OBAMA STIMULUS WATCH: $800,000 Goes To African HIV Genital-Washing Program
Further evidence that we are Rome. The American empire is burning, bankrupt and primarily stupid. We have spent $814 billion that belongs to future generations, all so that Obama's party (which is quite similar to the other useless party) might hold onto a few more seats in November. Sounds about right. What time is American Idol on tonight?
Politicians have huge egos, bankrupt souls, and don't care much about anything beyond re-election. They hate recessions ultimately because they fear a voter backlash and the possibility of being sent back home from cozy Washington. So they are generally prepared to do anything to avoid/prevent/mitigate the process. Such is why they will vote to spend money whether they have it or not. Throw trillions in cash at the problem, shy away from fixing the structural issues, and maybe it can be held together long enough to be re-elected for another term.
Too bad the trillions are coming from you and your kids (and grandkids) and they never asked for your permission. Throw the bums out in 2010. That is the only option.
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The study is ongoing and if successful will lead to more studies:
If most of the men in the study wash their genitals after sex, are willing to do so after the study ends, and report that their partners accept the regimen, the researchers will develop another study to see if the “penile cleansing procedure” actually works to prevent HIV infections.
“If we find that men are able to practice consistent washing practices after sex, we will plan to test whether this might protect men from becoming HIV infected in a later study,” the grant says.
The study’s lead investigator Dr. Thomas J. Coates was the fourth highest-funded researcher in the country in 2002 and is currently conducting HIV research on three continents.
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More detail:
(CNSNews.com) – The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spent $823,200 of economic stimulus funds in 2009 on a study by a UCLA research team to teach uncircumcised African men how to wash their genitals after having sex.
The genitalia-washing program is part of a larger $12-million UCLA study examining how to better encourage Africans to undergo voluntary HIV testing and counseling – however, only the penis-washing study received money from the 2009 economic stimulus law. The washing portion of the study is set to end in 2011.
“NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications,” the grant abstract states. “We propose to evaluate the feasibility of a post-coital genital hygiene study among men unwilling to be circumcised in Orange Farm, South Africa.”
Because AIDS researchers have been unsuccessful in convincing most adult African men to undergo circumcision, the UCLA study proposes to determine whether researchers can develop an after-sex genitalia-washing regimen that they can then convince uncircumcised African men to follow.
“The aim of the proposed feasibility study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a post-coital male genital hygiene procedure, which participants will be asked to practice immediately post-coitus or at least 12 hours after,” reads the abstract.
The study’s lead investigator Dr. Thomas J. Coates was the fourth highest-funded researcher in the country in 2002 and is currently conducting HIV research on three continents.
CNSNews.com asked both Coates and NIMH the following question: “The Census Bureau says the median household income in the United States is $52,000. How would you explain to the average American mom and dad -- who make $52,000 per year -- that taxing them to pay for this grant was justified?”
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Reader Comments (17)
What we should have done with the Stimulus...
But even as mass-produced advanced batteries start rolling off assembly lines, costs are high for consumers, and hurdles remain.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hRza6NQ2Pvmww0wQRomrXyZYB_UgD9I74EAG2
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2017466,00.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/13/stimulus-obama_n_714598.html
On Monday, President Barack Obama announced a proposal to spend $50 billion more on transportation to rebuild roads, railways and runways. And on Wednesday, he's set to announce a proposal to permanently extend the business research and development tax credit.
In announcing the transportation plan, Obama told an audience in Milwaukee that "This will not only create jobs immediately, it's also going to make our economy hum over the long haul."
But the stimulus bill from last year included an almost identical $48 billion in extra transportation spending, along with those same promises -- rebuild the nation's infrastructure for tomorrow, and create jobs today.
So far, it hasn't exactly worked out that way.
http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-obama-offers-stimulus-reruns/19623238
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BO
Nobody gives a shit anymore about anything. I think the goverment program is called "Dumming Down the American People".......
I got me a study.......give Dar one million dollars cash, and see how much is left after I die. Most of it. Im to scared to spend any money on anything that is'ent nesseray for fear of running out before Im Dead......? I will have 2 shots left at the end. One BIG Shot Wiskie, and one shot lead ?
So why do we have these problems now?
Mike
EVEN WHEN THEY BURN the BOOKS!
It's hard to be tough when your down and out. I agree though. It still blows my mind that people are behind him.
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http://blackquillandink.com/
"Honorary sub-prime lenders".
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