Posted on 09/15/2010 7:03:37 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Not all of the hundreds and hundreds of $billions our rulers have been looting from future generations and flushing away in the name of "stimulus" has been as flagrantly wasted as the $30 million spent to enhance the living conditions of rodents in Nancy Pelosi's district. For example, $800,000 was spent teaching Africans how to wash their genitals:
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spent $823,200 of economic stimulus funds in 2009 on a study by a UCLA research team to teach uncircumcised African men how to wash their genitals after having sex.
The genitalia-washing program is part of a larger $12-million UCLA study examining how to better encourage Africans to undergo voluntary HIV testing and counseling — however, only the penis-washing study received money from the 2009 economic stimulus law.
Entitled "Community-Based HIV VCT: South Africa," the name of the broader umbrella project, the program plans to test how well received the penis-washing regimen is among South African men.
If most of the men in the study wash their genitals after sex, are willing to do so after the study ends, and report that their partners accept the regimen, the researchers will develop another study to see if the "penile cleansing procedure" actually works to prevent HIV infections.
The study's lead investigator Dr. Thomas J. Coates was the fourth highest-funded researcher in the country in 2002 and is currently conducting HIV research on three continents.
Rich American golfers already know the enjoyment of playing with clean balls. Ball washers are provided for them so they can clean their balls before they start playing.
Africa has no ball washers. Africans have to play golf with dirty balls.
BO just wants to provide Africa with ball washers so they don’t have to play golf with dirty balls.
The do-gooders who launched this misconceived project had no idea the costs would — er— get out of hand. It seems when these folks began washing, they found it rather — er — uplifting and the sponsors are shipping soap over there by the shipload to — ah — satisfy the demand.
They have just begun a NEW project to supply glasses to combat the epidemic of vision impairment and blindness.
Not to mention the tons of hair remover being sent over for the palms of their hands!
Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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