Showing posts with label Social. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social. Show all posts

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Is AIDS In America A Black Disease?

President Bush signed legislation on July 30 that triples U.S. funding to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world. The five-year, $48 billion plan renews a program credited with saving millions of lives in Africa alone and is widely seen as one of the major achievements of the Bush presidency. Bush said the program, launched by him in 2003, "is the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in human history."

While the efforts of Bush to combat AIDS around the world should be applauded, a recent article by CNN reveals that AIDS is the leading cause of death among black women between 25 and 34, and the second-leading cause of death in black men from 35 to 44 in the U.S. The alarming data suggests that the AIDS epidemic among African-Americans in some parts of the United States is as severe as in parts of Africa. For example, in Washington D.C., more than 80 percent of HIV cases are among black people, that's one in 20 residents. If this is the case, why is President Bush signing a bill to allot funds to third world countries when the epidemic is overwhelmingly prevalent in the U.S.?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/29/black.aids.report/index.html#cnnSTCText

Ludacris Critized For Lyrics (He attacks Hillary Clinton as an 'irrelevant bitch')


Friday, July 25, 2008

O'Reilly Doesn't Like Rappers

Bill O’Reilly has responded to Nas’ protest at Fox headquarters, calling the demonstration nothing more than a publicity stunt.

“As you may have heard, that guy [Nas] is accusing Fox News of being a racist organization. This from a person that makes a living peddling the ‘n word’ and violent lyrics to his target audience of children and young adults,” O’Reilly stated last night on his show the O’Reilly Factor. “He is a real champ.”

Fox News: POLL RESULTS (July 2008)

Have you heard any of your friends and neighbors say there is something about Barack Obama that scares them?
Yes 49%
No 50%

Have you heard any of your friends and neighbors say there is something about John McCain that scares them?
Yes 36%
No 62%

Some people believe Barack Obama, despite his professed Christianity, is secretly a Muslim. Others say that is just a rumor and Obama really is a Christian as he says, and point out he's attended a Christian church for years. What do you believe -- is Obama a Muslim or a Christian?
Muslim 10%
Christian 57%

John McCain was held captive for five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. Do you think that experience would make McCain a better president or a worse president?
Better 49%
Worse 11%
No Difference (voluntary) 33%

Do you think Barack Obama's trip to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East is better described as a fact-finding trip or as a campaign event?
Fact-finding 19%
Campaign event 47%
Both (voluntary) 25%

OBAMA & OSAMA


South Carolina State Senator Kevin Bryant said he "wanted to make people think."

Senator Kevin L. Bryant District 3 - Anderson Co.Contact Address:

(H) 104-A North Ave., Anderson, 29625
Cell (864) 202-8394

(C) 606 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Bus. (803) 212-6024


E-Mail Address: BRYANTK@scsenate.org


Saturday, May 31, 2008

Do High-School Students Lack Discipline?!



A substitute teacher and a student at a suburban Atlanta high school have been charged with disorderly conduct after a fight during class that was captured on video.

A DeKalb County school police report about the fight May 23 says the teacher, Carolyn Jones, told officers she had been having problems with the student at Stephenson High School. Jones told police the student had threatened to pull off her wig.