The Daily Show Messages Teens About Sex

The Daily Show broadened the Miley Cyrus/Vanity Fair photo hullabaloo story on Tuesday night's show, and did a segment on teen sex. Jon and the correspondents offer a humorous public service message to the kids about a third option to sex or abstinence, because after the fortune spent by the government on abstinence programs, "teenagers still want to do it."

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[PlanetKansas]

The entire segment on the Daily Show was a hoot, but no matter how repugnant abstinence programs and their promoters are, one needs a bit of perspective.

A billion $ is a lot of cash for any of us, but the entire Kansas education budget cost $3.4 billion in 2008, of which the feds contributed only about 10%.

Education is a state and local issue, and the federal government throws tidbits to the states mostly for political bragging rights, but in no way help out much financially. The biggest federal contributions to the states is Medicaid and Highways, not education.

[utd]

ENOUGH ALREADY, we are sick of hearing about your awesome Governor, and how a state can be run so well by Democrats who care about their citizens. Heartland, pfft. Real Americans live in the heartlessland, like Utah. Without that extra cashflow from the fed, how would our local politicians survive with out that extra little skim off the top at the expense of our children?

[daddysboy]

Any government sanctioned lying at the taxpayer's expense is unacceptable even if it's five dollars. Every state education system receives enough federal money to be closed down if it were to dry up in any case. Ten percent of 3.4 billion is how the paper and pencils are purchased; after paying the teacher's salaries which is the largest portion of any budget, there is really very little left and most schools operate in a deficit for some of the year as it is. The only public schools that are doing well are the ones in areas with significantly wealthier tax-bases or ones that are fortunate enough to reside near airports or other high-revenue generating zones. No, de-funding our already underfunded education system wasn't enough for bush, he wants to actually lower the quality of what little education can still be offered. What do people from and headed to private schools have to offer in any discussion of public education really anyway?

[Pookie2112]

Our tax dollars hard at work making our children just as stupid as the morons in the Executive Branch. While I've been open and honest about sex ed with my daughter, many parents DON'T talk to their kids about sex and leave it up to the schools. Thankfully, my school district doesn't take fed funds for sex ed so the school district has COMPREHENSIVE sex ed.

Watched "TDSWJS" last night ... this piece was some SERIOUSLY funny shit!

[Josiwe]

I grew up in upper-class, conservative white suburbia. My mother was probably the only genuine liberal in the town I lived in, told me everything I needed to know about sex honestly and openly, starting when I was 5 years old and answering any questions I had as I grew old enough to ask them.

Everyone else in my town taught their children "Christian values", which apparently consisted of shame and ignorance.

I remained a virgin until I was 21, and lost my virginity to a woman I was deeply in love with (while practicing safe sex). Mainly this was due to my having all the facts at my disposal, allowing me to make an informed, responsible choice.

At least 3 girls in my year had shotgun weddings and firstborns six months later. At LEAST one had an abortion, although rumor suggested several more. Most were involved in unsafe sexual practices and we actually had a minor STD epidemic at my high school.

1 girl I know is 27 (like me) and is already divorced and raising her son on her own. Her mother insists she raise the child "In Christ."

When are sensible people going to stand up to religious nonsense and insist that our sex education policies reflect reality instead of ideology? When will we start treating our children as intelligent beings who must learn how to make good decisions instead of precious jewels to be coddled and protected from the realities of our world?

[DeSwiss]

In answer to your last two questions, the answer to both of them are:

"When the Repukes are driven from office (or at least a veto/cloture-proof majority) and off (enough of them) the federal bench in the court system."

I know, it doesn't look good....

:-|

[daddysboy]

Sensible people never sat down. We are just simply overwhelmed by nonsensical people at the moment. Apparently we need to give insanity a try for at least 10 years or so; good thing we are getting it out of the way early in this century.

[dadw5boys]

Abstinence only??

Is that part of the 64 % divorce rate??

The Bush solution is too make Americans very poor and drive people into marriages just for tax reasons or to share rent.

[babybabybaby]

$1 billion a year so that you dont have to parent. awesome.

[fcsakes]

Teen pregnancy is way up - from cradle to grave, taxpayer, shell out. Not only is it costing us in the pocketbook, statistics show that these young parents (when the sperm donor ever bothers to stick around) overwhelmingly make bad choices in other areas of their lives ALSO, so their kids will too often end up (if they survive the boyfriend babysitters) on drugs, in gangs, ignored, shunned, pushed aside and guess who gets to finance their lives?

Abstinence is a nice theory, but it doesn't work. Of course, the repuglicans need those kids for their future wars so I guess it all evens out.

[ellawensmom]

I've worked for several school districts, and in every one that taught abstinence only sex ed, I'd see girls wearing skirts so short they're butts are visible, shirts cut so low that when they (provocatively) bend over in front of boys, their cleavage is everywhere­...kids making out in hallways, boys making suggestive comments..­.the abstinence only thing is such a joke. I want to scream, "LOOK AROUND!!! What do you see? Is this abstinence only thing working ANYWHERE???"
I've spoken to my daughter several times, and will with my son when he's old enough. I don't want my daughter being a teen mom, or my son being a teen dad who has to quit school, get a job and pay child support. In the end, that's all parents can do. I wish more parents WOULD!!!
BTW, to any "Family VAlues" Republicans who see this...YOU­R CHURCH-GOING KIDS ARE HAVING SEX JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE LITTLE GODLESS HEATHENS!!!

[zippywpinhead]

If you never talk about birth control, kids won't ever decide to have sex

and if you just never talk about dinner, they'll never be hungry....

[dadw5boys]

I told my daughter about the diseases she could catch and how they affect her body many many years if they can be cured at all.

How Chlamydia can cause scarring that results on her organs can lead to infertility, tubal (ectopic) pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, abscesses (sores containing pus), and other serious problems.
The pus part freaked her out. lol

With AIDES it was the FLU like systoms that scared her because she seems to catch cold and they go away quickly now. And the short time of just feeling tired when the "T" cell locks into the immune system and starts shuting it down.

She may won't be thinking about sex for a while and then I have a few more STD'S to talk with her about.

[JLee]

So your version of sex ed is scaring the crap out of your kid? Sorry Dad, one step up from calling her a dirty toothbrush.

[elbzee]

What have you told your boys?

[ghostofgrrrl]

and if you never talk about drugs, they'll never OD

[elbzee]

and if wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets!

[desthmoneses]

abstinence programs cost 1 billion a year, I wonder how many underpriveleged families could benefit from that money

[elbzee]

Every Goddamned one of them!

[daddysboy]

Considering that the poverty level is something like 10 - 15 thousand dollars a year depending on dependents and most families that receive any kind of assistance fall well below that amount in total yearly income, I'd say a billion dollars would help clothe, feed, educate, and secure the good health of many many families and children.