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• • 10 Dec 05
  • 9:30 am

  It appears as though Beatrice Were is bemoaning a loss of funding. Traditional AIDS agencies are combative against any idea that threatens their access to money. Their cash stream is based in several axioms: AIDS is sexually transmitted, Condoms and new needles stop the spread of AIDS, and that AIDS medications cure the disease. There is no other reason for Ms. Were to respond in a negative manner towards Ms. Museveni whom is helping young women live responsible lives in it's most complete form. Ms. Were counters that condoms are necessary to prevent husband to wife and rape transmissions. How ridiculous! …

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• • 10 Dec 05
  • 12:18 pm

  Well, I won't get into name calling. I wish to inform the public that there are bilions of dollars that are applied for every yearin the fight against AIDS. Applicants make their case and hope for the best. I certainly do not believe Ms. Were's heart is in the wrong place, she presents as a sincere and caring person. I, however, do not accept any statement that is absolutely politically correct. The story on Ms. Were is lock-step with established ideas - and I'm called an idealogue? I encourage anyone whom is reading this article to do a web search on …

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• • 10 Dec 05
  • 5:57 pm

  P.S. Ric, all the names that you called me, are actually a reflection of yourself.

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• • 14 Dec 05
  • 11:43 am

  Kuya, I wish to point out the world's scientific leaders have been wrong in the past. They once said the world is flat, that the sun revolved around the earth, that scurvy is a contagious disease, that those with pellegra are infectuous, that Swine flu was about to sweep the nation, that Legionnaire's disease actually exists, and currently that SARS is a great danger, only eclipsed by the so-called "bird flu". None of the above statements hold any truth, even though there are reams of documents to support their hypotheses. In the USA 98% of us die from lifestyle diseases and …

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• • 16 Dec 05
  • 7:37 pm

  Johny, I liked that rant about barbaric Africans. Thabo mbeki, the President from South Africa, has said pretty clearly that such statements are patently racist and serve to titilate white minds. Won't you ever stop! You and your plague mentality. Marburg virus, Ebola virus all wiping out the African continent yet they never reach U.S. shores. Kind of strange don't ya think. What about the ability of planes to transport infected people in a few hours. Science fiction fantasy of the Stephen King style. Kind of like how "bird flu" hails from Asia, all the diseases just happen to head West …

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