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Archive for February 16th, 2003

DVD Lust

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

This new DVD player is going to drive me to the poor house. I have terrible impulse control when confronted with movies I want…so far, the damage includes the movies Amadeus, Memento, The Fisher King and Witness and a box set of …

Administration ADD

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

Wow - further signs that Bush and company have ADD.

The United States Congress has stepped in to find nearly $300m in humanitarian and reconstruction funds for Afghanistan after the Bush administration failed to request any money in the latest budget.

Remember all those quotes about how America was going …

Selective Aide

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

Here’s another article about the denial of AIDS funds to organizations that support/talk about abortion as an option. Essentially, the current position states that if an organization has separate financial divisions for family planning and AIDS help, they can get the money. This way, the Bush can impose …

Strings Attached

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

Ah, yes. How predictable. There are some strings attached to that AIDS money that Bush talked about in his state of the union address:

President Bush has decided to allow organizations that promote or perform abortions in poor countries to qualify under some circumstances for part of the $15