erynthered Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/57255 Washington, D.C., had the dubious distinction of beating all 50 states to post the highest rates in the nation for the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
Fewell733 Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 As a DC resident I feel obliged to point out that this kind of stuff is not really fair since DC is almost entirely an inner city demographic (not even first ring suburbs would count since geographically its so small) . The statistics when put up against a whole state are more than skewed. It's much more fair to compare it with rates in other cities - and really it should be central metro areas since city borders vary wildly across the country (see Indianapolis or Las Vegas compared to Buffalo - they can expand forever, Buffalo is stuck with lines drawn in the early 19th century)
Chef Jim Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 Well I'm not surprised seeing the city of full of stupid !@#$ers.
erynthered Posted November 18, 2009 Author Posted November 18, 2009 As a DC resident I feel obliged to point out that this kind of stuff is not really fair since DC is almost entirely an inner city demographic (not even first ring suburbs would count since geographically its so small) . The statistics when put up against a whole state are more than skewed. It's much more fair to compare it with rates in other cities - and really it should be central metro areas since city borders vary wildly across the country (see Indianapolis or Las Vegas compared to Buffalo - they can expand forever, Buffalo is stuck with lines drawn in the early 19th century) Not fair? http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/slides.htm Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2008
Fewell733 Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 Not fair? http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/slides.htm Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2008 hilarious...
BuffaloBill Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 I guess our Congress really is screwing around,
Beerball Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 As a DC resident I feel obliged to point out that this kind of stuff is not really fair since DC is almost entirely an inner city demographic (not even first ring suburbs would count since geographically its so small) . The statistics when put up against a whole state are more than skewed. It's much more fair to compare it with rates in other cities - and really it should be central metro areas since city borders vary wildly across the country (see Indianapolis or Las Vegas compared to Buffalo - they can expand forever, Buffalo is stuck with lines drawn in the early 19th century) So...which one(s)?
stuckincincy Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/57255 Washington, D.C., had the dubious distinction of beating all 50 states to post the highest rates in the nation for the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. More D.C. stuff, compliments of TMQ: ..."The bad: TMQ praised Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty a while back for driving himself around the city without chauffeur or security detail. That's what Fenty claimed to be doing, at least, in a spring 2009 news conference, and born yesterday, I believed him. Steve Chaggaris notes that actually, Fenty has been having police close entire roads when he goes bike riding; worse, the D.C. police has spent $364,748 on travel expenses for Fenty's security detail over the past three years. That's just travel expenses -- the bodyguards' pay and benefits are extra, all money wasted to make the mayor feel powerful, rather than invested in reducing the city's violent crime. Why does a mayor need to travel with taxpayer-funded security when he goes to Denver to attend the Democratic National Convention? Which not only is a partisan political event, but an event surrounded by security to begin with. Don't think, "I don't live in D.C., so it's not my taxes being wasted." The District of Columbia is heavily subsidized by the federal government -- your children are being saddled with debt so the mayor of D.C. can have bodyguards part his path. American politics seems to have reached the point at which it is assumed to be normal for public officials to waste tax money on their own egos. And we wonder why there is a $12 trillion national debt."... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...mp;sportCat=nfl
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/57255 Washington, D.C., had the dubious distinction of beating all 50 states to post the highest rates in the nation for the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. Everyone from Baltimore moved 40 miles to the southwest?
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