Another one bites the dust.
By on Apr 2nd, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Another one bites the dust.
Wade Horn, the Bush administration’s point man for welfare reform, Head Start and abstinence education, resigned Monday as assistant secretary for children and families. Horn “oversaw a dramatic increase in funding for abstinence education, which now exceeds $200 million a year” and gave more money to “faith-based groups and organizations that work to help couples improve their marriage.”
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Did he want to spend more time with his family?
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:55 pmSounds like he needed to be gone.
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:57 pmAh, Bush’s “abstinence only” education policy. The policy that is an abject failure.
Abstinence-only programs show little evidence of sustained (long-term) impact on attitudes and intentions. Worse, they show some negative impacts on youth’s willingness to use contraception, including condoms, to prevent negative sexual health outcomes related to sexual intercourse. Importantly, only in one state did any program demonstrate short-term success in delaying the initiation of sex; none of these programs demonstrates evidence of long-term success in delaying sexual initiation among youth exposed to the programs or any evidence of success in reducing other sexual risk-taking behaviors among participants.
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:57 pmToo bad his parents didn’t practice abstinence…
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:58 pmAnd one by one, we are getting back to normal!
Funny how all of these big government haters managed to sidle up to the public teat for nice long suck.
-GSD
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:59 pmDid he want to spend more time with his family?
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:59 pmComment by Spudge_Boy — April 2, 2007 @ 4:55 p
Or maybe he wasnt abstaining?
The IMPEACHMENT drum beat is getting louder and louder…..boom, boom, boom….another one bites the dust! Every aspect of Bush’s little House of Cards is coming crumbling down….I wonder what the Dick, Cheney’s “exit reason” will be?? More time with his wife?? Surely not while he has his hands on his infamous “swiss miss”. How ’bout Rove’s excuse….more time with Jeff Gannon? Or maybe he’s Bushie’s instead? What pathetic crooks and liars these corrupt, amoral people are! Three guesses where this guy’s 200 Million really went???? And the first two don’t count!
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:00 pmGee…I wonder why?
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:00 pmLet’s see: $200 M/year x 6 years – $1200M thus far. Let’s get on that trail immediately and see where our dollars REALLY went.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:01 pmgood riddance
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:01 pmOr maybe he wasnt abstaining?
Comment by DRxJ
His wife probably wishes he was….
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:01 pmSubponea power does wonders doesn’t it folks?
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:04 pmHe found no basis upon which to place his faith.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:07 pmYou nutty libs are at the bottom of the barrel for smear stories aren’t you? Poor poor pitiful nutty libs. Who gives 2 sh*ts about some ya-hoo, low level no body in the BA? Pathetic, really…
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:13 pmYou nutty libs are at the bottom of the barrel for smear stories aren’t you? Poor poor pitiful nutty libs. Who gives 2 sh*ts about some ya-hoo, low level no body in the BA? Pathetic, really…
Comment by Stubain
You shouldn’t talk that way about your lord and master, George W. Bush.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:15 pmWho gives 2 sh*ts about some ya-hoo, low level no body in the BA?
You shouldn’t talk about George W. like that.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:19 pmWho gives 2 sh*ts about some ya-hoo, low level no body in the BA? Pathetic, really…
Comment by Stubain — April 2, 2007 @ 5:13 pm
Obviously you neocon robots care otherwise you could keep you big stupid mouth shut. Would it be too difficult for you to exit this site and go somewhere people have the same ignorant opinions you do? Try clicking on the red X moron.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:40 pmHeh heh, heh, heh, heh
Yup jist don’t dew it. I knows yer mind is awash in hormones, but jist don’t dew it. See it werks.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:41 pmthe bush white house’s “faith-based initiatives” program has got to be a slush fund.
these guys would never miss a great opportunity like this to buy off religious leaders and groups.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:41 pmJist zip yer weener in the zipper, that’ll calm ya down, and take all them trappings off yer mind.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:46 pm200 millions for couples to improve their marriage !!
Does that include trips to Victoria’s Secret…?!!
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:54 pmDoes that 200 million also include babysitting?
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:57 pmWade in the water…
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:35 pm“…dramatic increase in funding for abstinence education, which now exceeds $200 million a year†– - So, less bang for the buck.
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:48 pmLITTLE BOY Wade COME BLOW YOUR “Abstinence Only” Horn!
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:31 pmTHE rightwingnut christian FREAKS’ IN THE MEADOW
ARE BUGGERING THE BOYS IN THE CORN(hole),
BUT WHERE’S THE Wade Horn WHO LOOKS AFTER THE “BLEEP”!
HE’S UNDER A HAYSTACK FAST ASLEEP.
WILL YOU WAKE HIM?
NO, NOT I–FOR IF I DO, HE’S SURE TO CRY!
I f’ing wish I could get paid for my abstinence. I’d be making millions.
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:58 amSo much money. Again. On a failed effort. We should be spending our money on solutions that work. Focus on poverty and the environment. What a waste! Someone should run over to the White House spank Dubya and tell him there are children starving in Africa.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:46 pm