WTF, World: Volume IX

It's not Michael Jackson, and this is not "Thriller".

It's another "WTF, World" Wednesday. 

Enough Run DMC references. Let's get to the links.

• Often times, I wonder why the rest of the world thinks Americans are idiots. Then something like this pops up. People like that are the reason that "Idiocracy" is not just a comedy, but also a chilling look into our future. Jesus. Pick up a fucking book, America.
• Medication is expensive. Why? Partly because pharmaceutical companies spend more on advertising than on research and development. I honestly don't understand this. I get prescriptions when my doctor tells me to need them. I don't watch TV and go "AW SWEET, NEXIUM IS PURPLE" and then run down to the pharmacy before ultimately being rejected by the pharmacist because I DON'T HAVE A FUCKING PRESCRIPTION WRITTEN BY A DOCTOR. So why spend billions advertising your product to the Average Joe when he or she can't even buy it without a doctor's approval? The answer may lie in this week's first link.
• Why would people like myself want comprehensive sex ed instead of abstinence-only sex ed to be taught in schools (besides the fact that it works better)? According to a panelist on Fox News, it's because we "benefit when kids end up having STDs [and] unplanned pregnancies..." Yup, every 14-year old with herpes puts 5 bucks into my pocket. I'm busted.
• You know what shouldn't be taught in science class? Science. I think my favorite leap-of-faith in this one is the attribution of a toddler's death at the hands of a 12-year old to the teaching of evolution. Today's first link is just making more and more sense.

WTF, World: Volume VI

We're going back in time today and making it a "WTF Wednesday". The space-time continuum will never be the same.

And now the links.

• Remember how millions of our tax dollars went towards teaching only abstinence to young folk instead of informing them about the virtues of condoms? Well that worked out spectacularly (Even Fox News has reported this). Poor Jamie-Lynn Spears. If only she had been properly educated before she put out. Actually, the real victim may be her mother, whose book about parenting was put on hold following the news of her daughter's pregnancy. Good call by the publishers there.
• We shouldn't subsidize poor children's healthcare because OUR CIGARETTES WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE. Glad to see our President has his priorities in check. At this point, our country seems a bit like the plot of "The Producers." Think about it. Say, like in 2000, a democratic strategist thought that it would be a good idea for Bush to win the Republican bid because everything he touches turns to shit, paving the way for an easy Dem victory. Only people end up loving Bush and elect him to two terms. As President, he's still the anti-Midas, but AW HOW CAN WE STAY MAD AT THAT FACE.
• I-35 is, apparently, some sort of holy road planned originally in the Bible. Funny, I thought the Eisenhower administration was behind it all. Evangelical Christian groups are using the highway as a launching pad for a "purity siege", which includes eliminating homosexuality through prayer. You know what? Being "filled up by the Holy Ghost" sounds pretty gay, too, so you better watch yourself. Also, purity siege people, how about you spend your time praying for and putting your energy into helping sick people, or the starving, or the homeless or something, instead of freaking out about trivial stuff. There's that whole "priorities" thing again.