--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Fool wrote: > ><http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/20/opinion/20KRIS.html?ex=1064635200&en=5b524a0834fb4234&ei=5062> > > > >Killing Them Softly By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF > >NAIROBI, Kenya > > > >In fairness to President Bush, he presumably meant > well when he cut off > >funds for some of the world's most vulnerable > women. > > > >The Bush administration announced a few weeks ago > that it was halting > >payments to the Reproductive Health for Refugees > Consortium because, it > >said, one of the seven charities in the consortium > was linked to > >abortions in China. So I decided to do what the > White House didn't � come > >out and see these programs we are slashing. > > > Did anyone _not_ know that this is what Shrub meant > when he spoke of > being a compassionate conservative?
<snipe mode> You mean, being oxymoronic? <serious> This is the same mentality that placed as head of a national women's health initiative a man who thinks that menstrual cramps should be "treated" by praying to Jesus...except of course that cramps won't kill you, while AIDS, infection, and ignorance will. Debbi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
