of the many ways he was a terrible president. Ronnie Jr. states in his
new book that his dad had Alzheimers while he was presisdent, and was
prompted by cue cards, Nancy, and her fortune tellers.
On 2/6/11, Mark <markmkahle@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tommy,tommtom,
>
> Just which of the posted statistics from the neutral but gay friendly,
> international HIV/AIDS treatment and advocacy site is incorrect ??
>
> Please be specific and cite your "proofs". Anecdotal or editorialized
> sources are not reliable.
>
> The numbers are true which means your cause is bullshit.
>
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Wrong again, Markie Mark.
>>
>> Your misinformed homophobia is showing again.
>>
>> On 2/6/11, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmkahle@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Tommy,
>> >
>> > Now that there is enough attention drawn to this problem in the US and
>> > there are treatments available one would think that the male Gay
>> > community would have learned something.... but NO, they are as
>> > (actually MORE) irresponsible today as they were then (81-86) with a
>> > small minority of the US population (approx. 6%) being male gays they
>> > equal (at last count...2008) over 75% of the HIV/AIDS cases.
>> >
>> > Maybe Reagan was right for the wrong reasons. How long must the
>> > general population pay for STUPIDITY ???
>> >
>> > Basically this is reflective of ALL Gay positions...politically. They
>> > want want want and obviously don't care about themselves or the
>> > society in which they live. HIV/AIDS is obviously more rampant now
>> > than ever amongst these IDIOTS.
>> >
>> > http://www.avert.org/usa-transmission-gender.htm
>> >
>> > On Feb 6, 9:50 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Reagan's AIDS Legacy / Silence equals deathJune 08, 2004|By Allen White
>> >>
>> >> As America remembers the life of Ronald Reagan, it must never forget
>> >> his shameful abdication of leadership in the fight against AIDS.
>> >> History may ultimately judge his presidency by the thousands who have
>> >> and will die of AIDS.
>> >>
>> >> Following discovery of the first cases in 1981, it soon became clear a
>> >> national health crisis was developing. But President Reagan's response
>> >> was "halting and ineffective," according to his biographer Lou Cannon.
>> >> Those infected initially with this mysterious disease -- all gay men
>> >> -- found themselves targeted with an unprecedented level of
>> >> mean-spirited hostility.
>> >>
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>> >> A significant source of Reagan's support came from the newly
>> >> identified religious right and the Moral Majority, a political-action
>> >> group founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. AIDS became the tool, and gay
>> >> men the target, for the politics of fear, hate and discrimination.
>> >> Falwell said "AIDS is the wrath of God upon homosexuals." Reagan's
>> >> communications director Pat Buchanan argued that AIDS is "nature's
>> >> revenge on gay men."
>> >>
>> >> With each passing month, death and suffering increased at a
>> >> frightening rate. Scientists, researchers and health care
>> >> professionals at every level expressed the need for funding. The
>> >> response of the Reagan administration was indifference.
>> >>
>> >> By Feb. 1, 1983, 1,025 AIDS cases were reported, and at least 394 had
>> >> died in the United States. Reagan said nothing. On April 23, 1984, the
>> >> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced 4,177 reported
>> >> cases in America and 1,807 deaths. In San Francisco, the health
>> >> department reported more than 500 cases. Again, Reagan said nothing.
>> >> That same year, 1984, the Democratic National Convention convened in
>> >> San Francisco. Hoping to focus attention on the need for AIDS
>> >> research, education and treatment, more than 100,000 sympathizers
>> >> marched from the Castro to Moscone Center.
>> >>
>> >> With each diagnosis, the pain and suffering spread across America.
>> >> Everyone seemed to now know someone infected with AIDS. At a White
>> >> House state dinner, first lady Nancy Reagan expressed concern for a
>> >> guest showing signs of significant weight loss. On July 25, 1985, the
>> >> American Hospital in Paris announced that Rock Hudson had AIDS.
>> >>
>> >> With AIDS finally out of the closet, activists such as Paul Boneberg,
>> >> who in 1984 started Mobilization Against AIDS in San Francisco, begged
>> >> President Reagan to say something now that he, like thousands of
>> >> Americans, knew a person with AIDS. Writing in the Washington Post in
>> >> late 1985, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, stated: "It is surprising
>> >> that the president could remain silent as 6,000 Americans died, that
>> >> he could fail to acknowledge the epidemic's existence. Perhaps his
>> >> staff felt he had to, since many of his New Right supporters have
>> >> raised money by campaigning against homosexuals."
>> >>
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>> >> Reagan would ultimately address the issue of AIDS while president.
>> >> His remarks came May 31, 1987 (near the end of his second term), at
>> >> the Third International Conference on AIDS in Washington. When he
>> >> spoke, 36,058 Americans had been diagnosed with AIDS and 20,849 had
>> >> died. The disease had spread to 113 countries, with more than 50,000
>> >> cases.
>> >>
>> >> As millions eulogize Reagan this week, the tragedy lies in what he
>> >> might have done. Today, the World Health Organization estimates that
>> >> more than 40 million people are living with HIV worldwide. An
>> >> estimated 5 million people were newly infected and 3 million people
>> >> died of AIDS in 2003 alone.
>> >>
>> >> Reagan could have chosen to end the homophobic rhetoric that flowed
>> >> from so many in his administration. Dr. C. Everett Koop, Reagan's
>> >> surgeon general, has said that because of "intradepartmental politics"
>> >> he was cut out of all AIDS discussions for the first five years of the
>> >> Reagan administration. The reason, he explained, was "because
>> >> transmission of AIDS was understood to be primarily in the homosexual
>> >> population and in those who abused intravenous drugs." The president's
>> >> advisers, Koop said, "took the stand, 'They are only getting what they
>> >> justly deserve.' "
>> >>
>> >> How profoundly different might have been the outcome if his leadership
>> >> had generated compassion rather than hostility. "In the history of the
>> >> AIDS epidemic, President Reagan's legacy is one of silence," Michael
>> >> Cover, former associate executive director for public affairs at
>> >> Whitman-Walker Clinic, the groundbreaking AIDS health-care
>> >> organization in Washington. in 2003. "It is the silence of tens of
>> >> thousands who died alone and unacknowledged, stigmatized by our
>> >> government under his administration."
>> >>
>> >> Revisionist history about Reagan must be rejected. Researchers,
>> >> historians and AIDS experts who know the truth must not remain silent.
>> >> Too many have died for that.
>> >>
>> >> More:
>> http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-06-08/opinion/17428849_1_aids-in-san-...
>> >> --
>> >> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
>> >> Have a great day,
>> >> Tommy
>> >
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