AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Bush Plays Politics With AIDS http://www.americablog.com/2004/06/bush-plays-politics-with-aids.html [4/5/2009 10:25:41 PM]Firedoglake Sunday Late Nite: What Else Do VIPs Deserve? - Inspired by Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-walmARt) who managed to get fifty colleagues to help herwater down the estate tax by using the excuse ofsaving .02... 23 minutes ago HuffPost Politics Michael Conniff: CON GAMES: Real Bonus Babies in Defense Budget - Earmarks and entitlements are chickenfeed compared to defense spending, but toconservatives the Defense Department has alwaysbeen sacrosanct. 23 minutes ago Crooks and Liars Fox ambush crew pursues history prof with bogus claims -- and is proud of it - [image: FoxAmbush- Prof_04-05-09] [image: icon] Download | Play[image: icon] Download | Play The Ambush Virus isspreading at Fox News.</p><p> Earlier this wee...1 hour ago Eschaton Sunday Night Thread - enjoy 1 hour ago Daily KosJOHN'S PHOTOS Hearing Aid Comparisons Hearing Aid Comparison Chart.</p><p> Free PDF Download - Buyer's Guide.www.HearingPlanet.com/CompareFinancial Relief for AIDS Viaticals can help those living with AIDSor other terminal illnesswww.lifepartnersinc.comDrugs to Treat HIV Learn about drugs to treat HIV.</p><p> There aremany options available.www.HIVTreatmentIsPower.com WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2004 Bush Plays Politics With AIDS by Michael in New York on 6/23/2004 08:33:00 PM As widely reported, President Bush decided to extend a helping hand to Vietnam, a country ravaged by AIDS.</p><p> Bush also tossed $20 million at a funding crisis affecting AIDS patients on waiting lists all across the country.</p><p> Obviously, $20 million is a pittance by government standards.</p><p> But the sad truth is that health organizations say $40 million is needed immediately to fend off the crisis.</p><p> Bush won't do that, letting people suffer and die instead.</p><p> The reports also mention Bush's widely lauded pledge to spend $15 billion fighting AIDS around the world.</p><p> What they don't mention: Bush has failed to keep his funding pledge this year.</p><p> Further, insteadof using the money through effective and fair international relieforganizations, he has DEFUNDED many of those groups and insistedany international groups emphasize abstinence.</p><p> The result is a netLOSS in the money the US has pledged to fight AIDS around theworld this year.</p><p> This makes his reference to the policy of ABC (abstinence; be faithfu; use condoms) insultingly disingenuous.</p><p> If Bush truly believed condoms were a reasonable tool in fighting the spread of AIDS, he wouldn't be defunding the groups that promote their use.</p><p> Further, Bush is kowtowing to deep-pocketed pharmaceuticals by insisting the US money that has gone out be used only for name-brand drugs (AZT, etc.) instead of the generic counterparts that had been purchased in the past.</p><p> These name brand drugs cost literally three times as much.</p><p> For every person saved, two people will diewho didn't have to die.</p><p> Bush has literally got X number of dollarsthat could save X number of lives and he'd rather let two-thirds ofthose people die than go against Big Business.</p><p> Shameless.</p><p> Add New Comment BBCDavenport digital hearing aids High quality hearing aids.Come see our selection. iowahearingaidcenters.us.com CEUs Online for AIDS/HIV2 CE-Hour HIV/AidsOverview Course.</p><p> Printyour CertificateImmediately! westernschools.com/hiv-class-onl Gary Hearing AidsFind local hearing aids inthe Gary area. www.DexKnows.com Hearing AidsSave on Hearing AidsCompare Prices, Brands& More www.smarter.com/Hearing_Aids HIV / AIDS ConferencesFind Info on MedicalConferences AddressingHIV & Resistance Issues www.Resist-HIV.info AMERICABLOG KUDOS TRADITIONALMEDIATop Ad Advertise in this spot.</p><p> Premium Ads Advertise in this spot.</p><p> AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Bush Plays Politics With AIDS http://www.americablog.com/2004/06/bush-plays-politics-with-aids.html [4/5/2009 10:25:41 PM]Race, the South and 2010 - A look at President Obama's polling numbers in the South, as well as the electoral results from November 2008, indicate that his popularity still lags th... 1 hour ago Show All AMERICABLOG TV Visit our new AMERICAblog TV site.</p><p> Newer Post Older Post Unclaimed Register with DISQUS Why? 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