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'CBS Evening News' Blames 'Economic Depression' for Gloucester Pregnancy Pact
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| June 20, 2008
| Jeff Poor
Posted on 06/20/2008 8:00:11 AM PDT by Rufus2007
This could be perhaps the most bizarre application of James Carville's worn out expression, "It's the economy stupid." "CBS Evening News" linked the economy to the famed pregnancy pact that has received national attention.
The June 19 broadcast of "Evening News" faulted the ailing economy for 17 Massachusetts high school students agreeing to get pregnant intentionally around the same time so they could raise children together.
According to Gloucester Public Schools Superintendent Christopher Farmer, the girls did it to gain status. CBS correspondent Michelle Miller took it a step further and made an economic connection.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: economy; gloucester; pregnancy; teenpregnancy
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Gloucester, Mass. isn't exactly Calcutta, India. Next thing they'll do is blame Bush...
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:03:03 AM PDT
by
Rufus2007
To: Rufus2007
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:04:17 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Rufus2007
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:04:37 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law)
To: Ann Archy
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:04:58 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Rufus2007
How can a state dominated by liberal politics be suffering from an economic depression?
/sarcasm
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:05:53 AM PDT
by
lormand
(Support your local and state Conservative representative in November (assuming you have one))
To: Rufus2007
Next thing they'll do is blame Bush... In a manner of speaking, that would not be inaccurate...
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:08:39 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(Peace is Not The Question.)
To: Rufus2007
..."Economic depression has left many teens trying to fill the void."Gloucester isn't exactly an impoverished community. The median household annual income for Gloucester is $59,056, higher than the national median household annual income of $50,978.
OK. Which statement is it?
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:08:45 AM PDT
by
realdifferent1
(I hope the 'War on Terror' goes better than the 'War on Poverty'.)
To: Rufus2007
No rational explanation for the reported phenomenon has yet been offered.
More disturbing is the fact that we have a 24 year old running around preying on 15 and 16 year old girls and the police haven't arrested him.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:08:53 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: Rufus2007
linked the economy to the famed pregnancy pact that has received national attentionYa, but who is responsible for the economy? You guessed it, Bush. See, it all fits.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:08:54 AM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(New tag line in progress.)
To: Oztrich Boy
To: Rufus2007
Yeah, that’s why my teenager is pregnant, too. NOT!
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:10:04 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The dragons aren't as hungry as they were yesterday. Has anyone seen James?)
To: Rufus2007
Looks like the Gloucester girls' "morals" got lost at sea.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:10:18 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Ann Archy
BAD PARENTING!!
Bingo. One wonders how many of these girls come from broken homes or homes with absentee parents.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:10:21 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Every second spent bashing McCain is time that could be spent helping Conservatives downticket.)
To: Antoninus
My guess is that the VAST MAJORITY come from broken homes.....or IMMATURE PARENTS.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:11:30 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Rufus2007
The economy sucks so daddy can’t afford to buy me a pony. I think I’ll go get knocked up and have baby to compensate. That’ll show them!
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:12:04 AM PDT
by
LetsRok
To: Rufus2007
I saw this, this morning. The bimbo was actually blaming this “pact” on everything but poor judgment, immaturity, lack of morals in the home and community. Unbelievable.
To: All
BUSH PUT BABIES IN MY VAJAYJAY!!!!!
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:18:39 AM PDT
by
Liberty2007
(Here's Savage's analysis of the POTUS race: The “Afro-Leninist v. the sarcophagus”.)
To: Rufus2007
A whole lot of statutory rape going on; use Texas precedent and remove those children from their parents.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:22:39 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We deserve the government we allow.)
To: Rufus2007
CBS
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:25:11 AM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
To: Rufus2007
Maybe the fact that MASSACHUSETTS has made a farce of the traditional family has something to do with it.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:31:04 AM PDT
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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