Apparently JournOlism has decreed that this is not new, hence the retarded state-approved media cannot cover the story.
On Jul 22, 5:48 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > * > Desmond Tutu Attacks President Obama: *For not following President > Bush's example > <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/opinion/21tutu.html?ref=global>. > > Having met President Obama, I'm confident that he's a man of > conscience who shares my commitment to bringing hope and care to the > world's poor. But I am saddened by his decision to spend less than > he promised to treat AIDS patients in Africa. > > George W. Bush made an impressive commitment to the international > fight against AIDS when he formed the President's Emergency Plan for > AIDS Relief program. Since 2004, Pepfar has spent $19 billion to > help distribute anti-viral treatments to about 2.5 million Africans > infected with H.I.V. > . . . > Under the Bush administration, about 400,000 more African patients > received treatment every year. President Obama's Pepfar strategy > would reduce the number of new patients receiving treatment to > 320,000 --- resulting in 1.2 million avoidable deaths over the next > five years, according to calculations by two Harvard researchers, > Rochelle Walensky and Daniel Kuritzkes. Doctors would have to > decide which of the 22 million Africans afflicted with H.I.V. should > receive treatment and which should not. > > President Obama has also proposed to cut America's contributions to > the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (which had > been increasing each year since 2006) to $1 billion in 2011, down > from $1.05 billion this year. > > Perhaps Archbishop Tutu should start judging President Obama by his > deeds, instead of his words. > > (Incidentally, much of the money for these programs is spent right here > in the United States, buying drugs from American drug companies.) > - 12:39 PM, 21 July 2010 [link] > <http://www.seanet.com/%7Ejimxc/Politics/July2010_3.html#jrm8945> > > Actions and votes have consequences - and we surely are paying for this one. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
