Global AIDS Epidemic Hits Home In Washington D.C.
Global AIDS Epidemic Hits Home In Washington D.C.
There are 33.2 million people in the world currently infected with HIV, and 2007 saw 2.5 million new infections. But as Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, notes: “Here in the United States, the attitude of so many within our own community is that there’s not a lot more to be done.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) states, “Recently reported increases in both new HIV infections and new AIDS cases in the United States call out for stronger leadership domestically as well.” Right outside the U.S. Capitol, a “modern epidemic” is raging.
City health officials report that Washington, D.C. has the highest rate of AIDS infection in the country, with HIV continuing to be transmitted at an epidemic pace. Some startling statistics:
– “One in 20 city residents is thought to have HIV and 1 in 50 residents to have AIDS.”
– “At the end of 2006, there were 8,368 reported cases of people living with AIDS in the District, a 43% increase from 2001.”
– “The number of women living with AIDS has increased by more than 76% over the past six years.”
– Black residents, which represent 57 percent of the city’s population of 500,000 or so, “account for 81 percent of new reports of H.I.V. cases and about 86 percent of people with AIDS.”
To mark tomorrow’s World AIDS Day, President Bush delivered a speech highlighting the important role of faith- and community-based organizations in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. His reliance on faith-based organizations in the past, however, has meant that “a full two-thirds of the money for the prevention of the sexual spread of HIV” goes to abstinence-only programs, which have failed to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
GlobalHealthFacts provides a map of the people living with HIV or AIDS across the globe:
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The reichwing christofascists will claim that it’s God’s way of showing Washington how filthy and corrupt it is, no doubt. Is it Sodom?? Or Gomorrah??
November 30th, 2007 at 6:42 pmTo mark tomorrow’s World AIDS Day, President Bush delivered a speech highlighting the important role of faith- and community-based organizations in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
WTF!!??
November 30th, 2007 at 6:51 pmComment by Shaynes husband — November 30, 2007 @ 7:05 pm
Sick f_ck. You will be gone.
November 30th, 2007 at 7:08 pmHi Zooey! Maybe Bush will deliver “the sermon on the mount” tomorrow, too?
November 30th, 2007 at 7:08 pmHi Veritas. :)
I wouldn’t put it past the Chimp to be so presumptuous.
November 30th, 2007 at 7:11 pmWe’re America gol durn-it. The moral compass of the world!
November 30th, 2007 at 7:29 pm/sarc off
Ignore the scum and just hit abuse.
November 30th, 2007 at 7:40 pmThe only papers which obviously need to be signed are those that commit you to a home for the criminally insane.
But, yes, faith has a place in this fight. If we all clap our hands three times, pray real hard and believe in faries, the AIDS epidemic will go away!
November 30th, 2007 at 7:42 pmThanks, TP. :)
November 30th, 2007 at 7:51 pmDC the toe-tapping aids capital of the US
November 30th, 2007 at 8:32 pmworld aids day., got a nice ring to it. Is it a federal holiday? Is the government giving away free condom’s at the local grocer?
November 30th, 2007 at 8:44 pmHAHA …Pelosi calling for more leadership. Interesting that we’ve been trying all this time to get Pelosi to show some leadership.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:54 pmPelosi, Reid, Rahm, Feinstein…they refuse to help their constituents. They are as much a problem as Dubya’s bunch.
To mark tomorrow’s World AIDS Day, President Bush delivered a speech highlighting the important role of faith- and community-based organizations in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
WTF!!??
Comment by Zooey — November 30, 2007 @ 6:51 pm
Didn’t you know? Praying away AIDS is the new ‘abstinence only’ education!
November 30th, 2007 at 9:56 pmBy using his Faith-based boondoggle, he gets to pass money to his base while ensuring persons at risk of AIDS will not get the protection and information they need. All the while pretending to be a positive force for prevention.
November 30th, 2007 at 10:34 pmComment by Kilo — November 30, 2007
Its the hypocrisy. He vetos healthcare for children and praises free condoms?
November 30th, 2007 at 11:02 pmComment by Kilo — November 30, 2007 @ 10:55 pm
Why do you assume anything but the worst about the Chimp.
Are you f_ckin’ stupid?
What am I saying….? Of course you are.
Run along…
November 30th, 2007 at 11:07 pmNah. I reckon you’ll just stick with the stereotypes where you’re comfortable.
Comment by Kilo — November 30, 2007 @ 10:46 pm
Kilo! I see you’ve followed Li’l Footie’s lead ‘n got yerself a pair of Jingle Ballsâ„¢! So nice of you to get all decked out fer tha holidaze.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:17 pmOf course you are.
Run along…
Comment by Zooey — November 30, 2007 @ 11:07 pm
Geez, he cain’t effin’ spel the F word right!
November 30th, 2007 at 11:18 pmApparently Kilo is unfamiliar with Dubya’s tactics. Or just plain ignorant. I’ll go with ignorant.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:22 pm“To mark tomorrow’s World AIDS Day, President Bush delivered a speech highlighting the important role of faith- and community-based organizations in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.”
Faith-based organizations? they better have a better take on the situation than Jerry Falwell had…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell#Homosexuality
Falwell has been called an agent of intolerance[24] and the founder of the anti-gay industry[25] who regularly demonized and dehumanized gays as well as people with AIDS (PWAs) and fought against gay rights. In the early 1980s, when the AIDS pandemic was first beginning to gain public attention and was widely characterized as a “gay disease”, Falwell stated “AIDS is not just God’s punishment for homosexuals, it is God’s punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.â€[26]
Rot In Hell, Jerry.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:27 pmI’ll gladly accept government funds going to churches (don’t give me that “faith-based” garbage) as soon as they surrender their tax-exempt status. Fair is fair. If they want to dip from the public collection plate, the public (tax payers) should be able to dip from theirs.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:34 pmI’ll go with ignorant.
Comment by abarts — November 30, 2007 @ 11:22 pm
Safe bet. ;)
Tracy has always been comfortable in his ignorance, and overconfident in his trolling on TP.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:34 pmRot In Hell, Jerry.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — November 30, 2007 @ 11:27 pm
Jerry Falwell was Fred Phelps’ long lost son. :P
November 30th, 2007 at 11:41 pmThis abstinence education emphasis is not just the policy in Washington DC, but in large parts of the nation. People are still dying because of it. Outside of our borders, we are sending tax money from our paychecks for foreign aid under the requirement that “abstinence and fidelity” education be the only AIDS prevention message heard in many areas. This designed policy of misinformation has resulted in hundreds of thousands of global AIDS deaths.
The only one more culpable than the United States is the Catholic Church, whose teachings have led to millions of orphaned and diseased children across the globe. In 2005, Cardinal Napier in South Africa said that there is “no evidence” that condom education works to prevent HIV transmission, and that “you’ve got to challenge where the problem lies, and that is in practicing irresponsible behavior”
Yet, I live in a highly educated and moral country where many walk around with the notion that Christianity and human morality are necessarily intertwined, and that policies set by government or organizations under the guise of “faith” require silent deference to be socially acceptable within our community.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:58 pmJerry Falwell was Fred Phelps’ long lost son. :P
Comment by Zooey — November 30, 2007 @ 11:41 pm
Really??? Fred Phelps’ long lost luv child? I better hit the Internets and use the Google to see if I can corrobate that rumor.
December 1st, 2007 at 12:15 amI better hit the Internets and use the Google to see if I can corrobate that rumor.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — December 1, 2007 @ 12:15 am
Please do!
December 1st, 2007 at 12:25 amOnly, don’t corroborate — contribute!
December 1st, 2007 at 12:28 amPlease do!
Comment by Zooey — December 1, 2007 @ 12:25 am
I’ll let you know what I find out. This could be front page news.
The real question here is, “Who was the mother?”
This might not only involve cross-dressing and transgender elements, it just end up being a trans-species situation…
December 1st, 2007 at 12:29 amThe unfortunate creature must have been institutionalized.
December 1st, 2007 at 12:32 amHoly crap, thats 1/2 a percent of the world population(roughly) that means 1 out of every 200 people has AIDS, I can’t even imagine that.
December 1st, 2007 at 12:38 amHey Squeegy, isn’t it past your bed time? :D
December 1st, 2007 at 12:48 amAIDS is a terror worth declaring war on.
December 1st, 2007 at 12:49 am“Holy crap, thats 1/2 a percent of the world population(roughly) that means 1 out of every 200 people has AIDS, I can’t even imagine that.”
Yet the 3000 dead on 9-11 “changed everything”, right squeegee?
December 1st, 2007 at 12:58 amIf he said the coast guard is really important in rescuing people at sea, would you assume this is because he’s got a sweet kickback deal with them (sic)
Comment by Kilo — November 30, 2007 @ 10:55 pm
Given Bush’s history I would say yes.
December 1st, 2007 at 1:19 amUm, Kilo, look at the context. Your buddy is downplaying millions dying from AIDS. Or does that escape you?
December 1st, 2007 at 2:06 amAnd you are a moron. Nobody denies 3000 people died in the WTC that day. Ignorant tool.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:07 amComment by Kilo — December 1, 2007 @ 1:50 am
I suppose next you’ll announce that I will be voting for Hillary. Get a smaller brush
December 1st, 2007 at 2:12 am‘“Run along†? What, like you just did ? LOL
Let me know when you think you’re up to responding to a post there chump. We’ll chat.’
I am thinking she went to bed after 4 hours of inactivity from you. But rest assured, she was crushed when you didn’t respond.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:12 amSabyen91
Yet the 3000 dead on 9-11 “changed everythingâ€, right squeegee?
I didn’t realize Rudy posted here regularly
December 1st, 2007 at 2:28 amLet me know when you think you’re up to responding to a post there chump. We’ll chat.
Comment by Kilo — December 1, 2007 @ 1:46 am
Like I’m gonna hang around more than two hours on your sorry ass. I got a better offer.
Toooooodles.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:36 amSqueegee, are you joking? Yes, I know you are of course. 9-11 changing everything is certainly not a Giulliani patent.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:38 amZoo, come on, give him a break! It isn’t like he was being rude or anything :)
December 1st, 2007 at 2:38 amI am thinking she went to bed after 4 hours of inactivity from you. But rest assured, she was crushed when you didn’t respond.
Comment by Sabyen91 — December 1, 2007 @ 2:12 am
Truly. I was. I shall never recover. :-D
December 1st, 2007 at 2:39 amHow’s tricks, Zoo? It has been so long I don’t remember my screenname and password. I was probably something like JPark way back when.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:41 amI should have known. How’s things, JP?
December 1st, 2007 at 2:42 amSabyen91
Squeegee, are you joking? Yes, I know you are of course. 9-11 changing everything is certainly not a Giulliani patent.
No, but referencing 9/11 where it doesn’t fit sure is. It’s sort of like a variation of godwinning.
Thread about HIV? Why not reference 9/11, clearly it fits right in.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:43 amSqueegy,
I can honestly say I’ve never seen you on TP at night before. Did you get stood up?
December 1st, 2007 at 2:45 amNo, squeegee, it sure does fit. Your type hypes any perceived threat and ignores the real ones because they are not economical to you.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:45 amHee, I am guessing my style is not unique, Zoo. I am refreshed after not paying attention to anything but my Packers for a couple of months.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:46 amZooey
I can honestly say I’ve never seen you on TP at night before. Did you get stood up?
Not at all, just had a nice night out with some co-workers for my last day at work, and now relaxing before bed.
Sabyen91
December 1st, 2007 at 2:50 amNo, squeegee, it sure does fit. Your type hypes any perceived threat and ignores the real ones because they are not economical to you.
Yup, you’ve got me and my ‘type’ pegged dead to rights. Which is weird, because I don’t even recognize your name, so clearly we’ve had a few exchanges on TP
Last day at work, Squeegy? Moving on up to the east side?
December 1st, 2007 at 2:53 amZooey
Last day at work, Squeegy? Moving on up to the east side?
Nope, just moving sideways to the east side, time to try out a new company for a better fit
December 1st, 2007 at 2:55 amTundra’s going to miss you soooo much. :(
Good luck with the new job.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:57 amOf course, squeegee, I know you aren’t typical but you DID downplay AIDS. You can’t expect to get a pass on that.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:59 amSabyen91
I know you aren’t typical but you DID downplay AIDS
What in the who now?
I believe I said:
Holy crap, thats 1/2 a percent of the world population(roughly) that means 1 out of every 200 people has AIDS, I can’t even imagine that.
(emphasis added)
December 1st, 2007 at 3:01 amSqueegee, we have had more than a few exchanges. Though the “you must be a newbie” vibe is usually very effective :)
December 1st, 2007 at 3:02 amSqueegee, are you telling me you were astounded by the statistic? If so, I profusely apologize.
December 1st, 2007 at 3:02 amWell, I’m about to turn into a pumpkin. Better get to bed so I can spend about 4 hours in the math lab tomorrow. *sigh*
Keep in touch, Squeegy!! Don’t be a stranger, JPark & check out TheZoo!
December 1st, 2007 at 3:04 amGoodnight JPark & Squeegy!
Sabyen91
Squeegee, are you telling me you were astounded by the statistic? If so, I profusely apologize.
That is what I was going for, sorry for the misunderstanding.
December 1st, 2007 at 3:04 amNight Zoo, sleep well.
December 1st, 2007 at 3:05 amI am sorry, then, squeegee.
December 1st, 2007 at 3:05 amI thought you said meth lab…weird. You have your own site now? Sweet, I will check it out.
December 1st, 2007 at 3:06 amSabyen91
I am sorry, then, squeegee.
No prob, misunderstandings happen all the time, I believe it’s how people started speaking Dutch.
anyways, goodnight, and good night Zoo, I’ll drop you a line in the near future.
December 1st, 2007 at 3:10 amNight squeegee, have a good one.
December 1st, 2007 at 3:16 amCome on zoo. You are single, between jobs and collect cats. You can stay up all night and no one will notice ANYTHING that you do.
Irrelevancy is your new way of life. Cat lady.
December 1st, 2007 at 3:21 amfor South Africa to have so many cases of aids looks very suspicious as if it were a way to rid south Africa of Black people
December 1st, 2007 at 6:45 amIraq November death toll lowest in 21 months
NOT true last month 38 US troops died ,same as this month BUT more foreign troops killed
so its all bollocks + the firgures will probably go up yet anyhow
December 1st, 2007 at 6:47 amThe map that was presented is a TERRIBLE map, in that it doesn’t provide HIV rates as a percentage of the population, as most other maps do. If it did, it would show that sub-Saharan Africa is in severe crisis, as well as southeast Asian and Carribean nations, while North America and Northern Europe are least effected.
Clearly, libs are trying to downplay the HIV rates in Africa (as well as the devastation to the jungles by the slash and burn land clearing practices that occur in Africa, as it does in the Amazon – even Al Gore was brave enough to state that). If you can’t be honest about the state of a problem, then you will NEVER solve it, which upholds my beliefs that libs don’t want solutions, just divisive issues on which to run for elected office, so they can then institute their agenda of commie-fascist rule.
December 1st, 2007 at 7:45 amIf you can’t be honest about the state of a problem, then you will NEVER solve it, which upholds my beliefs that libs don’t want solutions, just divisive issues on which to run for elected office, so they can then institute their agenda of commie-fascist rule.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — December 1, 2007 @ 7:45 am
beautifully put, Jason Hitler, you righties never fail to elevate your insecurity to the highest levels of paranoia, all the while stealing elections, blocking citizens from voting, and overturning the laws that protect us from the very fascism you are so enthralled with. You have done nothing to even slow the fascist takeover your masters have so skillfully put in place, with your help. thanks for nothing, traitor.
December 1st, 2007 at 8:06 am#78, CaptainMantastic (lol at name),
I would do all of the above – abstinence, condoms, etc., but I don’t think any of it will help sub-Saharan African cultures that are in free fall collapse. Both South Africa and Rhodesia were strong and growing economies, until the Europeans were driven out of power and off their developed lands, then both nations saw a dramatic increase in the population living in poverty.
Until their populations drop to sustainable levels, sub-Saharan African nations will continue to live in deplorable conditions of poverty, disease and war, and any attempt to interfere with that trend will only lead to a prolonging of the misery.
December 1st, 2007 at 10:47 amIs it just me or is the ENORMOUS AIDS ribbon very telling about the way this administration addresses serious issues? They wrap themselves in the trappings or support or the regalia of actual social consciousness while they remain steadfast in there support of abstinence only education and faith-based initiatives. They don’t want you to look at their performance or their policies; just get a load of that ribbon!! we are totally serious about dealing with AIDS!! why else would we get such a huge ribbon!?
December 1st, 2007 at 11:45 amExactly how long is it taking you to compose these nuggets of non-participation ?
Comment by Kilo — December 1, 2007 @ 4:02 am
Sorry to disappoint you, Tracy. Trolls — like you — get nothing but one-liners. I’ll check back in the middle of the night to see if you respond to this.
December 1st, 2007 at 12:33 pm#80, Captain Mantastic,
I honestly don’t believe education is enough at this point – there is something seriously wrong with these various cultures in sub-Saharan Africa, in which there is so little regard for human life, even their own.
I predicted long ago that muslim, Indian and Chinese cultures will eventually displace the existing sub-Saharan cultures, because it is now their manifest destinies. These cultures have far greater population densities, without the same levels of disease, poverty and war, and being more viable, will succeed over their less viable neighbors.
December 1st, 2007 at 1:18 pmHendler, yer an idiot.
December 1st, 2007 at 1:35 pmThey will never acknowledge that success is possible, not to mention probable. Except, that is, John Murtha:
http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/ 2007/ 11/ 29/ john-murtha-admits-the-surge-is-working/
Probably won’t see that posted here either.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — December 1, 2007 @ 11:30 am
success is not possible, since the war was lost before it began. Mass-murder can never be called successful, except by sociopaths. if Iraq is ever left to its own devices, without the constant warring between an agressive, illegal invader and the country’s patriots (bolstered by oppotunistic terrorists, not there before the invasion), it may achieve a success by its own measure, but will never be a success by the measure of immoral, greedy, sociopathic American businessmen. Only when it has been bled dry of all oil and riches will american businessmen consider it a success. Democracy? That’s the last thing the oil barons want.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:22 pmI am not against the promotion of terminating a deadly disease, such as AIDS, but when it comes to promoting, even through the organization may be non-profit, I am against using the “Peoples House” as its stage!!!
The White House may become like some many corporate settings….
In no way, should at any time a Corporation should be able to place its corporate/non-profit logo on any part of the White House/Peoples House!!
I am ashamed of this promotion display of logo’s! Regardless of the cause to inform people, a logo is not the way to go.
Whats next, Apple Computers – Mattel – Sony – WALMART???
Sponsered by…..or provided by….. STOP THIS!
The White House is OUR house, not BUSH’s nor a LOGO to be sponsored by anything or anyone! end of story!!
December 1st, 2007 at 2:23 pm#86, Captain Mantastic,
Sub-Saharan Africa is a disaster, and like Hurricane Katrina, all you could hope to do is extract refugees, then pave over the disaster area.
The writing is on the wall – muslims, Indians and Chinese will eventually populate the area, displacing the native population.
December 1st, 2007 at 9:26 pmCaptain Mantastic,
After taking some time to further consider your comment on no differences among cultures that would effect the potential for capitalistic reform and growth, I still disagree, and here are two examples of why:
1) Rhodesians did not respect the property rights of the Europeans, who made Rhodesia the breadbasket of Africa. The Rhodesians seized the property from the Europeans, then failed to sustain the productivity of those assets, leading to a collapse of their economy.
2) South African native peoples blamed the Apartheid government for the poverty among themselves, and after overthrowing the Apartheid goverrnment, they now have twice the number of their own living in poverty.
The first fundamental tenant of capitalism is property rights, which means:
1) No person can be someone else’s property – sub-Saharan Africans have long sold each other into slavery, so it is a part of their culture that is the first and fundamental reason capitalism will never succeed. It allows them to dismissively injure, rape, enslave and kill their own in the staggering numbers witnessed in Rwanda and Darfur.
2) No person has claim to the wealth created by someone else’s hands (since you don’t own that person, you don’t own the fruit of their labor) – Refer back to the previous examples in which the Africans seized the developed properties of Europeans, only to mismanage and destroy that developed wealth. Even Zimbabwe (formally Rhodesia) is trying to lure Europeans back to re-develop those lands by offering them leases, but the Europeans aren’t stupid – no one will develop a property that others will take back later. This offer is further evidence of African culture not respecting property rights, therefore, capitalism will not succeed in Africa.
If you simply observe the behaviour of the sub-Saharan Africans, you will see that any person who creates wealth is eventually a target of theft / murder, so capitalism is antithetical to sub-Saharan African culture.
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:33 pmJason Hitler and Private manhandler:
Nice of you two racist bigots to ignore the slavery and mass-murder of the Europeans in “settling” Rhodesia, making it the bredbasket of Africa for the good of Europe through the unpaid slave labor of the native population. it’s bad enough that the two of you cackle over your lies of white supremacy, but to cherry-pick the facts shows you to be mere animals, well beneath the Africans your kind gleefully subjugates and murders, for the wake of profit. now everybody can see how morally bereft the right is, as if it weren’t all too obvious with your mass-murder in the Middle East. the Europeans deserved to lose everything, including their lives, for turning that part of Africa into a killing field. the fact that they won’t go back is a testament to their cowardice, and your posts are a testament to your ignorance and lack of human qualities. you are filth.
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:07 pmComment by Kilo — December 1, 2007 @ 10:25 pm
wow, kilo is a stalker. Not getting any, hey, sissy?
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:07 pm#93, Captain Mantastic,
I agree that sub-Saharan cultures could change, but it would take an effort similar to the end of war, decades long, occupations of Japan, Germany and South Korea, just as it will take in Iraq and Afghanistan (although these modern muslim nations should be easier than Japan and S. Korea were in the 1940’s and 1950’s).
Unfortunately, the libs made such a fuss about the US being in Iraq and Afghanistan, that it seems unlikely the US will occupy the Sudan or other war-torn sub-Saharan nations. The UN doesn’t seem to be able to do anything, and NATO has no strategic interests in sub-Saharan Africa, as it did in the Balkins. Even the African Union seems unwilling / unable to help.
Because of the aforementioned, the current trends show that muslims from North Africa, and Indians and Chinese from the East will more likely displace the sub-Saharan African cultures, rather than the existing cultures develop / mature on their own.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:12 amThe cure for AIDS: one man one woman forever.
December 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 am#97, Captain Mantastic,
Yes, China, and other industrialized or industrializing nations in Asia and Asia minor are investing in African nations, and those investments are used by the local power structures to both extract natural resources, and displace those populations interferring with that extraction (Niger, Chad, Sudan, etc.).
With Africa’s long history of disrespecting property rights, starting with slavery, and including genocide, war (to seize property) and rape, I don’t see those cultures improving to the point of viability, at least not viable enough to compete with the cultures that are encroaching on them – muslim, Chinese and Indian.
Thinking back on my post about the need to occupy these nations to allow capitalism to take hold, I guess Europe tried that when they made many of these nations their colonies, set up viable industries, only to see them seized, then collapse. Perhaps even occupation won’t work.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:13 pmThis site is so virulently partisan that, for any success on the part of Republicans, you go into collective overdrive to find the spin that will make it seem bad.
According to WaPo, In his State of the Union address in 2003, the president promised $15 billion to fight AIDS over the five years ending in September 2008 — then the largest financial commitment by a nation to battling a disease.”
So as soon as Bush took office, he promised the largest amount of money EVER, by any country, to fight AIDS or any other disease.
Clinton nor any Democrat never DREAMED of doing this much.
So now Bush asks to up the ante to “increase the funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to $30 billion over five years, beginning in October 2008″. He wants to DOUBLE the already record-breaking funding towards eradicating this disease.
So you guys know you have to spin this? How? You attack the abstinence component. Right out of the gate, you insinuate that that’s what drives all of this, and that they are “christofacists”. So the people fighting AIDS in Africa are fascists, eh? Hey, if it suits your purposes.
But ONLY 7% of the money can credibly be said to go to abstinence-based programs, says the same WaPo article.
You are willing to ignore one of the biggest philanthropic American commitments EVER, because a small portion of it goes to one piece of a PORTFOLIO of efforts.
I hate Bush. hatehatehate him. But stuff like this is why libs get on my nerves.
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053001403.html
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:35 pmKit
Actually, Bush’s AIDS relief is a case in point as to why America’s education is going backwards despite Bush boosting funding.
You see, Bush came up with all of this wonderful aid, and then forgot to actually put in any internal controls whatsoever to make sure that it actually went to the people it was supposed to help.
This includes basic bookkeeping.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16352949/
Clinton never dreamed of doing as much because Clinton actually knew something about Africa, charities with the word “Christian” in their names, and managing money.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:59 am