In this time, and place in my life, I have come to the conclusion that I have no passion. In highschool I was so competitive and sports and school activities gave me an outlet to feel like I was doing something imortant... but here I sit, moving thru the motions of life (going to school, catering to my family, and loving my friends) but I have nothing to be passionate about (at this time). my hobbies are simply just hobbies. until today... i woke up, and in honor of the cold weather that has finally knocked on our front doorstep, i decided to read the paper that I pay for. ABSTINENCE was on the front page. I instantly felt like I had to read it and now I feel like I must preach it. George W. Bush has invested millions of dollars in a Dallas based abstinence awareness group... "why?" you ask... because the government feels that sex-ed is not worth teaching... that if we tell the kids to just not have sex, they will listen. I nearly disagree with every aspect of the Bush administration... but this... this just sets me over the top. of course abstinence is a reasonable message, if you are mormon, amish, or spend 4 hours a day at your local southern baptist church (oh yeah, that was me at one point in time, but another story for another day)... but lets face it. we are human beings, and if we cant "fight these urges"... where will our youth be then? out of the six kids interviewed in this feature... the majority said they didnt believe in any method of birth control... thats great. although our nation is on a decline for teenage pregnancy, 64 out of ever 1000 teens are still utilizing the uterus by makin dem babies. I am sorry, but if you refuse to teach about the std's and other life altering consequences that come from swappin spit... our youth will not only be ignorant, they will be std ridden mothers and fathers. Bush, put your money where your mouth is... is laura the only person you have had sex with? didn't think so.. sorry dick... didnt mean to call you out on that, but we all know thats why you have the heart problems you do; our nations leader is one tough cookie in the bedroom... why else would he be living like there is a stick shoved up his ass.... dick, you gotta remember to take out that anal plug... its not safe to leave in for multiple hours... something you would have learned if you were teaching sex education and not the corny shit your grandmother fed you. "dont have sex until you are married"... then what? you will be married and having stds? everyone understands the elementary philosophy that teaches "if you dont do it, then there wont be consequences". since when have kids stopped playing the fun game because you say you think it is a bad one... no sir, kids learn by putting fear in thier hearts... tell them that they cant play hide and go seek because the grass that they will walk on will give them a rash that cant be removed. tell them that the person that is "it" is "it" because the have a disease, and they dont get rid of it by tagging someone that isn't on base.. they just pass it to them as well. tell them that the game they are playing has risks in hopes that they will listen and cease. or just tell them "we know it is a really fun game, but we dont think you should play it"... your choice. i choose the one that enlightens people and gives them power thru knowledge.