What They Don't Know
Hello My Lovely Readers,
Ok, I know the Blogs are fewer and further between these days, but I appreciate you sticking with me.
So I have noticed a new trend here in the Bush administration: When they don't like the answer to a question, they simply say they don't know and then shift to something else.
For instance, when Gwen Ifill said to Vice President Dick Cheney, "I want to talk to you about AIDS, and not about AIDS in China or Africa, but AIDS right here in this country, where black women between the ages of 25 and 44 are 13 times more likely to die of the disease than their counterparts. "
His reply was in part, "I have not heard those numbers with respect to African-American women. I was not aware that it was -- that they're in epidemic there, because we have made progress in terms of the overall rate of AIDS infection" and then the rest of his answer was about how the Bush administration gave billions of dollars to fight AIDS internationally. so basically he talked about what she didn't want to hear (AIDS in China and Africa) and denied knowing anything about what she had asked (the staggering rates of new infections here in America).
This is the second most powerful man in the country and he doesn't know half of all AIDS cases in America are now in young straight women, or that black women are 13 times more likely to contract the disease than white women. He has the facts on Africa but not on his own people, not to mention the fact that billions of dollars are only given to countries that teach abstinence only sex ed. Any program that even mentions condoms or safe sex has its funding completely withdrawn. Hmm, maybe he didn't want to answer the question because it is policies like that, both over seas and here at home, that have caused us to see the highest rate of AIDS infections since the Reagan administration.
Another example of the "I don't know" policy can be seen when Bob Schieffer asked President Bush during the last debate, "Both of you are opposed to gay marriage. But to understand how you have come to that conclusion, I want to ask you a more basic question. Do you believe homosexuality is a choice?" To this question George Bush answered, "You know, Bob, I don't know. I just don't know."
Well Mr. President, the American Psychiatric Association has known for over 30 years that it isn't a choice to be gay. Dr. Laura Berk, who wrote the book on child and adolescent development was able to say conclusively that it isn't a choice. Scientists across the world have been able to to link sexual orientation with brain chemicals in the pre-natal environment and chart such patterns along matrilineal family histories. Not to mention the fact that any gay and lesbian you talk to will tell you the same (and yes that does include Republicans like Mary Cheney). Every authority on the subject has known for decades that sexual orientation is inborn, so why doesn't the President of the U.S.A.? The fact is he does know; he just doesn't like it.
There are several other things the Bush administration admits it doesn't know that in the interest of time I will highlight quickly here. They don't know where Osama Bin Laden is and despite what G.W. said at the debate, he did say on October 13, 2002,"I don't know where he is, I don't think about him that much" when pushed further on the issue he continued by saying, "I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know where he is." After that, he shifted his focus to Iraq.
The Bush administration doesn't know if Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. When pressed on this issue by a reporter just last month, Bush replied, "I don't know, he [Saddam] could have had them. Well, he could have been trying to make some, but I don't know if he did, so we may not find any." Actually the 9/11 commission decided conclusively that Iraq did not have WMDs. The U.N. inspections teams had known this fact all along. Even Tony Blair said several times over the summer that it's clear to him now that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. So the U.N. knows, our allies know, and even the U.S.A.'s own inspectors know, but somehow the President still doesn't know.
Okay, I think I've set up the trend for you. There are a lot of things the Bush administration doesn't know, and we aren't talking quantum physics here. These are things the people in charge of the welfare of the American people should know. They should know when large blocks of Americans are being killed by a preventable disease. They should know that who people love is not a choice, but a basic human instinct worthy of equality under the laws they make and enforce. They should know where people that attack Americans are, not to mention that they should know enough to think about those people and the best way to apprehend them every day. And finally, they should know whether or not a country is a threat before they send over 1,000 young men and women to die in search of weapons without knowing whether or not they really exist!
Pray for Peace and Vote for Democrats,
Rachild
Ok, I know the Blogs are fewer and further between these days, but I appreciate you sticking with me.
So I have noticed a new trend here in the Bush administration: When they don't like the answer to a question, they simply say they don't know and then shift to something else.
For instance, when Gwen Ifill said to Vice President Dick Cheney, "I want to talk to you about AIDS, and not about AIDS in China or Africa, but AIDS right here in this country, where black women between the ages of 25 and 44 are 13 times more likely to die of the disease than their counterparts. "
His reply was in part, "I have not heard those numbers with respect to African-American women. I was not aware that it was -- that they're in epidemic there, because we have made progress in terms of the overall rate of AIDS infection" and then the rest of his answer was about how the Bush administration gave billions of dollars to fight AIDS internationally. so basically he talked about what she didn't want to hear (AIDS in China and Africa) and denied knowing anything about what she had asked (the staggering rates of new infections here in America).
This is the second most powerful man in the country and he doesn't know half of all AIDS cases in America are now in young straight women, or that black women are 13 times more likely to contract the disease than white women. He has the facts on Africa but not on his own people, not to mention the fact that billions of dollars are only given to countries that teach abstinence only sex ed. Any program that even mentions condoms or safe sex has its funding completely withdrawn. Hmm, maybe he didn't want to answer the question because it is policies like that, both over seas and here at home, that have caused us to see the highest rate of AIDS infections since the Reagan administration.
Another example of the "I don't know" policy can be seen when Bob Schieffer asked President Bush during the last debate, "Both of you are opposed to gay marriage. But to understand how you have come to that conclusion, I want to ask you a more basic question. Do you believe homosexuality is a choice?" To this question George Bush answered, "You know, Bob, I don't know. I just don't know."
Well Mr. President, the American Psychiatric Association has known for over 30 years that it isn't a choice to be gay. Dr. Laura Berk, who wrote the book on child and adolescent development was able to say conclusively that it isn't a choice. Scientists across the world have been able to to link sexual orientation with brain chemicals in the pre-natal environment and chart such patterns along matrilineal family histories. Not to mention the fact that any gay and lesbian you talk to will tell you the same (and yes that does include Republicans like Mary Cheney). Every authority on the subject has known for decades that sexual orientation is inborn, so why doesn't the President of the U.S.A.? The fact is he does know; he just doesn't like it.
There are several other things the Bush administration admits it doesn't know that in the interest of time I will highlight quickly here. They don't know where Osama Bin Laden is and despite what G.W. said at the debate, he did say on October 13, 2002,"I don't know where he is, I don't think about him that much" when pushed further on the issue he continued by saying, "I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know where he is." After that, he shifted his focus to Iraq.
The Bush administration doesn't know if Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. When pressed on this issue by a reporter just last month, Bush replied, "I don't know, he [Saddam] could have had them. Well, he could have been trying to make some, but I don't know if he did, so we may not find any." Actually the 9/11 commission decided conclusively that Iraq did not have WMDs. The U.N. inspections teams had known this fact all along. Even Tony Blair said several times over the summer that it's clear to him now that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. So the U.N. knows, our allies know, and even the U.S.A.'s own inspectors know, but somehow the President still doesn't know.
Okay, I think I've set up the trend for you. There are a lot of things the Bush administration doesn't know, and we aren't talking quantum physics here. These are things the people in charge of the welfare of the American people should know. They should know when large blocks of Americans are being killed by a preventable disease. They should know that who people love is not a choice, but a basic human instinct worthy of equality under the laws they make and enforce. They should know where people that attack Americans are, not to mention that they should know enough to think about those people and the best way to apprehend them every day. And finally, they should know whether or not a country is a threat before they send over 1,000 young men and women to die in search of weapons without knowing whether or not they really exist!
Pray for Peace and Vote for Democrats,
Rachild
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