How do you Bushies feel about this?

[Hitman26]

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This is a big thank you to all 1.5 million of you who joined together as ONE to do something extraordinary.

From the 500,000 letters you sent to President Bush to Live 8 in Philadelphia to the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, you called on eight men to do more to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty, and they heard your call. In Scotland this past Friday, overcoming the shadow of a tragic day in London, President Bush joined G8 leaders in an unprecedented deal to cancel debts and double aid to Africa.

For African nations fighting poverty and corruption, this means a $25 billion increase in aid and wiping out 100% of their debts. With this funding, Africa can halve deaths from malaria, put millions of children into school, and 10 million people across the world will have access to lifesaving AIDS drugs. Behind each of these numbers is one person, one life that will be changed forever.

For the first time ever, everyday Americans like you joined together to take a seat at the negotiating table, asking the world's most powerful leaders to do more to help the world's poorest people. Because you signed the ONE Declaration, wore the white band and forwarded emails to friends about ONE, you made a huge step toward making poverty history. We've come so far and still have far to go.

Keep the momentum going, email 3 friends about ONE today.

This agreement is a real victory for Africa - but promises made of words will only become promises for a generation if we keep watching, asking and acting. Much more needs to be done in Washington DC to turn these commitments into lifesaving programs, and the world must take new steps to make trade fair. More meetings will take place this year in New York and Hong Kong where a comprehensive debt-aid-trade deal can be reached and end global AIDS and extreme poverty in our time.

We can be that great generation. As ONE, let's keep up the positive pressure and make 2005 the year we joined together to make history.

Thank you,

The ONE Team

P.S. You can learn more about the details of the G8 deal by checking out the ONE.ORG G8 page.

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[Redneckman]

And the sad part is it won't do jack shit to get to the root of the problem, and that is to start to get those countries economies more self sufficient, and to create more wealth for more people in the region. To many strongmen and dictatorial regimes in the region. Most of you liberals wouldn't understand the problem with that though, so you just suggest to throw money at the problem.

 

[edub69]

And the sad part is it won't do jack shit to get to the root of the problem, and that is to start to get those countries economies more self sufficient, and to create more wealth for more people in the region. To many strongmen and dictatorial regimes in the region. Most of you liberals wouldn't understand the problem with that though, so you just suggest to throw money at the problem.

Bush is the one throwing money at it, not us liberals:

President Bush joined G8 leaders in an unprecedented deal to cancel debts and double aid to Africa.

Are you saying Bush really doesn't care about eliminating strongmen and dictators?

 

[edub69]

Oh and I almost forgot

 

[Redneckman]

Exactly. He caved. So do you agree with my earlier post or not?

 

[edub69]

I do agree. I think there was a long thread on this last week. We can give as much money as we want, and all it will do is strengthen their grip on power and increase the overall level of corruption. Unless we send our army in there and force them to use the money for its intended purposes. It would be much easier to build one of those nations than Iraq.

Do you agree that Bush isn't truly serious about spreading democracy if he signs up to a deal like this?

 

[Redneckman]

Good question, but I don't agree. I think it was done as a trade off so he wouldn't feel required to cave on global warming and Kyoto. He vehemently opposes the theory of global warming in his heart, as it would serve to destroy the U.S. Economy, which the socialists would love to see.

 

[edub69]

I don't see why he would feel pressure to cave on any of those. You folks, his base, don't want him to cave, and we already know he could give a fuck about anyone that didn't vote for him. That is why I certainly believe that he could give a rat's ass about spreading democracy beyond using it as a justification for being in Iraq.

I'm glad to know he opposes the theory of global warming in his heart rather than worrying about any scientific evidence that might prove him wrong. Let's preserve our oil-based economy at all costs, it will serve us well when New York is underwater.

 

[Redneckman]

There isn't any scientific evidence. And even if there would be scientific evidence, there isn't a damn thing we could do about it. One volcano spews out more pollution then the whole earth does in a year, for Christ sake.

 

[edub69]

Like talking to a brick wall sometimes...just because they don't talk about global warming on Fox News doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Even Bush's corporate pals are waking up to this reality:

http://forum.therx.com/showthread.php?t=284045&highlight=global+warming

 

[lander]

Republicans hate the less fortunate- they believe kids suffering is the will of God ...