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Governor Tim Pawlenty Turns Down Sex Education Money

Tim Pawlenty Screws His State For Sake of His 2012 Campaign (better title by Wonkette)

Tim Pawlenty now denying his state money in order to run for President - War Room - Salon.com (conventional title at Slate)

Pawlenty forgoes $850,000 in federal sex ed funds for strings-attached abstinence dollars « Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. -- He refused the federal money then accepted other dollars for "abstinence only" training.  That is more "PC" when trying to attract social conservative votes.

Pawlenty says no - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com - Here you can read his Executive Order.  He wants to be Governor again, or even President of the US.

Sarah Palin Compares Obama Speech to George Orwell - on Twitter

Tea Party Jesus Update

Tea Party Jesus (words of conservatives, spoken from the mouth of Jesus)

 Who really said it?

Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez, archbishop of Guadalajara and one of the most senior prelates in the nation, in recent days made especially harsh comments widely seen here as offensive. His statement set off a firestorm in a country where, by law, the church is not supposed to get involved in politics.

Calling same-sex unions an "aberration," he said, "Would you want to be adopted by a pair of faggots or lesbians?"

Mexico City's gay marriage law: Catholic cardinal says court was bribed - latimes.com

Fred Meyer's "Butter It's Not" & Other Generic Products

more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/30/funniest-generic-products_n_699748.html

Asian Expo Features Obama Sex Doll

Obama Inflatable Sex Doll On Display At Asia Adult Expo - last year there was an Obama dildo and someone else sold an Obama condom

India's Popular Legless Dancer

Legless Dancer Takes India By Storm (VIDEO)

Urban Outfitters Pulls Condoms After Rightwing Pressure

Did Urban Outfitters Submit To Pro-Life Demands?

Urban Outfitters targets 20-30 somethings and they were to sell Proper Attire condoms on their website and some of the proceeds would go to Planned Parenthood.  The condoms were also marketed mostly toward women.  There was also information about how to properly use the condoms and the slogan read  "Proper Attire: Insist on a dress code. It’s required for entry."  Before long, STOP Planned Parenthood emailed their base and their efforts went viral enough among conservatives that Urban pulled the ads.

Almost Half of US Population Doesn't Watch TV Any More

So I was ahead of the curve because I quit in 1991 but I'm 58 so I put the graphs in a little larger for old boomers like me.

Live TV Is For Old People: Time Shifting And Online Make Up Nearly Half Of All Viewing

Wonkette Presents Glenn Beck "Restoring Honor" Weekend Sex Ads

These came from local DC Craigslist.  There is also a Birther/antiObamaCare rally coming up so prostitutes should make out well this summer with all the conservative closet cases.  Most of the ads were about gay sex but there was also one guy offering black cop to a red hot mama.

Did You ‘Restore Honor’ (Have Secret Gay Sex) at GlennBeckPalooza? (lots more ads at the link)

Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally: The Most Ridiculous Messages (PHOTOS)

Berenstain Bears Being Translated Into Lakota

Julie from Oregon sent this from South Dakota, where she is visiting her mom.

Berenstain Bears help keep Lakota language beating | argusleader.com | Argus Leader

Twenty episodes of the animated cartoon will be translated into Lakota Sioux language.  The Lakota Language Consortium partnered with the Standing Rock tribe, to accomplish this.  It will be distributed via DVD and teacher's guide.  Less than 10% of the 125,000 Lakota speak the language any more.  The Berenstain Bears are expressive and there is alot of hand gesturing, which should help with the language and context.  The voice actors were from different communities and spoke different dialects, but in the end, it all came together.