Yes i agree after 9/11 Bush did keep us save for the rest of his term. Let's pray we will still be safe now. I feel the country will be viewed as "weak" now and it's frightening. There is no such thing as "negotiating with terrorists". Whatever it takes to keep our country "safe" is what is called for and waterboarding is nothing compared to what they do to our soldiers!!! My husband spent his career in the military and if they captured my son you better believe they could waterboard the slime till they drown them and it still wouldn't be good enough.
"NO MILITARY, NO AMERICA" I thank and appreciate our men and women who fight for this country every single day!!!

Originally Posted by Taj44

"...As for aids, that's a lifestyle choice. You and I we don't have to get aids. Its not contagious. You get it from being a homosexual or from shooting up needles!! "

That is a pretty bizarre statement. Women have gotten AIDS when their husbands have unprotected sex, and pass it on to them; heterosexual college students have gotten it when they had unprotected sex; a doctor got it from picking up a dirty sheet in the hospital that happened to have a contaminated needle in it; people have gotten it from being treated by a dentist who did not properly sterilize his equipment; the list goes on and on. Individuals from diverse backgrounds, including heterosexual men and women, homosexual men and women, hemophiliacs, sexual partners of hemophiliacs and transfusion recipients, injection-drug users and infants have all developed AIDS.

You're free to contribute your research dollars towards whatever disease cure you wish, but to state that AIDS is a lifestyle choice and to imply that people "asked for it" is incredibly insensitive to say the least.

If you look at the CDC numbers for HIV/Aids that the largest transmission rates is caused by male to male sexual contact, the second component is iv drug usage, the third is high-risk heterosexual conduct (largely anal sex and sex for money) and the unfortunate few who acquire aids while going about their normal daily activities make up less than 1% of those impacted.

If you do not want aids, avoid anal sex (protected or unprotected) and needle sharing if you use drugs - better yet don't do drugs. I do believe that we need to be more frank and open about the causes of heterosexual transmission. I also believe we should have very aggressive needle exchange programs. Florida has one of the higher aids rates and no education or needle exchange programs.

Originally Posted by conservativechick

does anyone else realize it or just not care because it has not affected you yet!!! There is a swine flu coverup by this country and what has to happen is to find the epic center (which is Mexico), close the borders, and contain it. Stop downplaying the severity of this flu!! this is serious but once again this country will do nothing. Why would they close a border for a flu when they don't even close them to terrorists??? fed up cc

It might be a tad late to close the Mexican border. Swine flu is now in 40 countries with almost 10,000 infections!

i think it's the body went south, but the brain stayed north!! cc

Originally Posted by conservativechick

Yes i agree after 9/11 Bush did keep us save for the rest of his term. Let's pray we will still be safe now. I feel the country will be viewed as "weak" now and it's frightening. There is no such thing as "negotiating with terrorists". Whatever it takes to keep our country "safe" is what is called for and waterboarding is nothing compared to what they do to our soldiers!!! My husband spent his career in the military and if they captured my son you better believe they could waterboard the slime till they drown them and it still wouldn't be good enough.
"NO MILITARY, NO AMERICA" I thank and appreciate our men and women who fight for this country every single day!!!

I think you're covering about 13 different subjects here. Isn't your soapbox getting a little shaky???

You speak for yourself CC. Do something productive with all that energy if you really feel that strongly about certain conditions and situations. Instead of venting on a forum and carrying banners of protest go out and do something to change the situations you are so obsessed about. Get involved with a charitable organization that is dedicated to helping others. Drive a truck picking up furniture for the Battered Womens and Childrens shelters, hammer some nails for Habitat for Humanity. Wheel a book cart at your local VA Hospital or sit at the reception desk in a hospital or teach an adult how to read. You are obsessing over a world full of problems that you have built up into enormous proportions in your own mind. Get the full outline of exactly what the CDC or WHO actually is and does. Come down to New Orleans and clean up the four years of moldy debris in the thousands of Katrina flooded homes that are still waiting to be removed to make way for housing for people who really need it.

Put all the anger and energy to work and make your world a better place in which to live. You will be a much more tired and happy person for all you can contribute.

Sunny, this is such great advice for anyone who is sitting around with anger and resentment building up inside of them. You certainly have the right idea, thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by nONIE

Sunny, this is such great advice for anyone who is sitting around with anger and resentment building up inside of them. You certainly have the right idea, thanks for posting.

I agree Sunny, well said... I think we've gone far off topic haven't we?

Originally Posted by conservativechick

ufortunately i disagree. the government is not doing enough. But who likes to hear the truth? It's only a matter of time before this flu or another disease becomes a major health problem with politicians running CDC. TB was of those diseases that had nearly been wiped out in the US but was then reintroduced through immigrants. After generations of heroic efforts to eradicate it in our country, it was brought back into the US by Indo-Chinese refugees in the 70s after Vietnam. Many people coming into our country are from the most disease infected areas around the world. And we're bringing them right into our midst, thanks to our spineless government leadership. Did you vote for this at the ballot box? As for aids, that's a lifestyle choice. You and I we don't have to get aids. Its not contagious. You get it from being a homosexual or from shooting up needles!! I'd personally rather donate my money to cure cancers or a disease thrust upon someone through no fault of their own. No one chooses to get cancer or contributes toward getting it. Although with all the fruits and vegs coming in from foreign lands with pesticides and chemicals on them, the gov't again doesn't seem to care. Your on your own there. So good luck to everyone. The best we can do is educate ourselves about the truth and write our politicians.

Are you for real?????!!!!

Originally Posted by RCT

Are you for real?????!!!!

Good question.

Originally Posted by RCT

Are you for real?????!!!!

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