Africa's Suffering Is Bush's Shame

[Seabiscuit]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-sachs12jun12,0,3370311.story

Get 'yer real facts here! Get 'yer real facts here!

[xultar]

1. Bush stands on the side of White Life.

[Seabiscuit]

2. But only unborn or embryonic White Life.

Or White Life in a "persistent vegetative state".

[Seabiscuit]

8. No wonder he eats Wonder Bread with his baloney

[flpoljunkie]

3. An unfortunate & truthful analysis of Dubya's shameful African commitment

Excerpt in part:

The administration's claim that budget restraints prevent more spending on Africa is the most cynical of its contentions. The president has cut taxes by more than $200 billion a year, with the wealthiest Americans the chief beneficiaries, and has raised military spending by $200 billion a year. But when $20 billion is needed to keep the poorest of the poor in Africa alive and put the continent's economies on a path toward long-term growth, there's no money available.

The millions of Africans who die young and the hundreds of millions going hungry are not victims of fate. They are the consequences of U.S. policy.

Americans want to do better.

[earthboundmisfit]

4. Also none of the aid the U.S. sends can provide condoms

for prevention of pregnancy & AIDS! (Abstinence only!) This is one of the most ridiculous aspects of our policy toward aid to Africa. :shrug:

[FrenchieCat]

5. Value of a life?

But what about the value of LIVES?

Asshole Hypocrit!

[Seabiscuit]

7. You only have a right to life until you're born, didncha know?

[applegrove]

6. So true.

[Seabiscuit]

9. Did you know you can send an African child to school for a year for the

price of a single Compact Disc?