

Who Princess wrote:

But rich natural resources and price spikes don't say much about the wisdom of a state's governing philosophy. Nor does proximity to an international border and the Gulf of Mexico, with their trade and tourism benefits. Of Texas' good fortune, said Yucel, "Some of it is God-given."

Well, your article makes a lot of sense a lot of the time. But regarding the above quote, and other mentions in the article, i fully agree luck is a component in life. Hard work and intelligence afford an individual more chances at getting lucky. That is my belief as an American.
Those Texas benefits metnioned, do they make a states governing philosophy unwise inherently? I think the article does not deliver. It also didn't mention when discussing housing, that the states "governing philosophy" required homeowner to have 20% equity to get a home. This allowed Texas to better weather the housing market bust. People, to a lesser degree, were not upside down almost overnight. If memory serves.

I don't know, man. Sounds like the government interfering with the free market.

usamamasan1 wrote:

Maybe everyone should be gay. No more unwanted pregnancies.

Ok, well there's a solution. And how do you plan to stop THEM from having unprotected sex? Because it's not just unwanted pregnancies you need to stop.

Count me out.

I have. Trust me. People who care, sadly, have to take up your slack.

Maybe kids in their teens should know better. Maybe their parents should teach them some shit.

And how are they supposed to "know better?" Better than what? Know what? To "not have sex?" Yeah, that's going to work.

That's as unrealistic as everything else that's come out of the mouth of Rick Perry. Including his made up story about shooting a coyote. And maybe parents should teach them what? How to not have sex? That doesn't work either. Most parents don't know how to protect from STDs, either.

Do you also want parents to teach biology, algebra and physics?

Family values.

Something I obviously have and you don't. I value the health of families, and I value families and think that they shouldn't just be started by accident because kids in their teens didn't "know better."

Woot

Is the most wise thing you've said. Probably ever.

usamamasan1 wrote:

Texas had to cut billions. Much of it was in education. Shit has to give somewhere. When the almighty government can't take care of our retirement, health care and education, maybe we should take care of ourselves and our neighbors who need it?

Run Rick, run!

“I would say he’s a game-changer,” says Barry Wynn, a veteran fundraiser and former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Wynn, who attended a meeting with Perry in Austin last week, says he is charismatic and has “a remarkable record of creating jobs.” Perry has also proven he can raise money, Wynn told me, and “there is a perception that he can win”—not just the nomination but the White House.

it doesn't cost more to tell someone to use a condom instead of just focusing on abstinence

usamamasan1 wrote:

You individuals need to start looking at some bigger pictures.

or you could just answer the question

instead of avoiding it

even flow - question mark wrote:

This is what America needs?.......................to pick itself up, dust itself off, and start all over again.

Ah yes. Revolution, baby.....

usamamasan1 wrote:

Texas had to cut billions. Much of it was in education. Shit has to give somewhere. When the almighty government can't take care of our retirement, health care and education, maybe we should take care of ourselves and our neighbors who need it?

Run Rick, run!

“I would say he’s a game-changer,” says Barry Wynn, a veteran fundraiser and former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Wynn, who attended a meeting with Perry in Austin last week, says he is charismatic and has “a remarkable record of creating jobs.” Perry has also proven he can raise money, Wynn told me, and “there is a perception that he can win”—not just the nomination but the White House.

Woot

I hope most of the people within the 27% of the workforce in Texas that don't have health insurance have neighbors for doctors, or at least access to webmd.com. Woot??