Aid to Africa is and has been pilfered and sold on the black market for as long as I can remember. Whether it’s Red Cross aid, emergency food, it doesn’t matter. It is disheartening that the condoms were diverted, but at least 10% of them were used. Many cultures in Africa condone a married man having multiple partners. As a result, much of the population of Africans of child-bearing age is infected. It is too large a problem to ignore, on many levels.
Early on, AIDS was largely ignored, and certainly not treated as the epidemic it was to become, while the number of victims were growing. So was crack cocaine. This is a fact. At first, the victims of AIDS were drug users, especially IV drug users, and the combination of promiscuousness plus unprotected sex. And most users of crack were in the inner cities. Most of those people would fall into groups like minorities and gays. This is a fact. Was there a connection?
If it not aids it will be something else. Why should I have to pay for people that drive a car without brakes. If they miss aids then there will be another std around the corner. So it is up to them to take care of themselves.
Nelly55 over 11 years ago
outstanding Jeff
your asterisk says it all
I Play One On TV over 11 years ago
Congress not paying attention to important issues? I’m shocked that they could be so easily distracted by trivialities. Shocked, I say.
walruscarver2000 over 11 years ago
Because his days of chancing an STD were long past.
I Play One On TV over 11 years ago
Aid to Africa is and has been pilfered and sold on the black market for as long as I can remember. Whether it’s Red Cross aid, emergency food, it doesn’t matter. It is disheartening that the condoms were diverted, but at least 10% of them were used. Many cultures in Africa condone a married man having multiple partners. As a result, much of the population of Africans of child-bearing age is infected. It is too large a problem to ignore, on many levels.
Early on, AIDS was largely ignored, and certainly not treated as the epidemic it was to become, while the number of victims were growing. So was crack cocaine. This is a fact. At first, the victims of AIDS were drug users, especially IV drug users, and the combination of promiscuousness plus unprotected sex. And most users of crack were in the inner cities. Most of those people would fall into groups like minorities and gays. This is a fact. Was there a connection?
walruscarver2000 over 11 years ago
You have to admit Ima is entertaining. Kind of like a one man Three Stooges.
rini1946 over 11 years ago
If it not aids it will be something else. Why should I have to pay for people that drive a car without brakes. If they miss aids then there will be another std around the corner. So it is up to them to take care of themselves.
Chillbilly over 11 years ago
I’ll acknowledge Ima here. Bush did (or attempted to do) tremendous things for AIDS/HIV victims in Africa and deserves credit.