Comments on Strange Culture: Juneau & Juno

I am a 13yr old teen mum of 1 and 2/3 (I have a 1y...

2009-12-21T19:55:45.401-07:00

I am a 13yr old teen mum of 1 and 2/3 (I have a 1yr old daughter and am 6 mo pregnant.) I don't really care what other people think.

KODIAK MOMENTNEWSWIRE--The 17-year-old daughter of...

2008-09-03T05:36:15.327-06:00

KODIAK MOMENT

NEWSWIRE--The 17-year-old daughter of vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin is five months pregnant. She plans to have the baby and marry the father.

Juno made its film debut
About an unwed teenage mother.
Alaska has a Juneau, too.
As well as one of the other.

www.newsandverse.com
Light verse, ripped from the headlines

Obama has said that family is off limits. We will ...

2008-09-02T18:56:02.537-06:00

Obama has said that family is off limits. We will see how they will skirt that statement.

Nate,

What you do with your life is your business and I respect that. Maybe it was a mistake, maybe it was the best thing to happen to you. But like you said, it wasn't a public spectacle. Juno made it a public spectacle. Made it cute. Made it without all the baggage that gets attached to such a thing.

I am also disgusted by the headlines preparing me for Jamie Lynn Spears birth and what outfits she is picking out. Why should I care about these things? Why should they be news-worthy? They are saying "it's okay" with every article they publish.

I don't know, I'm not so old as to be called an old-fart on these things and I'm certainly not a pessimist, but it's stuff like this that makes me think we've lost touch and some good taste along the way.

Yes, this pregnancy doesn't bode well for abstinen...

2008-09-02T11:29:59.489-06:00

Yes, this pregnancy doesn't bode well for abstinence only education. If Palin's daughter had been abstaining or using contraception, then she wouldn't be pregnant, and there wouldn't be this controversial news item. However, it does, along with Palin's decision to birth her child with Down Syndrom, speak for her pro-life stance, to support young mothers even when they make mistakes.

I find that both candidates courtship/marriage stories are great television material. John and Cindy have a rather scandalous Desperate Housewives meets Army Wives plotline, them both lying about their ages, beginning an affair, a quick divorce and remarriage, whereas Sarah and Todd have a more sit-comical story of eloping, not realizing they needed witnesses, and finding witnesses from some sort of nursing home! Man, you can't make up stuff this good!

And for the movie, I'm thinking Geena Davis as Sar...

2008-09-02T10:52:56.497-06:00

And for the movie, I'm thinking Geena Davis as Sarah Palin.

Clever Juno/Juneau.I suspect the story gets more t...

2008-09-02T08:39:13.372-06:00

Clever Juno/Juneau.

I suspect the story gets more traction because of Palin's well document preference for teaching kids abstinence only education. From that, it's not difficult to predict having to shot gun marry her daughter to the baby daddy well before anyone is old enough to take such a bond seriously.

Sucks for the daughter to be in the spotlight, though.

Clever post! As a guy who made the baby before the...

2008-09-02T08:09:19.438-06:00

Clever post!
As a guy who made the baby before the vows, I understand that a mistake is a mistake, and that is all...not a public spectacle. And besides...who doesn't have premarital sex these days? Not that I applaud such behavior.