Comments on: Bush’s Enduring Legacy

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:44:49 +0000

Unfortunately, AIDs relief is only part of the picture. Many African countries are very much in debt to first world countries. Some countries spend 40% of their revenue on interest payments for this debt. How did the debt originate? Mostly through loans to the countries to build advanced infrastructure they often didn’t need (prompted by false promises the world bank, IMF and 1st world economists).
That is a much larger issue, if African countries didn’t have so much massive debt to manage they could in fact afford to medicate their populations themselves.
Sure this makes Bush good, but when viewing the larger picture, he needed to provide debt relief ore than anything.
Learn more: http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/whatwewant/debt.shtml or google it. Also read ‘economic hit men’ to understand how many of these countries wound up with debilitating debt.
As for Bush, 100′000 dead in Iraq, economic collapse and Bin Laden still on the loose is his legacy in my eyes.

By: Zach Younkin

Zach Younkin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:03:02 +0000

Isn't it funny how we so often point out the negative in everyone else? Thanks President Bush, for your work in Africa. Zach Younkin’s last blog post..Easy contest

By: Jenni Catron

Jenni Catron — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:42:21 +0000

Thanks for posting this. You are so right... we all have a tendency to jump to criticism and forgot the positive. Jenni Catron’s last blog post..Paralyzed?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:07:32 +0000

It is easy to focus on the negative because there is a lot to choose from, but either way, being the leader of the free world is one of the toughest gigs going. I don't think any one of us would ever want it. Aaron’s last blog post..Rusty Nail

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:06:13 +0000

huh...I never heard of Bush's AIDS work till now. It's good to know. Your post reminded me again that as a people, we tend to focus and talk about the negative rather than the positive. Nate’s last blog post..Review of Meantime Coffee Porter

By: Dave Carrol

Dave Carrol — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:47:16 +0000

I wrote about the very thing the last couple of days. Being a leader is tough... and like him or not, he led the free world for 8 years through very difficult times and allowed his own rep to be put on the line for others. He at least deserves a Thank You Dave Carrol’s last blog post..My snake is bigger than your snake

By: sTim

sTim — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:28:34 +0000

I won’t claim to be a fan of the man’s political decisions in general, and can point out plenty where even *I* could have made a better choice, but there’s no question that this should go down as one of his great accomplishments. Very little had been made overall of this, but I can tell you that I’ve seen feature stories in the likes of ultra-liberal places like Rolling Stone that have acknowledged it as well. It’s never completely good or bad in politics – the totally incompetent don’t get in offices this high. This doesn’t change my overall feelings, but its good to highlight something so significant that did go right.

By: alece

alece — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:02:58 +0000

he's funded a lot of great stuff in Africa. i know; i've seen it. everyone there refers to it as "bush money". thank you for writing this. we can be so dishonorable, and i appreciated your honorable post. alece’s last blog post..just what i needed

By: joseph

joseph — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:37:02 +0000

Great story. I think we unfortunately live in a media driven society that LOVES to focus on the negative. Although I am not a huge fan of Bush, I hate the fact that much of what has nothing to do with him, he gets blamed for. Kudos to President Bush. This is one fine accomplishment. joseph’s last blog post..Seriously- Why?

By: Gennaro

Gennaro — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:47:35 +0000

I'm glad to see that Africa is getting more attention in terms of its needs. The continent needs a lot of help and fighting AIDS will help them and the rest of the world. I'd love to see our politicians spend time working on issues they agree on. There will always be disagreement, but there is common ground too. Gennaro’s last blog post..Painted Monasteries Of Romania