Posted on 05/27/2003 11:30:24 AM PDT by Sparta
Bush is signing the AIDS bill right now at the State Department. He's also got guests from Africa and the Carribean with him. The cost of the bill is $15 billion.
Clinton tried to encourage this when he and the Beast went to the slave prisons in Africa and apologized on behalf of America for slavery. He would have loved to see the blacks of Africa unite against America...a skill he honed for decades while working with disgruntled blacks in the US.
That's why I love seeing Bush steal this issue from the left. Clinton's aim would have been very dangerous for us. However, I believe Bush has America as his #1 priority and he will do what's necessary in this area to win friends in African nations, not foes. He will use the AIDS issue in part to accomplish this.
Imagine all the extra bandwidth Jim Robinson could buy with $15B.
Yeah, I guess being pro-American-being against the flood of millions of illegals that continue to pour into our country, and against giving away many *billions* of American's hard earned money separates me from the Republican konservatives.
I'll wear that as a badge of honor, anyday.
"This disease falls most heavily on women and children. Nearly 60 percent of those affected by HIV in sub-Sahara Africa are women. Three-million African children under the age of 15 have the AIDS virus," he said. "And the disease has left 11 million orphans, more children than live in the entire state of California."
The measure is designed to prevent seven million new infections over a five-year period. Congress recommended that 10 percent of the funds go toward caring for orphans whose parents died of the disease. Twenty percent is recommended for prevention, and 55 percent for treatment programs.
Matthew 5:16
"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
By "those in the middle" do you mean those who applaud Bush for giving away $15 billion of our money to a 3rd world hellhole whose astronomical AIDS rates are due solely to its inhabitants' irresponsible behavior?
Ya don't need no tinfoil for this one, Bon.
It's all up front.
I wonder if if Al Gore would have sent more to Africa?
I'm guessing you won't answer this question.
I will answer your question.
Bush lost me when he was my Governor.
I did not vote for Bush.
When he won, I hoped I was wrong.
I wasn't.
I find it hard to believe that a people who have believed in witch doctors for thousands of years are going to change their world-view with the help of American tax dollars.
Heck, they all sicken me.
We may as well have Gore as president.
Bush is getting away with stuff Gore could never get away with.
Bush is out Democrating the Democrats.
BTTT
Tancredo would be great.
I would rather have Ron Paul.
Yeah, but we can all rest easy in the knowledge that he's "taking away thier issues." Any more take-aways and the Rats won't have any issues left ....the GOP will have appropriated every last one of them. Pretty soon there'll be no more need for the Democratic Party --- the GOP will take care of the needs of all liberals. Then the whole country can vote Republican and bask in the glory of a one-party system with a tent bigger than Anna Nicole Smith's nightshirt.
They do use my money, it's called taxes. And they use yours too. If you don't like it here there are plenty of other countries where they take even more of your money for social programs. Government waste is terrible, but some things are not a waste no matter how much you disagree with them.
I'm sorry tax lord. I will be a good little tax serf from here on out. I will not question the use of my the government's money for programs. The government knows better than all of us serfs.
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