NO GO, BONO

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Dec-18-Mon-2006/news/11460940.html

I am sure that someway, somehow, it is going to be the fault of President Bush.

Some $1 Billion to fight malaria and AIDS is at risk if the Senate Democrats freeze agency budgets in the coming year.

Now, I am no scientist, but I know three things:

First, more people in Africa die from mosquito-borne illnesses than from AIDS.

Second, there is a link between AIDS and malaria, which is undeniable.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/18/opinion/edaids.php

Third, one of the most potent weapons in the fight against malaria--DDT-- is sidelined because of junk science and eco-crazies.
http://www.malaria.org/teachingmodules/ddt.html

If we are truly serious about making the world a better place, we will provide the means to eradicate mosquitoes--and control malaria--in Africa. DDT will do nicely, thank you. The mere fact that the UN, among other bodies, frowns on the use of DDT to control mosquitoes, demonstrates the moral bankruptcy of this organisation. That Kofi Annan shakes his bony finger at the United States makes me ill. That he, and other African leaders, have raped their countries, stolen countless billions, and turned a blind eye to genocide and death is the true crime. [Ed. Note: I would have no problem if Joy Behar compared Robert Mugabe to Hitler.]

I would wager that a billion dollars worth of DDT will kill a buttload of mosquitoes, and do far more to help people in Africa than giving the billion to the UN, where it will go to strippers, fancy apartments, and hand-made clothes.