I've noticed that whenever Reagan is brought up, the same thing happens. Somebody makes a joke about him saying he couldn't remember, somebody says people are sick for making fun of an old man with Alzheimer's , people claim he was the greatest Prez ever, people try to prove that he wasn't, and so on, and so on, but this is the first time that I believe there was AIDS was brought up with a sprinkle of gay bashing. Speaking of Reagan, did anybody watch that Simpsons episode where Krusty runs for congress? He joins the Republican party, and aparantly the Springfield office is in a dark and menacing castle, the members are Burns, Dracula, Dr. Hibbert, Reiner Wolfcastle, and the crazy rich Texan. Anyways, one of the things they do is talk about renaming everything in Washington DC after Reagan and Dracula even renames Frankenstein to Reaganstein. On another related note, does anybody know that the same group that lobbied for the change of Washington Int. Airport to Reagan Int., want to start putting Reagan's face on the ten dollar bill? Members of the Reagan Legacy Project include Dick Armey, Ashcroft, and Rove. Figures that Republicans would want to remove a founding father like Alexander Hamilton in favor for the Gipper. **ucktards.
I watched FOX News last night. In my opinion, that entire network is incredibly biased. And your point is.....?
Actually, using that logic (even though I don't think anyone said Reagan was directly responsible for the increase in the spread of AIDS, just that his administration ignored its existence, two different things), it'd be Bush's fault since he was president last year.
you mean we can't make fun of the man who's administration supported our current 'enemy'?? better yet, please feel free to user your ignore list, i have begun to use mine extensively please remember not to take things said on a message board personally, please remember to separate your internet life from your real life. -- and on a current and past administration related note, here's something for everyone to chew on... go rockets!
There has to be a cause for the effect, so we have to go back two years for lay blame for last's year results. I win this nitpicking contest.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if last year was 2002, then the person "responsible" had to be president in 2001.
Exactly! Thank you for making my point. The show "And the Band Played On" is an editorial just like Hannity and Colmes. To call it "completely factual" and without bias is silly!
Not a huge Stars fan, but I root for them. And yeah, we definitely need to get together for some Astros games. And I just noticed that my last post was my 500th. Rock!
ok, I am wrong. I blame Bush for the spread of HIV in 2001. Those poor young men couldn't keep it in their pants, and Bush stopped their access to condoms.
Who blamed Bush? We were just pointing out that you don't seem to know who's president in any given year.
If it's silly, why are you b****ing about a moviebeing biased in the first place? The reason I brought up AIDS in this thread was not to point blame (not that I think he is blameless) but to say ask should I show compassion for someone who didn't or wouldn't show any for someone like me? If SARS spreads and kills 20,000 Asian-Americans, wouldn't you be angry at Dubya if he didn't do anything to stop it?
To say that the U.S. suppored our current "enemy" is a stretch. Did the U.S. favor Iraq over Iran? Yes. But to say we were allies and/or friends is a stretch. Russia and France were (and are) much greater allies to Iraq then the U.S. ever was. People keep saying the U.S. "armed" Iraq which is simply not accurate. Russia armed Iraq as evidenced by the fact that most all the weapons used against the U.S. during both wars were Russian. How many U.S. weapons did Iraq use? None that have been reported.
No we didn't arm them. We just provided them with weapons of mass destruction, which they then used against Iran and the Iraqi people.
You totally miss my point. Only gay men and IV drug users have the power to stop HIV. All other risk groups show a sharp decline in HIV transmissions. If we can't stop an increase in the spread of AIDS in 2003, how on Earth can Ronald Reagan be blamed for anything that occurred in the '80s?
According to you, the best way to stop it is to stop doing what leads to it, right? Which requires knowledge of same, right? Which requires information, right? And one of the objections in here is that Reagan's govt. basically ignored the issue, ie didn't inform...see if you can follow the dots....
Can I see links for this from neutral sources? I understand that Iraq obtained research-grade Anthrax from an American company (which Iraq later weaponized). I have not heard anything about supplying chemical weapons. I'm not saying you're wrong but I'd like to see some evidence.
wow..go to work for an hour or so, and this explodes.. the movie was based on the book of the same name, that is biased in only one way...it was written by a homosexual man who later dies of AIDS. It is a factual and accurate account of what happened in the 80's relating to the acknowledgment(or non-acknowledgment) and non-action of AIDS and the sicknesses that were related to it. from newtopia magazine... dismiss it as trivial or biased if you will(and you will), but it is a known fact to anyone who was of age in those times that the Republican administration at the time refused to admit it existed or help to find out what caused it and take steps to help educate or protect people from the things that caused the disease(blood transfusions, sexual activities..etc).
