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CDC: STDs On The Rise; Blacks Most Afflicted
MetroSource News (wire service) NO PUBLIC WEBSITE
| 11/16/2009
| Glenn Swain
Posted on 11/15/2009 11:29:15 PM PST by prisoner6
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To: prisoner6
i'll get really picky here - the term 'afflicted' is more typically used when the physical condition is, more or less, unavoidable, such as 'afflicted with arthritis'.
let's face it....these aren't diseases which sneak up on a person. There is a direct known, and mostly avoidable, cause. To perceive it as otherwise, IMHO, removes a level of responsibility and perpetuates the problem.
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posted on
11/16/2009 3:23:41 AM PST
by
ZinGirl
To: ZinGirl
i'll get really picky here - the term 'afflicted' is more typically used when the physical condition is, more or less, unavoidable, such as 'afflicted with arthritis'. That's not picky, it's a VERY valid point! I work at a group of radio stations and write a lot of news. When other writers make mistakes like that it gets under my skin.
"Drowned to death" and "flags at half mast" instead of half staff" are especially irritating to me!
Not that my writings are perfect, LOL!
prisoner6
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posted on
11/16/2009 3:33:15 AM PST
by
prisoner6
(ACORN is nuts!)
To: Jimmy Valentine
I love your post about DC. I have no idea why anyone would think that the federal government is the answer to any problems when the environs speak so clearly as to the inability of our federal government to deal with social issues under their only true jurisdiction. It continues to amaze me that our Congressmen look at DC and never leave once they go there even though the districts they represent are Edens compared to the cesspool of DC.
To: madinmadtown
Well the leaders in the black community keep saying “we must come together as a people” and this is what happens...
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posted on
11/16/2009 4:28:10 AM PST
by
nj patriot
(Gore is beyond help.... Snakes in the head.)
To: sushiman
yeah, don’t forget the Muslims!!!
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posted on
11/16/2009 5:27:23 AM PST
by
ronniesgal
(No Muslims in the US military!!!!)
To: prisoner6
Half mast is the proper maritime terminology.
The people who annoy you also have decks and bulkheads in lieu of floors and walls.
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posted on
11/16/2009 6:29:24 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Shery
Latex is like 100% protection from STD’s. That’s why doctors use them. The problem with using condoms is that people don’t. It’s a false sense of security if you just keep it in your pocket or put it on during the act.
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posted on
11/16/2009 6:35:22 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Shery
Latex is like 100% protection from STD’s. That’s why doctors use latex gloves. The problem with using condoms is that people don’t. It’s a false sense of security if you just keep it in your pocket or put it on during the act.
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posted on
11/16/2009 6:35:44 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: prisoner6
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posted on
11/16/2009 6:36:10 AM PST
by
Redbob
(W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: death2tyrants
Amazing how the statements of Wright and Farrakhan mirror the assertions of the superstitious uneducated tribal shamans of Africa.
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posted on
11/16/2009 6:37:32 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: Jimmy Valentine
What are the demographics of Washington DC and the surrounding urban area?
“The 2000 U. S Census sites the population of the city of Washington at 572,059 and ranks the city 21st in size compared with other U. S. cities. The population is 47.1% male and 52.9% female. The race breakdown is as follows: White: 30.8%; Black: 60.0%; American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%; Asian: 2.7%; Other race: 3.8%; Two or more races: 2.4%; Hispanic/Latino: 7.9%.”
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posted on
11/16/2009 6:42:06 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: MrB
I submit that a thorough geneology would show not less than 70 % are “2 or more races”. The same as any other community in North America.
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posted on
11/16/2009 7:19:49 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: MrEdd
In REALITY, you are right,
but the census goes off of “self-identification”.
I always check “mixed race” just to mess them up, and to comply with reality. Once they can no longer use the census data to dole out our tax money to preferred groups, we’ll all be better off.
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posted on
11/16/2009 7:22:04 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: MrEdd
True, but in the US, we are forced to choose one category (including the asinine “Hispanic/Latino”). My significant other is from Brazil, where there is a category (”Pardo” or brown) for Tri-Racial folks such as herself.
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posted on
11/16/2009 7:24:27 AM PST
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: prisoner6
Duh.........Wonder why STDs discriminate against white people?
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posted on
11/16/2009 7:35:39 AM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(America is ailin'-the cure is Palin.)
To: Clemenza
I am coming up on my third census. I have always refused to pick a category, and there is plenty of free legal representation on this one, should the government ever feel frisky.
They, dont want this particular issue to even appear on the outside edge of the public radar, however - so they will go away same as always.
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posted on
11/16/2009 8:07:15 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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