Bush’s Legacy on AIDS

He did some good. 

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - In her AIDS-scarred South African township, Sweetness Mzolisa leads a chorus of praise for George W. Bush that echoes to the deserts of Namibia, the hills of Rwanda and the villages of Ethiopia.

Like countless Africans, Mzolisa looks forward to Barack Obama becoming America’s first black president Jan 20. But — like countless Africans — Mzolisa says she will always be grateful to Bush for his war on AIDS, which has helped to treat more than 2 million Africans, support 10 million more, and revitalize the global fight against the disease.

“It has done a lot for the people of South Africa, for the whole of the African continent,” says Mzolisa, a feisty mother of seven. “It has changed so many people’s lives, saved so many people’s lives.”

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“The Bush regime has been divisive ... created bitterness — but not here in Africa. Here, his administration has saved millions of lives,” Geldof wrote in Time Magazine as he accompanied Bush on an Africa trip last February.

“The administration and Bush himself deserve a lot more credit than they received for getting this job done,” says Josh Ruxin, assistant professor of public health at Columbia University.

1. There must be some mistake here.  Bush is a Hater.  He’d never do anything like that.

   sarcasm off

   Posted by Steve on January 11, 2009 at 1717 hrs




2. What a RINO, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to save the lives of people who don’t contribute to our economy and are too poor and uneducated and disorganized to pose a major threat to our national security.  Instead of saving these people, we could’ve cut taxes here for more upper-middle class suburban families outside of Milwaukee.  Dammit, because of Bush, someone in Ozaukee County had to get the 5-series BMW instead of the 7-series BMW.

   ::Sarcasm off::

   Posted by Recess Supervisor on January 11, 2009 at 1759 hrs




3. Obligatory Iraq War reference follows:

   Think of how much more could’ve been spent on AIDS treatment both here in America and in Africa if we weren’t spending $200 billion/second in Iraq - a country that never even attacked us on 9/11/01.

   Christopher Reeve could’ve walked, unhappiness eradicated, if only we weren’t so focused on divisive issues like God, guns, etc…

   sarcasm off

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 11, 2009 at 1801 hrs




4. Hey Bono said he did good - so gosh - that’s all I needed to hear.

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   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 11, 2009 at 1920 hrs




5. The best thing that I can do when faced with positive news is to sarcastically mock fictional scenarios I believe my political opponents might make in an effort to head off said criticism, and then say “sarcasm off” or some such thing.
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   Posted by Mike on January 12, 2009 at 1123 hrs




6. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,17 17934,00.html

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 12, 2009 at 1257 hrs