The Daily Outrage: "Next year the Bush Administrations plans to spend $270 million on abstinence-only education. As a result, here are some remarkable lessons school children ages 9-18 may learn as part of their curriculum: half of gay male teenagers tested positive for AIDS; the HIV virus spreads via sweat and tears; abortions lead to suicide and sterilization; and touching one's genitals can result in pregnancy. Our favorite stat from the report released by Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA): A 43-day-old fetus is a 'thinking person.'"

"Don't worry, things are even worse abroad. A startling report from an esteemed Pentagon advisory council sharply rebukes President Bush's belief that freedom is on the march. "American direct intervention in the Muslim World has paradoxically elevated the stature of and support for radical Islamists, while diminishing support for the United States to single-digits in some Arab societies," the report found. "Muslims do not 'hate our freedom,' but rather they hate our policies.""

(Via The Nation Weblogs.)