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- Hearing Lakeland’s Fireworks Not The Same As Seeing Them, By George
- Time for a patriotic song.
- Crist Engaged To Rome
- Supremes: Crist Erred On Gambling Pact
- Polk Schools Dealing With High Diesel Costs
- Take trolley, streetcar to fireworks
- Isn’t it Fun to Fly?
- Hail, Gusty Winds, Possible Tornado Results From Afternoon Storms
- Portable High Definition Televisions
- Andy Martin—Remember Him?—Gets His Moment In The Sun
- There’s One Behind Every Tree …
- Tornado Warning Up For Sebring Area
- More Storms Heading Toward North Hillsborough, Southeast Pasco
- Storms Forming Near I-75
- Another Afternoon Of Active Thunderstorms
If there’s a world leader less popular at this conference than Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, it’s George Bush.
First, a word of praise for Mr. Bush. His $15 million PEPFAR program is giving more money to AIDS programs in third world countries than ever before. Despite some early concerns, the money does seem to be reaching its targets. But the problem, in the eyes of many in the AIDS community, are who those targets are. One-third of the PEPFAR money must go to abstinence programs, which studies have long shown do not work as well as programs that promote condoms.
Instead of just Bush-bashing, critics, and protesters, are focusing on getting world leaders like Bush to do something that seems easy - base their funding on the evidence. Today, the focus was on getting that message to Anthony Fauci from the National Institutes of Health. As Fauci got on stage in front of 6,000 people this morning, a group of protesters followed, holding signs and chanting, “Tony, tell George the evidence can’t be ignored.”
Fauci’s response? He applauded the protesters.
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