Posted by Tina
Last week we reported on a costly study to determine why lesbian women are fatter than their straight sisters. This week another costly lesbian study has been uncovered. CNS News reports:
(CNSNews.com) – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $2.7 million to study why lesbians are at a higher “risk for hazardous drinking.”
The University of Illinois has received grants since 2009 for its project, “Cumulative Stress and Hazardous Drinking in a Community of Adult Lesbians,” which aims to develop “culturally sensitive” strategies to prevent lesbians from being drunks.
Thoughts whirling through my head…
Kids can’t tour the White House or enjoy a traditional Easter egg rolling activity but we can still fund another study like this?
AA has been around for years and serves the needs of all kinds of people with addictions…why are lesbians a special case and should government concern itself with every problem of every group?
Does it help or hurt people to take responsibility away from them by suggesting a built in medical/social excuse?
Is the money actually going to the study or is it being funneled to a cause or political party?
Have we gone totally bat-dirt nuts in this country?
This isn’t just about the two studies in the news this week that happens to be lesbian related. This is about our government telling us they must have more money and that everything government does is vital and cannot be eliminated!
The credibility of our government leaders can’t get much lower. What do you think?
Actually we have liberally “gone totally bat-dirt nuts” in this country? Yes we have and the White House is in the process of sending up another Bat -Signal from the Bat cave now! So stay Bat-tuned!
Good one Harold. I know we don’t have to wait long.
At the very back of every Harper’s there is a feature called “Findings”. It’s full of this kind of thing, and very amusing, in a dark sort of way.
If it makes you feel any better, the problem is global in scope.
Socialized goldfish, robotic squirrels, stressed induced weight gain grants are just the tip of the iceberg that is going to sink our Titanic nation if a course correction is made and made soon.
If Rand Paul, or someone like him is able to become our leader, his statements of what he would do with the budget looks like the life boat that may save us. I hope he does shut down the Dept. Of Education and return the control to the states and local school boards.
Have you heard about CSCOPE and Core curriculum? If not it’s enough to pull your kids and grandkids out of public education. But, even that is not a guarantee since home schooling has to comply with required curriculum.
Texas CSCOPE Lessons Spark Controversy:
http://www.360-edu.com/news/texas-cscope-lessons-spark-controversy.htm
CSCOPE: Exposing the Nation’s Most Controversial Public School Curriculum System:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/07/cscope-exposing-the-nations-most-controversial-public-school-curriculum-system/
Controversy Over Common Core Shows No Signs of Subsiding:
http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/controversy-over-common-core-shows-no-signs-of-subsiding/
Correction – “…if a course correction is made and made soon.” Should say “..isn’t made…”
I wish it did make me happy Libby but it doesn’t…doubt if you like it either.
I think if Elizabeth Warren truly wants to know “where that money went” she need look no further than government waste and the big shots using the laws they write to line their own pockets.
School Superintendent salaries and compensation was a subject on FOX Businesses, Varney & Co. this morning. Some in California and other states get a half million bucks. The governor doesn’t make that much! And of course we know they can retire after twenty and go on to get another public sector job with bloated compensation.