Bush Asks for $15 Billion to Fight AIDS in Africa (It's unprecedented and will save lives)

reuters ^ | 1/28/2003 | Maggie Fox

[happygrl]

I'm so glad we can count on our compassionate government to share our wealth with the world.

I am too!!!

[weikel]

Stopping AIDS in Africa is going to involve a whole lot more than lectures from a bunch of do-gooders.

Its not our business. If the AIDs doesn't get most of their population then the economic repercussions of Islam and Communism will. Why should 15 billion in American tax money be spent so Mugabe can have a new Ferrari?

[freedumb2003]

I was flipping back through and noted your suggestion:
>>Demand abstinace for those unmarried <<

Jeeze, how would such a thing be enforced? The "Department of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice?"

No doubt you would rush to be the head of such a thing.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Well what about all of the worlds poor and hungry? The people that live in shacks and squaller in Mexico, India? There are problems all over the world. Big problems. Are we to pay for this too? Who are we really working for?

[weikel]

I have some associates that have been working on an aspect this deal for over a year, and from what i know, it is being run by the State Dept and US Overseas Development Agency, with the full cooperation of the Federal Reserve

And this is supposed to make me feel better?

[happygrl]

"He seemed very excited as the twit from U2 must also be. It must be some sin in myself that is not excited about this."

It is.

Why do people who call themselves "biblewonks" display such hardness of heart ?

Perhaps because that's all they are - wonks - all head knowledge, no heart knowledge.

[weikel]

You don't need to enforce anything AIDs will correct itself eventually.

[MattinNJ]

He also had a routine about when we the French refused to let us fly over their air space when we bombed Libya. Turns out we accidently bombed the French embassy. "Sory about that. We might have been more accurate IF WE WEREN"T SO F%^&&ING TIRED FROM HAVING TO FLY ALL THE WAY AROUND YOUR COUNTRY AAAAHHH." Man I miss that guy.

[SwordofTruth]

I love it when the president's message catches his enemies off-guard and with their pants down (no pun intended).

Wait a minute. Since when did the taxpayers of America become the enemies of the president?

It is our money, if we want to donate it to Africa then there is nothing stopping us from doing so. The money he’s giving to Africa is our money. He is essentially saying he knows better how to use our money than we do. I don’t like this at all.

[biblewonk]

Thanks for taking the plank out of my eye.

[sinkspur]

Its not our business.

That's your opinion. Most of the rest of America believe it is.

If the AIDs doesn't get most of their population then the economic repercussions of Islam and Communism will.

Such smugness in a person your age is revolting.

No wonder women hate your guts.

[YoungKentuckyConservative]

How do you figure? Define 'pissed away'... because, it seems to me that Bush is thinking ahead - if we dont' stop the epidemic there NOW, we will have our own critical epidemic HERE because of it...

PISSED AWAY, Indeed! The epidemic is spreading because the people are uninformed and uneducated. It's not our job to "change" them. Let there governments pay for it. I'm sick of being the world's welfare system. NO NO NO to world government and socialism.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Government spending is still government spending. Show me a government program that has ever solved any problem. This money will be wasted, and if anything, will only exacerbate the problem

LOL! I think your arguing with people that are on the government payroll, and will be given jobs in this new, massive give away of American wealth.

[sinkspur]

I don’t like this at all.

Then don't vote for Bush.

[Hildy]

Just can't please some people.

[Joe Hadenuf]

It's not our job to "change" them. Let there governments pay for it. I'm sick of being the world's welfare system. NO NO NO to world government and socialism.

Your damn right. Please keep directing this to the new Republicans of the new world order.

[weikel]

Such smugness in a person your age is revolting.

Oh I suppose I should just become one of those idealistic deluded communist. Okay let me get my Che hat on and the Mao underwear.

Down with capitalism. Peace, land, bread. Tax cuts are a scam to exploit the working class. 9/11 was caused by our support of Israel. No justice, no peace, no justice, no peace.

[yendu bwam]

How do you figure? Define 'pissed away'... because, it seems to me that Bush is thinking ahead - if we dont' stop the epidemic there NOW, we will have our own critical epidemic HERE because of it...

Short of a cure or vaccine, the epidemic won't be stopped until Africans stop being sexually promiscuous. Condoms won't help either, just slow the progress of the epidemic. Only Uganda, with its stress on abstinence until marriage, has had significant success in reducing the rate of new AIDs cases. Of course, Bush knows all of this. He's putting up the money to help those who were not so smart and got the virus (including children). But he has no illusions about stopping the spread of the virus. He's just waiting for common sense to prevail. He knows if you speak common sense now, you'll be attacked. So we'll be compassionate, and save common sense for another day.

[SwordofTruth]

Money well spent.

Maybe it is well spent, maybe it isn't. However, Bush shouldn't be able to give our money away like that. We should get an additional tax cut of 15 billion and let us decide what we want to do with our own money, not let the president make that decision for us.

[yendu bwam]

That's my point. Why are WE paying for this insanity? What about the hungry poor throughout the world. Are we now going to be required to pay for that too?

You're right, Joe. Go hungry because your crops fail and there are no rabid activists to send you money from the US. Go out and cheat on your wife and have sex with 10 women and get AIDS - and you'll get a check from the American taxpayer to pay for your medications.