madness!

i just read an editorial my Michael Gerson, who typically has the exact opposite opinion that i do on everything ever, and i agreed with the whole damn thing! then again, it is hard to dispute finding for AIDS/HIV relief and prevention. yet somehow, as Gerson lays out in his editorial, seven senators have joined together to block a Bush bill to renew the funding we already give.

HOLY FUCK, i agree with W!?!? i guess that just says what a no brainer this is. reducing suffering and making a dent in the AIDS toll on people is, well, good. and why not? the $50 billion thats proposed sounds like a lot, but thats less than 5 months cost of the current war. (the Congressional Budget Office estimates the war costs $9 billion a month.) and thats not a set number either. the current bill is just saying, yes, lets help out with this whole 'AIDS' thing. there would be another bill to hammer out the financials.

and as Gerson says, these guys (Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, Jeff Sessions, Saxby Chambliss, David Vitter, Jim Bunning, Richard Burr) are all supposedly pro life. woulndt it be a grand pro-life thing to do to prevent lots of babies from getting HIV to being with? these motherfuckers are directly contributing to the suffering of thousands, if not millions, of people.

im too enraged and shocked that i dont know how to sum this up. its obvious to begin with. its cold, its heartless, and wrong to cut this support.