Posted on 03/22/2006 6:30:06 AM PST by mathprof
Can I be the only one who finds something wrong with this quote?
"They didn't cater to pregnant girls at all. They don't have any sympathy for you. The attitude is, 'It's your fault.'"
Thus spake Alyssa Boyd, with all the wisdom accumulated from living 17 long years on this earth, in an article by Sun reporter Sara Neufeld that ran Monday. According to Neufeld's article, Boyd was a top student at Western High School before she got pregnant and transferred to the Laurence G. Paquin Middle/High School, which has a history of giving pregnant girls the opportunity to continue their education.
Now I wouldn't presume to judge Ms. Boyd for getting pregnant. The truth is, I can't. In today's society, we judge folks who object to teen pregnancy. Heaven forbid we should judge the teens themselves.
But I'm having trouble with Boyd's line about "the attitude is, 'It's your fault.'"
Well, Ms. Boyd, aside from the young man who made you pregnant, just whose fault is your pregnancy, exactly?
Now I know we live in a society where the words "personal responsibility" have been driven from the language. And I know we live in an age where some folks will blame everyone and anyone for things they alone are responsible for.
Remember the presidential campaign of 2004? No? I can't blame you.[snip]
But Vice President Dick Cheney and vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards had a televised debate in which both confessed that they didn't know about the rise in the number of HIV-positive black women in the United States. The reaction of some black folks was sadly predictable.
Did they blame the HIV-positive black men who passed on the disease to black women?
Nope. Too easy.[snip] They blamed Cheney.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
Let's all say this again. "personal responsibility". what makes me think that these baby mama's are going to be on my welfare tax dollar?
She is an illiterate dumb*** who my wife and I nicknamed' "Billy Bass"
After the gag gift of a singing mounted bass a few Christmases ago. Huge mouth, can't sing worth a dang.
She didn't have an abortion.
Baby momma is the phrase that is ruining our nation.
Don't be so harsh.
[Chorus]
B-A-B-Y M-A-M-A
This goes out to all my baby mamas
This goes out to all my baby mamas
B-A-B-Y M-A-M-A
This goes out to all my baby mamas
I got love for all my baby mamas
It's about time we had our own song
Don't know what took so long
Cuz now-a-days it like a badge of honor
To be a baby mama
I see ya payin' ya bills
I see ya workin' ya job
I see ya goin' to school
And girl I know it's hard
And even though ya fed up
With makin' beds up
Girl, keep ya head up
All my
[Chorus]
B-A-B-Y M-A-M-A
This goes out to all my baby mamas
This goes out to all my baby mamas
B-A-B-Y M-A-M-A
This goes out to all my baby mamas
I got love for all my baby mamas
I see you get that support check in the mail
Ya open it and your like "What the Hell"
You say "This ain't even half of daycare"
Sayin to yourself "This here ain't fair"
And all my girls who don't get no help
Who gotta do everything by yourself
Remember: What don't kill you can only make you stronger
My baby mama...
[Chorus]
B-A-B-Y M-A-M-A
This goes out to all my baby mamas
This goes out to all my baby mamas
B-A-B-Y M-A-M-A
This goes out to all my baby mamas
I got love for all my baby mamas
Cuz we the backbone (of the hood)
I always knew that (that we could)
We can go anywhere, we can do anything
I know we can make it if we dream
And I think it should be a holiday
For single mothers tryin' to make a way
But until then
Here is your song
Show love to my....
[Chorus]
B-A-B-Y M-A-M-A
This goes out to all my baby mamas
This goes out to all my baby mamas
B-A-B-Y M-A-M-A
This goes out to all my baby mamas
I got love for all my baby mamas
Fantasia Barrino Lyrics
Gee, she's a regular Irving Berlin. What a talent. Schmuck.
haha, what a song. American youth culture is going down the toilet.
LOL I didn't vote for her but at least she didn't have an abortion.
I've never had the pleasure of hearing it. Is there at least a catchy tune to distract from those lyrics?
Yes there is. I heard it on the radio once. I thought the lyrics were stupid but with the tune, it's okay. I'm wondering what I'd write about *LOL*
You are correct, I fear. Tunes like these are very, very dangerous to teens and younger kids who are very impressionable.
I live near a lot of poor black folk in Alexandria, VA, and I hear these young girls talk on their way to school in the mornings. Their language is peppered with every cuss word I have ever heard. I feel for them as I watch them progress languidly toward school. I swear, I have never seen kids move so slowly and cuss so enthusiastically. I fear their chances of amounting to anything at all in life have been significantly diminished. They are all "baby mamas" in the making. What a waste of talent and life. It is a great pity.
abortion is the phrase that is ruining our nation.
So how would a high school "cater" to pregnant girls anyway?
Foot baths under the desks, and barf buckets beside?
Extra toilets and permanent bathroom passes?
Free alterations by the home ec classes?
What?
I agree. Considering the environment these kids are raised in they are almost surprised when they get pregnant despite all the supposed sex education in school, which seems to be confined to putting a condom on a cucumber. Oral sex has become what used to be a hug or shaking hands and intercourse is just a little more effort but not much more meaningful.
This whole thing is just another indicator of how the left is taking over our society by taking over our kids.
IMO, part of the reason young, unmarried women have abortions is still because of the stigma, gossip and judgment by many people (both churched and unchurched). It is time for those people who call themselves "Christian" to walk alongside these women and provide them physical and spiritual assistance so they choose to carry-to-term (help with adoption or early parenting too, as needed.)
I realize most CPC's already do that. It's time for Christians to behave like Christians. It's not up to us to judge her or her actions: it's up to us to help, and minister to, her. That's what Jesus would do.
(Later, He'd say, "Go and sin no more.")
Let's say it clearly. Mothers of bastards are losers and parasites, but not as sleazy as the vermin that enable them.
A better song might be a criticism of the men that got them pregnant for not taking responsiblity now and the whole welfare culture!
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