When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Monday, April 08, 2002
Email President Bush and urge him to release $34 million approved by Congress for the UN Population Fund (13 percent of its budget). The cuts in programs and staff could mean 2 million unwanted pregnancies, 800,000 induced abortions, 4,700 maternal deaths, and 77,000 infant and child deaths according to a spokesperson for the fund. The family planning budget also provides condoms for AIDS prevention.
Not surprisingly, Bush's freeze came after an anti-abortion agency made an unsupported allegation that the funds were being used for forced abortion and sterilization in China.
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Health and family planning is what we should be spending on , not military.
I heard on the radio the other day that the U.S. spends $10,000 a minute on military funding. That is not going to keep us safe from terrorism. We should focus on making people's lives better, our own and as much as possible the lives of others, too. The United States needs to be a better world citizen.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
Bush plays politics with people's lives
Email President Bush and urge him to release $34 million approved by Congress for the UN Population Fund (13 percent of its budget). The cuts in programs and staff could mean 2 million unwanted pregnancies, 800,000 induced abortions, 4,700 maternal deaths, and 77,000 infant and child deaths according to a spokesperson for the fund. The family planning budget also provides condoms for AIDS prevention.
Not surprisingly, Bush's freeze came after an anti-abortion agency made an unsupported allegation that the funds were being used for forced abortion and sterilization in China.
Read more on this topic
Health and family planning is what we should be spending on , not military.
I heard on the radio the other day that the U.S. spends $10,000 a minute on military funding. That is not going to keep us safe from terrorism. We should focus on making people's lives better, our own and as much as possible the lives of others, too. The United States needs to be a better world citizen.
Palema
7:52 PM
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