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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 04:55 AM
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Wash. D.C. will distribute free condoms: Republicans go bonkers
Washington To Put Free Condom Machines In Gov't Buildings

(Washington , D.C.) In a move likely to cause a furor among conservative Republicans, the District of Columbia plans to install free condom dispensers in some government office buildings.

The District's health department says it will put 50 plain white dispensers in areas frequented by the public, including the D.C. Housing Authority and the departments of human services, motor vehicles and public works.

"They're going to be as common as water fountains," Ivan O. Torres, interim director of the city's HIV/AIDS Administration, said of the dispensers.

"The mayor is committed to this. . . . This is no longer something to be ashamed of. It affects all of us," Torres told the Washington Post.

In the next 12 months, the district plans to pass out about 550,000 male condoms, 45,000 latex dental dams and about 30,000 female condoms in a variety of venues, including the public school system.

Male condoms cost the city less than a nickel apiece, and female condoms cost several dollars each.

Washington has one of the highest per capita AIDS rates in the nation, about 132 cases per 100,000 residents. In the past 20 years the disease has claimed more than 12,000 lives in the region.

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Republicans get their panties in a bind
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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 06:48 AM
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1. That sweet taste in my mouth? I'm savoring it.... oh, Triumph!!
This is almost as good as watching Slush hang himself over oxycontin.

What I'd give to be a fly on the wall in Hatch's office .....

Thanks for making my day!

Politicat
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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 07:21 AM
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3. The Republicans will always need an
Edited on Wed Dec-03-03 07:24 AM by La_Serpiente
ample supply of condoms, especially if you have people like Gingrich boinking people and pulling a double standard.

I guess Clinton can have some too. :-)
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 08:29 AM
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6. Monica wantabes/Gay GOP political pundits in DC get free latex dental dams
Edited on Wed Dec-03-03 08:30 AM by papau
In lieu of AIDS funding (that A$15 billion over 5 years turned out to be less than 2 billion in year one, this passes the Bush family values test?

Nothing in DC goes down - so to speak - without the approval of the GOP that control the city's budget.

Will the media note that however Dem the elected leadership in DC - this had to be approved by the GOP????
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 06:49 AM
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2. You must be pulling my leg.
:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :silly:
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 07:26 AM
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4. William Bennet must be doing hand springs, flip flops and cart wheels....
ya know Bill has been trying to promote that abstinence thingy, LOL!!

This is great! But ya gotta know that the repukes will blame the dems for promoting this one.
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 07:47 AM
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5. Will This Slow The Lines At The DMV Office?
Otherwise, I don't care.
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 09:44 AM
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7. Are condoms not readily available
already in DC?

Here in Texas you can get them at any 7-11 and every grocery store. I don't know how much they cost since I'm an old married guy, but I didn't think they were expensive? Less than a buck a piece anyway.

Is there a condom shortage back east?
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Gin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 10:04 AM
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8. What is a dental dam?
gin
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