Gov. Jindal’s War On Planned Parenthood Has Created A Raging Syphilis Epidemic

[Contrary1]

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Poor Bobby, who could have foreseen blah, blah, blah...?

"It is absolutely deplorable to see Republican governors put their political ambitions above the well-being of their constituents, shirking their duty and desecrating the covenant between elected and voter, but it is becoming a far too common sight in America’s red states. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has literally put the health of his voters at risk, fiddling away as Rome burns in a desperate play for whatever shred of the already marginal evangelical vote.

Last month, Jindal defunded the two Planned Parenthood clinics in New Orleans over a self-righteous and trumped-up outrage over the edited video smear campaign. The consequences were swift: Jindal has allowed a rampant outbreak of syphilis to escalate into a “full blown epidemic” according to Dr. Stephanie Taylor, medical director of the State Office of Public Health. The New York Times reported that


“Louisiana ranks first among the states in cases of gonorrhea, second in chlamydia, and third in syphilis and H.I.V., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…and is among a number of states counted as medically underserved: It has a large poor and unhealthy population, with high rates of unintended pregnancies, a shortage of health professionals and too few who will accept Medicaid, as Planned Parenthood does.”

The selective interpretation of reality on the part of Jindal is really mind-boggling. Neither of the Planned Parenthoods in New Orleans administer abortions; nor is federal funding used for abortions anyway. What they did do was administer “20,000 tests for sexually transmitted infections, as well as provide gynecological exams, contraceptive care, cancer screenings and other wellness services for nearly 10,000 mostly low-income patients.” By cutting off funding for one of the few healthcare providers that accept Medicaid, Jindal is exacerbating the STD problems that his state faces and puts his people’s lives at risk- all to try to save his irrelevant and rapidly imploding presidential campaign..."

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/gov-jindals-war-on-planned-parenthood-has-created-a-raging-syphilis-epidemic/

[underpants]

1. Sounds like the HIV outbreak in Indiana when they ended the needle program

[Fred Sanders]

2. Not to mention the GOP War on Sex Ed makes the American teen pregnancy rate near the top of the world charts!

And then there they are, the very same folks screaming for prison for any teen in any circumstance terminating, legally mind you, the unwanted pregnancy?

Only religion permits the human brain to justify such hypocrisy.

Not to further mention the faux war on PP -extremist Christian religion is again the elephant in the room - is now based entirely on a debunked lying serious of smear videos manufactured using dozens of video splices, by known GOP political operatives and liars.



And what does this inform us of:

[DrBulldog]

6. Wow. The teen birth rate really shows us where Dumb America and Smart America are located.

Anyone noting Bernie's state?

[Enthusiast]

33. Yup

[bulloney]

36. Yeah and look at that line chart.

Beginning in the late 1950s, teen births were in a steady decline until the 1980s when it spiked and has declined since. Who were our presidents during that decade of the 1980s? Reagan and Poppy Bush with their RW ideology on social services.

[smirkymonkey]

21. Interesting map

That should say it all really.

[Enthusiast]

32. Jesus Christ

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[hunter]

3. Why should Gov. Jindal care?

His brain has already been destroyed by the Republican virus.

[erronis]

8. Syphillus is a spirochete, gonorrhea a bacterium, ... But fact remains: Jindalitis

Is related to kochleosis and other brain malfunctions, and it could be viral.

But why should Piyush care?

Well because NOLA is a major hub of tourism and capital influx to a very poor state, and is also a rapidly growing hub of STDs.

Let's see how the hotels and tourist venues welcome the reduction in convention business. Perhaps they can make up for it in some more sex trade, but that tends to have diminishing returns.

[barbtries]

11. both diseases are caused by bacteria

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Syphilis can cause long-term complications if not adequately treated.

http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis-detailed.htm

Common sexually transmitted bacterial organisms may affect the anorectum and perianal skin. While some of these infections are a result of contiguous spread from genital infection, most result from receptive anal intercourse. Polymicrobial infection is common and there is overlap in symptoms caused by the organisms that may infect the anorectum. This article addresses the most common bacterial organisms that are sexually transmitted and affect the anorectum. It includes discussions of gonorrhea, campylobacter, chlamydia, shigella, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, and syphilis. Incidence, mode of transmission, presenting signs and symptoms, diagnostic modalities, and treatment are reviewed.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780056/

[Eleanors38]

18. THAT explains why so many GOPers do that ol' Robot Walk!

[Ilsa]

24. I've seen the effect of tertiary syphyllis.

Its pretty ugly to have that level of mental dysfunction, paranoia, aggression, etc.

[valerief]

38. That sounds like teabaggerism. nt

[Ilsa]

46. It's a medical condition, not a political ploy.

It's pretty horrible that anyone would be denied the healthcare needed to prevent tertiary syphyllis. What's your problem with that? Are you against preventive care or antibiotics?

[valerief]

47. Sorry. Not playing your game. nt

[Enthusiast]

34. He thinks of himself as 'Bobby' of the Brady Bunch.

Seriously.

[tymorial]

4. This is circular reasoning.

Jindal is an ass clown and I could go on for days about my loathing for the attacks against planned parenthood but this is circular reasoning at best. There is a rising epidemic because people infected with a sexually transmitted disease are having unprotected sex. Yes, access to healthcare could potentially reduce new infections but it by no means addresses the behavior which leads to wide spread infections. This article intends to use a logical fallacy to effect change... that change being the continued funding and proliferation of planned parenthood. While I agree with the result, arguments like this leave holes for others to attack which shifts the discussion away from positive change.

[LiberalArkie]

5. Way back in the late 70's I was working at a CB radio shop in S.Arkansas

A nicely dressed black businessman type came in for some service work on his CB. I remember since we did not see that many black "businessmen" around. But anyway we were talking while I was working and he was with the U.S. Health dept doing survey work in the area. You should have heard him curse the black people and the poor white people. If you were to listen to a recording, you would swear that he was a racist KKK member. But he wasn't racist, he just could not wrap his head around the thought process of guys and girls having multiple unprotected sex partners each night. He said most had no concept of disease or what was condom was supposed to do.
Around that time South Arkansas and North Louisiana had the highest unwed mother rate in the nation. I don't remember much more of what we talked about except he had no idea of how to reach the fucking rednecks in the area. He thought that maybe it would be best to let them get disease and just die off.

I remember as a kid watching Johnny Carson and he mentioned El Dorado, Arkansas as the town with the most private jets per capita and the most unwed mothers per capita. Go Team, my hometown was famous for something.

[tabasco]

13. You show an uncanny lack of abstract thinking. n/t

[tymorial]

17. So...

Instead of endeavoring to debate my comment you proceed to question my intelligence and maturity? I learned long ago that people who represent themselves as morally and intellectually superior will often resort to insult as a means to dismiss others. Respectful discussion isn't possible so I will make this easy. You can guess my next move.

[olegramps]

42. I think that you may be missing an important aspect.

When people can go to Planned Parenthood, they can be exposed to warnings of the threat of sexually transmitted diseases and the preventative measures that they should take to protect against becoming infected along with getting the necessary protection. The attempt to shut down Planned Parenthood is both morally and economically a disaster.

[tabasco]

44. LOL!

Deal with it in your own special way.

[Rex]

19. Wrong, 20,000 tests and medical treatment for 10,000 at risk is a huge help

and now the number is ZERO. So you are completely wrong about it being a logical fallacy, you even admit it by agreeing with the results.

SO, no you are wrong and this is not circular reasoning at all. This is a travisty brought about by a GOP leader and it will only get worse.

[tymorial]

20. Help not cause.

[Demeter]

40. It's like defunding firemen during an arson epidemic

The problem needs to be addressed at BOTH ends.

[cynzke]

45. Well We Know The Cause.

But Planned Parenthood tries to address these problems, not merely treat the results. This is the forefront where these issues are first confronted and dealt with. Clinics don't just give these people a few shots an medicine an send them merrily on their way. And, I may be mistaken, these kind of communicable incidents get reported to the state's health department for further action. No one believes Planned Parenthood or any other clinic is going to eradicate these diseases, but they do SIGNIFICANTLY help reduce them. But notice a comment made about the lack of health centers. The bloggers on the right throw out these cavalier comments that there are plenty of alternative health care centers to replace Planned Parenthood. Actually that claim is unfounded. Despite the increase in community health centers, they can't keep up with the demand. Many don't want medicaid patients and there is a shortage of doctors. If you google these topics for your state, you will find dozens of articles addressing these issues by state. But from the comments these right wingers make, you would think there are clinics on every corner like ABC stores (Hawaii). Even if there were, so what. No one can tell you where you should go for your health care.

[rladdi]

7. Gov. Jindal is nutty, stupid and so incompetent, but his peopel keep electing him. He is the

evil of this USA. Jindal is brainless, must like Pres. G. Bush is.

[jtuck004]

9. "“Louisiana ranks first among the states in cases of gonorrhea, ..." ewwww

“Louisiana ranks first among the states in cases of gonorrhea, second in chlamydia, and third in syphilis and H.I.V.

Ought to be on bulletin boards as you enter the state, just as a matter of public safety.

Their new travel slogan could be "Visited New Orleans? Better see your MD".

[Manifestor_of_Light]

26. Souvenir of London - Procol Harum 1973

Souvenir of London - Procol Harum 1973

Bought a souvenir in London
Got to hide it from my mom
Can't declare it at the Customs
But I'll have to take it home

Tried to keep it confidential
But the news is leaking out
Got a souvenir in London
There's a lot of it about

Yes, I found a bit of London
I'd like to lose it quick
Got to show it to my doctor
'Cause it isn't going to shrink

Want to keep it confidential
But the truth is leaking out
Ohh, Got a souvenir in London
There's a lot of it about

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[jtuck004]

27. Thank you for that song. '73 really brings back some memories.

No, not that.

But I was in the Navy that year, got to see a lot of the world.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

28. You're welcome.

I hit college in '72. My roommate in 73-74 at a large state university had a copy of Grand Hotel and I loved it. Never got to see them live. Procol Harum were a really underappreciated symphonic rock band.


Here's a concert of theirs from 2006.

"Grand Hotel" (Brooker/Reid) - 00:18 "Something Magic" (Brooker/Reid) - 07:23 "Homburg" (Brooker/Reid) - 11:20 "Butterfly Boys" "Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)" (Brooker/Reid) - 21:08 "Nothing But The Truth" (Brooker/Reid) - 31:55 "Into The Flood" (Brooker/Noble/Reid) - 35:49 "A Salty Dog" (Brooker/Reid) - 41:32 "Symphathy For The Hard Of Hearing" (Brooker) - 53:38 "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Brooker/Fisher/Reid) - 1:06:56 "Whaling Stories" (Brooker/Reid) - 1:17:47 "Conquistador" (Brooker/Reid) - 1:26:44

[barbtries]

12. calling him "Piyush" when that's not the name he goes by

reminds me of republicans who like to emphasize President Obama's middle name Hussein. It's like a racist dog whistle, as if you need to remind people he's not like the rest of us or something. mind you i despise the man and my thinking about him is generally can he really be as stupid as he seems? but i don't care where he comes from, I'm pretty sure he's an american if a very ugly one, and cheap shots that aim for the lowest common denominator are not my idea of the real american way.

[tblue]

14. Agreed. It's just his stance on issues.

Could not care less what his name, family, ethnicity, or culture is. There's plenty else to note about Bobby Jindal.

[Contrary1]

15. Had not thought of it that way...

It's his given name, just as Barack is President Obama's. I can imagine the carrying on if he referred to himself as "President Barry". Folks would accuse him of being ashamed of his real name.

I will edit the OP for those that believe it was a "racist dog whistle".

[barbtries]

16. thanks Contrary1

for your open mind.

[JI7]

29. that's not the same thing at all, Jindal clearly wishes he was white and criticizes cultures of

people of color . lets see him criticize Reagan for having been proud of his irish background or call for an end to italian and irish events in the US.

[Gloria]

22. It affects the brain..

Way back when, my mother's uncle picked it up...he became "insane" from it...destroyed his mind..no antiobiotics then.

You have to wonder about how many get treated there and what it is doing to the ability of the victims to think properly.

Jindal is truly a fiend..

[Blue Owl]

23. Gulf clap...

Way to go, Bobby...

[Archae]

25. Don't forget...

This is the same nitwit that heard a rumor on Faux "news" about "no-go zones" in England, even though the story was pure crapola, Jindal believed it.

[JI7]

30. it was more about trying to come off as not one of the brown ones

[PatrickforO]

31. Republicans must just function on hate. Seriously.

Every time something that actually helps people exists, the Republicans, particularly those calling themselves 'Christians' are hell-bent to shut it down.

Every time!

[Fred Sanders]

35. This is your brain on extremist Christian religion.....scrambled and demanding others scramble theirs!

[DemoTex]

37. 1, 2, 3: Jindal's STD Exacta (nationwide rankings)

1st: Gonorrhea
2nd: Chlamydia
3rd: Syphilis

[valerief]

39. Here's your Jindal voter.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

43. Quite so.

smh

[cynzke]

41. Brilliant!

No abortions, but aids babies, babies ravaged by diseases their mothers bore. Adoptable? And guess who pays to shelter, feed and treat these sick infants. Taxpayers. Hey, that what we are here for to pay for the messes these morons create.

[n2doc]

48. Well, he probably won't admit that it is a goal of theirs

Punishment of sinners is the goal of the RW Theocrats. They are probably extremely pleased that the 'fornicators' are getting diseases. They will be even more pleased if people start dying from them. They are always praying for death to come to the 'sinners'