SEX ED INSANITY

A recent report indicates that Calhoun County is not looking hot in the teen birth department. In fact, our 252 reported teen births (not including those children murdered through abortion) between 2002 and 2004 indicates that we are in some serious trouble. Saying that this is “not good” would be an understatement.

So what is the answer? The not-so-Reverend Mark Pawlowski, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Michigan, insists that “continual [sex] education is necessary.” Yeah, Rev., looks like your “comprehensive education” has been hard at work! Unfortunately, it's just failed at producing the right results. Unless, of course, you are aiming for more pregnant teens. But hey, keep it up. I mean, what does it hurt to do the same thing over and over again only to get consistently negative results?

Then we have Commissioner Nancy MacFarlane, the CEO of Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan. She had this gem:

“[I’ve] tried to encourage people to look at this as more of a medical and health issue than a moral issue. We give a lot of knowledge about other areas of our health and physiology to our children… we’re just not prepared to do that about sex.”

Well, Mrs. MacFarlane, turning the tide on the age old “sex is a moral issue” opinion may take a little longer than you think. And try telling the Joneses that when they catch little Jimmy and little Sally doing the wild thing in their room that it is not really so much a moral issue as it is a medical issue. Next we’ll be hearing people encouraging parents to leave their kids condoms in their lunchboxes.  

Susan Demas: Your Argument is Bankrupt

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Susan Demas, a reporter for the Battle Creek Enquirer, has unloaded a few doozies over the past month or so. A while back it was a tirade against Walberg and his staff of “20-something Jesus camp counselors.” This time it is a blathering column describing how the rich are getting wealthy on the backs of the poor.

She begins by describing how difficult life is for those poor souls making a meager $57,000 a year. Ironically, she is describing a married couple with two children. Well, this almost fits the description of my household... minus about $20,000 dollars a year.

One would think that if these $57,000 families are having it rough then certainly a family such as mine, which only brings in around $37,000 (on the high end) a year, would be in dire straights! Unfortunately for her line of reasoning, the argument just doesn’t work. Sure we cannot afford the “McMansions” or Mercedes that she claims those who make $166,000 can, but we get by. We live in a respectable 3 bedroom home and drive a luxurious 4 year old Honda Element. Sure, our Lego-style box car is no Mercedes, but it gets us from point A to point B on a regular basis. Granted, our 3 bedroom is no McMansion, but we live comfortably.

These necessities aside, how do we live? Well, not half bad. We own quite a collection of books, a television, a Playstation, a DVD/VHS player, a 5-disc CD player, a digital camera, a digital video camera, and more clothes and shoes than we have room for. To top it off, we have an excellent lawnmower! Beyond this, we have a computer and an all-in-one copier/scanner/printer. And when all is said and done, we have 10% to tithe and money left over in the bank. Is it always easy? Nah, but we make ends meet. All the bills are paid, and any outstanding bills we may have are not due to our lack of money but, rather, due to our lack of prudent spending in times past. All in all, this family of 4 making $37,000 does just fine.

In the end, Susan Demas is simply playing the game of class warfare and guilt manipulation. If one had the time to waste, they could locate where this line of reasoning was employed in the works of class-A guilt manipulators such as Marx or Hegel. I, being a married man with two kids and not enough time to waste on such a venture will leave it to the reader. For now, let it suffice to say that Susan’s arguments are as lame as they are bankrupt.

Schwarz Wants Mandatory STD Vaccinations... for Kids.

Dr. Joe Schwarz, the darling child of all things moderate in Cereal City, is at it again. Actually, were one to even take a passing glance at our local newspaper, it would appear that he never quit. Since his defeat in the 06 primaries and his pathetic attempt as a write-in, he has since seen his face on the pages of the Enquirer more than ever! It is the first time (that I am aware of) that a local official was given more attention after he or she was no longer in office than while in it.

This time it is about the recent Senate decision pertaining to how schools should deal with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Their decision requires schools to inform the students and their parents about HPV and the much heralded vaccination. Students as early as 6th grade would hear of this sexually transmitted disease as well as the vaccination that has everyone buzzing.

Well, Joe is not happy with the decision. "You have the ability to within one and a half to two generations to wipe out cervical cancer," Schwarz said, "shame on the morality police, because no fewer young women are going to be sexually active. It is a given in this day and age."

Aside from the fact that there is no long-term medical evidence substantiating his triumphalist claim pertaining to the potential of the vaccine, he couldn't have been any more demeaning to our young children, or the parents that raise them!  Little Jimmy and Sally are destined for sexual promiscuity? Oh, ye of little faith, Dr. Schwarz! And on what empirical evidence can the esteemed doctor make such an outrageous charge? On what basis does he make this prophetic assertion? Ah, nothing more than a hunch that he tosses around as an authoritative "given."

In the end, Dr. Schwarz, I hope that American parents are better than you make them out to be. I hope the same for America's little ones. It is also my hope that we can return to a sense of dignity and respect concerning matters such as sex and marriage. Then, Dr. Schwarz, we wouldn't need Big Brother shoving vaccinations down little Sally's throat.

Police & CPS Decline to Investigate Planned Parenthod

Anne Norton, a local pro-life activist, claims that she has mounds of evidence proving that Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan in Kalamazoo has been covering up instances of child rape cases. She insists that they have failed to report possible instances of statutory rape of underage girls. She has personally documented more than 10 cases of young girls under the age of 16, which happens to be our state’s age of legal consent, who were taken to the Planned Parenthood offices in Kalamazoo for pregnancy test or abortions. She has a list of the victims and has gone so far as speaking with their parents for verification. She also has proof in the form of eye witnesses and sworn affidavits that one of the victims was an 11-year-old girl. The girl’s mother is also willing to testify.

So where is Kalamazoo’s local law enforcement? Where is Child Protection Services? AWOL. They have declined to even investigate these accusations! In fact, they have yet to even return phone calls from LifeSiteNews.com, the pro-life source that broke the story.

Contact Kalamazoo Police Department

Contact Kalamazoo Prosecuting Attorney

Children Protective Services
322 E Stockbridge Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49001
Telephone: (269) 337-5046

THE STATE NEEDS A REALITY CHECK

Senate republicans plan to drop business taxes by $290 million. Predictably, the left opposes the notion while the right insists that it will fuel our decaying economy.

Summer Minnick, the vice president of the Michigan Municipal League, thinks this is a really bad idea. "It is like telling a family that they cannot buy groceries because they have food in their kitchen," she said. She went further by comparing the loss of this revenue to a slow starvation.

Well, Summer, this is how it works in the real world. Maybe you have never experienced serious debt. I have. My wife and I have endured seasons where we were forced to embrace the luxury of Ramen and hotdogs. If we had food in the fridge then there was no reason to spend a single penny on food.

This was a living reality for a family in debt only a couple thousand dollars. Michigan is looking at a $800 million budget deficit! If we had to suck it up and brace ourselves for difficult times while bearing the burden of a couple thousand in the red, why would the state not do the same when looking down the barrel of an $800 million debt?

Welcome to the real world, Summer.