[Mind-numbed Robot]

$258 mil would buy a lot of DDT. South Africa has ignored the environmentalists and has seen dramatic results in the first year.

This is a typical feel-good leftist gesture.

[tfecw]

"This is a typical feel-good leftist gesture."

A typical feel-good leftist gesture would be to do something like declare Malaria illegal, or have the UN pass a resolution expressing their disappointment with Malaria and it's human rights violations. ;) Throwing money away at a problem with no effective solution in the planning state is, as you mentioned, the mother of all feel-good leftist gestures.