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CONGRESS ACTION: April 30, 2000
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AIDS POLICY: "We are recognizing the transnational nature of this tragic
health issue [AIDS] and its political effect on, not only a sizable number of
populations around the world, but also repercussions for their governments.
And therefore it's not only a global health concern, but a political and
national security concern as well," White House spokesman Jim Kennedy said.
"At the end of the end, this global pandemic will make the bubonic plague of
the Middle Ages pale in comparison unless our response is finally
commensurate with the magnitude of the problem," according to White House
AIDS Policy Director Sandra Thurman. And according to the Washington Post, on
February 8 a White House interagency working group was instructed to "develop
a series of expanded initiatives to drive the international efforts".
So AIDS is now considered to be a threat to the national security of the
United States. According to the White House AIDS Policy Director, it could be
worse than the bubonic plague, the "Black Death" that massacred anywhere from
25 million to 40 million people, between one-third and one-half of the entire
population of Europe, during the 14th Century. So what can we expect from the
White House's interagency working group? What would any sane public health
officials propose if massive numbers of immigrants were coming into this
country from countries afflicted with bubonic plague? Would they propose
medical testing or certification of those would-be immigrants? Certainly.
Would they propose medical quarantine of, if not outright denial of
immigration to, those would-be immigrants found to be infected with the
plague? No doubt. Will any such proposals be made regarding immigrants
carrying the HIV/AIDS virus? Not a chance. Because regardless of any blather
about risk to the national security, AIDS in this country is treated as a
civil rights issue, not a public health issue. Simply look at how AIDS
carriers in the U.S. are currently treated. Would the carriers of any
infectious disease, except AIDS, be permitted to work in the health care or
food service industry? Of course not. But people with AIDS are. Would
patients being treated by surgeons or dentists who have bubonic plague be
entitled to know about the risk to their own lives from infection by their
medical care provider? Of course. But doctors and dentists with AIDS are
permitted to conceal their condition from their patients. And what has been
the result of the AIDS policies now in effect in this country?
According to numbers published by the Centers for Disease Control ten years
ago -- before the beginning of the Clinton-Gore administration -- 92.9% of
all AIDS cases in the United States occurred in homosexual men and
intravenous drug users. A similar summary published by the CDC at the end of
1998 -- after six years of Clinton-Gore public health policy -- shows that as
of the end of 1998, only 79% of all AIDS cases in the U.S. occurred in
homosexual men and intravenous drug users. Which means that, because of the
Clinton-Gore administration's public health policy regarding HIV and AIDS,
the disease is spreading to the general population. Ten years ago, only 7.1%
of the general population who were not homosexual men and intravenous drug
users had AIDS. As of the end of 1998, that number had risen to 21% of the
general population who were not homosexual men and intravenous drug users
having AIDS. That's what happens when an infectious disease is not dealt with
as any other infectious disease; when the activities which are the primary
transmission modalities of the disease are protected, even celebrated; when
the public health is given a lower priority than the indulgence of the high
risk behavior of a politically influential group of citizens.
The politically correct -- and criminally stupid -- policies that have
contributed to the spread of AIDS in this country cannot be blamed for the
spread of AIDS in Africa. But now that the African AIDS epidemic has been
declared a threat to the U.S. national security, and the Clinton-Gore
administration has vowed to focus attention -- and bushel baskets of U.S.
taxpayer money -- on the problem, does anyone really expect this
administration to suddenly adopt a rational policy driven by sound medical
science, rather than by politically motivated pandering?
EDUCATION HELD HOSTAGE: "Fundamental decisions about education have to be
made at the local level." -- Vice President Al Gore. It's too bad that when
the Congress tries to accomplish precisely that goal, democrats in the Senate
do everything possible to prevent that result. Which is why Gore feels free
to make any promises that his taxpayer-paid campaign aides think will sound
good to voters, knowing full well that his allies in Congress will block
implementation.
Democrat pandering to the AIDS lobby to the detriment of the public good is
nothing new, and neither is their pandering to other powerful lobbies in
their core constituencies, also to the great harm of the American public.
Currently under debate in the United States Senate is the "Academic
Achievement for All Act (Straight A's Act)", H.R.1266; which would begin to
reverse the decimation which American public schools have experienced in the
35 years those schools have been under the influence of the federal
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. That is, under the influence
of the teachers' union pandering democrat-controlled Congress. H.R.1266 would
allow a State to combine certain federal funds to improve the academic
achievement of all its students, at the discretion of local school boards. It
would allow up to 15 States to execute a 5 year performance agreement with
the Secretary of Education, which would give them the option to consolidate
any of their federal grant program funds, including the Title I program, and
merge those funds with State and local funds. Democrats are having none of
it. The democrats in the Senate are holding H.R.1266 hostage to -- gun
control!
As Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) remarked, "Long ago, the United States
recognized the value of an educational system that is available and
accessible to everyone. We knew the tremendous sophistication of a democracy
or a representative republic, and that to sustain it we would have to have a
well-educated populace -- not only to understand it and to believe in it but
to further it. . We have to continue not only to train people in science and
math, but also in history, in learning the lessons of life from other
subjects that enable us to work better as a society as we become more and
more diverse, and to remember the key lessons of our Founding Fathers who
understood that our democratic-republican form of government could not
continue in perpetuity without a well-educated citizenry -- a citizenry
understanding the issues of the day because they had to make the decisions.
This is a do-it-yourself government, America. Our people vote on things; they
have to be well enough informed to elect good representatives to represent
them in the places of our representative government.. If they are not engaged
enough in the issues of the day to make intelligent decisions, then obviously
the people they send here will likewise not be so educated. The quality of
decision making and public policy will falter. Moreover, the understanding of
their role in our government will gradually diminish. . There are truths and
there are values. Young people today are not reminded that in the Declaration
of Independence, our founders said there are "inalienable rights", and "we
hold these truths to be self-evident." There were some things that are so
true and we understand that. They were self-evident. But today, relativism
has begun to teach our kids that there is no real truth, there is no definite
right and wrong; there are only shades of gray. If society comes to believe
that and bases decisions upon that misunderstanding, then we cannot long
survive as a free society, as a society founded on the principle that there
are certain truths, and that part of those truths are that there are
inalienable rights that are given to us by our Creator -- not by some
government. We then begin to rely upon government to do things because it is
the benevolence of government that is the basis for our rights. Wrong.
Government doesn't give us any rights. The best we can expect from government
is the protection of our God-given rights. But if generations are not taught
that, then we won't be able to make public decisions on the same foundation
that our Founding Fathers understood were so important to future generations."
But the last thing democrats want is a well-educated populace. Ignorant
people are far more susceptible to democrat demagoguery, and demagoguery is
how democrats seek to regain their congressional power. The last thing
democrats want are school children being taught about their inalienable
rights or discussing fundamental truths. And democrats most certainly do not
want people starting to question their growing reliance -- dependence -- on
government as the source of all their rights and all their prosperity.
Dependence on government is what democrats thrive upon, and their greatest
hope is that Senator Craig's fear, that ".we cannot long survive as a free
society", will come true. Because free people living in a free society resent
the micromanagement of their lives by government bureaucrats. And trying to
micromanage peoples' lives is what democrats do best. They micromanage, but
their schemes fail every time, as the three-decade slide in the quality of
public education -- a slide that coincided with the start of the involvement
of federal bureaucrats in public education -- irrefutably proves.
The idea of State and local officials determining education policy outside of
federal mandates is unacceptable to democrats, and the democrat demagoguery
has already begun. Listen to Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), in her reprise of
the democrats' "slashing school lunches and starving children" lies from
1994: "Instead of making sure that every student has a chance to reach high
standards, the Republican proposal before us makes it easier for kids to be
left behind. Instead of ensuring we reduce class size, the Republican
proposal abandons our national commitment to give students less crowded
classrooms. Instead of making a national commitment to improve teacher
quality, the Republican proposal fails to provide funding for professional
development. Instead of ensuring that we invest in the things we know work,
the Republican proposal abandons accountability, writes a blank check to
State legislatures, and hopes for the best. . So at the heart of this
education debate is a simple question: do you want to make sure that Federal
dollars are guaranteed to go to the students who need them the most? Or do
you want to take a chance? Do you want to cut students' lifelines to
success?" That would be, of course, the federal "lifelines" that have made
public education such a resounding success since the feds stepped in to run
the show.
And Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) has already signaled the obstructionist
tactics to come from the democrats in the Senate: "I hope the majority leader
will not come out here in 2 days.and say: I don't like these amendments that
deal with how you get guns out of schools; I don't like this amendment and, I
don't like that amendment; these amendments aren't relevant; only if you
agree to the following four or five or six amendments, or whatever, do we go
forward. And we say: Absolutely not. We are here as Senators. We have
amendments. We are ready to work for people in our State. Then cloture is
filed. If there is not cloture, the bill is pulled."
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: On Friday the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck a
blow in defense of the real meaning of the First Amendment. Ruling against
the Federal Election Commission, the Court held that a federal law limiting
how much a political party spends on political speech constitutes a
"significant interference" with the First Amendment. Even better, the ruling
involved so-called "negative ads" criticizing a candidate's record. The core
of the First Amendment is protection of political speech -- the right of
people, including their voluntary associations -- to engage in robust debate
and commentary on issues and candidates. And spending money is an essential
component of that right. Campaign reformers take note: at least some federal
judges still understand the requisites of Freedom.
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/
HIV/AIDS Basic Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/exposure.htm
Legislative Text: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c106query.html
Congressional Record: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/r106query.html
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Mr. Kim Weissman
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