About a week ago, I did a post on an op/ed done by Robert Knight about the AIDS epidemic, and how no one seems to want to talk about WHY people get AIDS--they only want to throw more money at it without examining the causes.
Because some liberals gave me (predictable) grief for being so cold-hearted as to say such a thing, a few days later I posted some startling statistics about AIDS spending.
Apparently yesterday a journalist attempted to ask some of these same questions at a White House press briefing, and received a similar "whitewash" treatment from the Bush administration spokesman.
From WorldNetDaily:
KINSOLVING: "Two domestic questions. The Media Research Center – with the Centers for Disease Control's statistics that HIV/AIDS in the U.S. is still a great deal higher among men who have sex with men …"
PERINO:: "Let's move on to the next question. I'm not even going to dignify…"
KINSOLVING: "No…"
PERINO: "I'm not, Les, unless you want to just move on altogether. What's your next question?"
KINSOLVING: "All right. In major cities like Washington, Chicago and San Francisco, there are reports that gay bathhouses facilitate…"
PERINO: "Okay, Keith, go ahead. Les, it's inappropriate…"
KINSOLVING: "Inappropriate?"
KINSOLVING: "AIDS isn't that…"
PERINO: "Just stop it, stop it."
Kinsolving's first question, which he wasn't allowed to finish asking, would have been:
"The Media Research Center – with the Centers for Disease Control's statistics that HIV/AIDS in the U.S. is still a great deal higher among men who have sex with men. Then should any AIDS officials be claiming that all Americans are equally at risk?"
There's a simple, elemental truth in life. If you keep ignoring the cause of a problem, chances are you're going to keep getting more of that problem.
Do we want to end AIDS, or would we rather continue sticking our heads in the sand?
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