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Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
McCain.
McCain who?
Mah Cain fell and I broke me hip!
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*slaps knee in fit of laughter*
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So how come McCain looks like Steve Martin in that movie poster???
Because I love Steve Martin… And it’s just not right, I tell ‘ya.
(Oh. And I’m totally saving an egg or two for Jon.)
I don’t care how short he is, I want to do Jon Stewart.
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ahahhaha oh that’s good stuff!
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Like I just told the Twitterverse, I would give my left nut to run away with Jon Stewart. Seriously.
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Ah ha…. he totally looks like Steve Martin. That movie poster is funny. ;)
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THANK YOU MARIA!!!! :D
You can tell Saturday Night Live is so pissed their season hasn’t started yet.
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The poster is extremely clever- and even as a republican I will admit very funny- so the following is certainly not written with a finger wagging, but just as something to think about. I have to say that I feel bad for Bristol. She is certainly not the first or last 17yo to find herself in that position and at an age where people noticing a pimple on your face seems catastrophic, I can’t imagine the added turmoil that poking fun at her expense is causing… 17, AND pregant AND being publicly mocked for the pleasure of others. Ouch.
The latest from Margie…
September 5, 2008 at 11:29 am
You’re definitely right. I feel sorry for Palin’s daughter, but part of me can’t help but gloat.
I don’t think it’s funny because of Bristol, I think it’s funny because her mother obviously believes abstinence only is the way to go when educating our youth and it came back to bite her in the ass in the most personal way imaginable.
Kids need to be taught these things to avoid what happened to Palin’s daughter, and to my brother. It’s the only way to put a dent in the number of occurrences.
hhhheeee hehehehehehheeee.
The whole Steve Martin/John McCain poster is creeping me out.
The latest from Captain Steve…
September 5, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Why am I the only person that didn’t see that????
:8
Was your brother uniformed about the potential risks and how to prevent them, or did he know and made choices regardelss? I would imagine that Bristol, as one of 5 sibs is well aware of where babies come from and who’s to say that she was not using birth control and it failed? Even the pill is only 99% effective.
Since explicit sex ed is the norm in most schools and the teen birth and STD rate is still up there… then is that proof that sex ed as it is currently being taught is ineffective? I think that abstinence needs to be taught ALONG SIDE the other info because as “unsexy” ha-ha, as it is- the cold hard facts are that it is the ONLY 100% effective way to keep yourself out of that kind of trouble.
That being said- I was a well informed sex ed student, aware of risks and prevention, yet, I still made stupid (yet informed) choices in my younger years. I got lucky, pure and simple. SO, if you are going to bungee jump, wear a harness and a helmet, but if you want a guarantee not to break your neck, stay on the bridge… that’s all I’m sayin’.
ps-
Please understand that I mean no disprespect to your bro’s situation.
The latest from Margie…
September 5, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I honestly don’t know what my brother knew, but I’m guessing he knew quite well the risks and ways to avoid them. It seems almost common knowledge nowadays. I could be overestimating though.
Abstinence is taught in sex-ed classes, is it not? I remember being taught that it was the best and safest way to go but if we decided not to go that route, our options were blah blah blah.
As long as ’staying a virgin until marriage’ and all other religious aspects are entirely left out of teachings about abstinence, I think that it most definitely should be taught as the number one way to protect your health, and your emotional well being as a kid.
I believe we need to continue to educate our youth on sex, not just teach them to stay away from it. At least then, if they don’t listen, they at least knew and can’t claim complete naiveness in that regard.
I know you don’t mean any disrespect – I wish very much that my brother had stayed on that fucking bridge!
I remember learning how to put a condom on a banana and being given a brochure that described various sexual acts such as “fisting” (ew- did I really need to know about that?)as though they were common place. I don’t remember the abstinence part.
You’re right though, even though I may personally believe that waiting until marriage is the way to go (even though I didn’t, or maybe because I didn’t), school is not the place for that, kids need to understand all of the things that can happen, how they happen and how to prevent them, whether it is by staying away all together or being careful.
The latest from Margie…
September 5, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I’m thrown by the banana and the fisting. But, I completely agree with everything you’ve said.
And, let me say that I’m glad you didn’t take it personally and we were able to have a productive conversation with one another, despite our different political ideals. You’ve solidified yourself as fucking awesome.
:love:
Love the poster… mostly because Juno was one of my favorite movies ever, not to mention the sound track. But… also, because it cracks me up what surfaces at election time.
How you holding up, BTW? Hope things are well.
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September 5, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I’m doing well Jyl, thanks for asking. My brother still seems to be handling the whole thing pretty well also, but I’m worried that his positivity is really nonchalance.
I hope the seriousness of this sinks in a bit better soon.
So it looks like Steve Martin and Tina Fey are the Republican candidates…I would love to see that on SNL.
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Well, I was going to laugh and then I got caught up in the abstinence banter and in my opinion, the more you push your children NOT to do something, the more they are going to rebel. Parents need to remember that when they are saying marriage first! Look, I was a good kid, I knew I wasn’t supposed to have sex, but I did anyway. With condoms. I think most kids are taught that you shouldn’t have sex, but if you inform them AND give them the tools to do it safely if they choose, then you are doing your kids a greater service. (I am not disagreeing with Marge, in fact, most of what she said about giving kids both talks made sense to me).
I don’t mind that it’s taught in school, because even though I might teach my children about it at home, not everybody will. I am more of the thought that sexuality is nothing to be ashamed or afraid of, we just need to be smart about it. I remember my sex ed class being relatively benign. We learned about body parts and periods. The end. Fisting? REALLY? Wow, yeah, not sure I’d want my child learning about that from school.
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September 5, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Yeah definitely, all of what you said. And Margie made excellent points.
For the second time in two days coffee has come out of my nose.
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Testing one last time.
FISTING?!?! They taught FISTING in sex ed? Where in the world did Margie go to school?? Sheesh!!
Funny stuff. (In a sad sort of way…)
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I went to school in fairly red-necked, conservative Sprigfield, Oregon. Maybe the administration was trying to be progressive or something. I was one dirty minded little girl to begin with, so there wasn’t much I didn’t know about already but “health” class in high school was a little TMI, seriously! Of course, our volleyball coach was also putting the moves on his players and my track coach would comment on my “sexy legs”- sooo, maybe it wasn’t your typical HS… I hope! Oh, and Kip Kinkel’s dad was my Spanish teacher- so I guess our little podunk town had more than it’s fair share of goings on, although I am inclined to think that “fisting” wasn’t among them!
The latest from Margie…
Oh, goodness. I guess I’m just in one of those moods where this just depresses me.
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Bah-ha-ha-ha!!! That movie poster is PERFECT!!
P.S. You can cuss any ol’ time you want on my blog.
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I. AM. DYING.
Must stop snorting.
Shit, woke the Little Imp up.
Hubby not happy but I don’t care because that’s too damned funny. And um yeah, McCain does look like Steve Martin!
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