Bush has a redeeming quality, just one

(Author's Note: Sorry, I have been up to the dead skin cells on my head in busyness recently that I haven't had time for personal writing. I just finished a script for a small animation studio and have been writing like a rabid donkey with opposable thumbs for the Burlington Post. My bad and apologies.)

Let's be contentious here shall we? George 'double ya' Bush is a megalomaniacal simpleton. No one is going to refute this, well, besides those that Obama denounced as gun-toting, bible-thumping stereotypical small town America folk.

Bush is a lie-producing machine fueled by greed and oil at the helm of the world's biggest super power. Period. 

Aside for this, although, Bush has a redeeming, respectable quality in that endless cavern of foibles, lies, and hilarious double-speak that only an ex-alcoholic can conjure. That redeeming quality or attribute, well it's not so much an attribute, but organization holds close to my proverbial heart.

It's called PEPFAR.

Haven't heard of it? No problem. PEPFAR is the acronym for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Established in 2003 in one of Bush's idiotic State of the Union addresses, PEPFAR is the largest commitment of its kind in the world to fight the pandemic of AIDS. The program has committed $15 billion over five years to go to battle with the disease. A battle like British land disputes in the 18th century -- lined up in flawless rows facing one another.

This is fucking huge. But more importantly, it's much needed. Very needed. Currently, there are an estimated 28 million people living with the HIV virus in Africa alone -- this number does not include the myriad of AIDS-related deaths over the years. To put this number into perspective, Canada has a total population of just over 33 million. Are you saying, "jay-sus"? because you should be. India, on the other hand, has a growing AIDS epidemic of its own which is seeing an exorbitant of lives lost. Lives which could be saved -- given that AIDS is de-stigmatized and education is spread not unlike the terminal disease. Something that PEPFAR is helping. But "helping" is the key word.

With a pandemic of these proportions, you need more that just PEPFAR and key notables such as Stephen Lewis and Stephanie Nolen (both are Canadians) and groups like Alive and Well, which band, the Foo Fighters have just gotten behind to support to have an effect on this monolithic life-taking pandemic.

But when it comes to Bush hating, so be it. But if you want to play devil's advocate (my favourite position at parties and essentially life in general) pull the PEPFAR card. 

Moreover, like those in Africa and India, however, just fuckin' learn more about the AIDS causing virus and preventive measures. And maybe, just maybe you could look into getting behind an AIDS fighting organization. It's easy to start. Just type, "AIDS/HIV organization" into the omnipresent Google.