tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post3859992865784535514..comments2023-11-30T04:19:29.368-06:00Comments on ILLINOIZE: Governor to AIDS Advocates: Screw you very much!Rich Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05405714376169753223noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-63608553388895708922007-08-27T15:46:00.000-05:002007-08-27T15:46:00.000-05:00Oh yeah, thank your doctor and the Illinois State ...Oh yeah, thank your doctor and the Illinois State Medical Society (and its cadre of loyalist Republican lawmakers), and the pharmaceutical companies as well.Yellow Dog Democrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04298700349853141750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-42571107685588350702007-08-27T15:45:00.000-05:002007-08-27T15:45:00.000-05:00BTW, anon 10:57, please tell me when Madigan or Jo...BTW, anon 10:57, please tell me when Madigan or Jones ever said that we should lock people up for medical marijuana?<BR/><BR/>Do you think we'd even be debating medical marijuana in Springfield if Lee Daniels and Pate Philip were still running the show?<BR/><BR/>You're detachment from reality is frightening, to say the least. If you want to blame someone for the lack of progress on medical Yellow Dog Democrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04298700349853141750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-4332996015512136322007-08-27T15:41:00.000-05:002007-08-27T15:41:00.000-05:00Anon 10:57 -If there was a role for the state to b...Anon 10:57 -<BR/><BR/>If there was a role for the state to be playing in Parkinson's disease PREVENTION (as opposed to research, which is the point you raised), I'd be all for it.<BR/><BR/>But the reason state lawmakers have made HIV PREVENTION a high priority is:<BR/><BR/>1. It's preventable.<BR/>2. It's communicable.<BR/>3. It's fatal.<BR/><BR/>That's the litmus test for public health spending,Yellow Dog Democrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04298700349853141750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-79496211547320569972007-08-27T09:04:00.000-05:002007-08-27T09:04:00.000-05:00How so with Durbin Larry?How so with Durbin Larry?Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-88806279247869555032007-08-25T11:19:00.000-05:002007-08-25T11:19:00.000-05:00Just one of the many reasons I will never support ...Just one of the many reasons I will never support or vote for the Guv again.<BR/><BR/>He, like US Senator Dick Durbin has turned his back on the HIV/AIDS community repeatedly. But of course, they will both be asking for financial and political support election after election.<BR/><BR/>I won't be there and I will activily work against both of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-43797798050370347722007-08-25T10:57:00.000-05:002007-08-25T10:57:00.000-05:00AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS. Jeesh that disease g...AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS. Jeesh that disease gets all the public attention AND all the money. I read that we spend about $1400 per year for "prevention" for every AIDS patient in the US. Meanwhile, we spend about $14 per year in research on Parkinson's Disease for every Parkinson's patient.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we need a post titled, Yellow Dog Democrat and the Democratic Party to Parkinson's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-84441262209093106962007-08-25T10:34:00.000-05:002007-08-25T10:34:00.000-05:00What I've learned from all this:You really can't t...What I've learned from all this:<BR/><BR/>You really can't tell who is pulling your chain these days(*)<BR/><BR/>(*) Corollary: Everyone is pulling your chain these days. <BR/><BR/>They have to, so they can mooch off you in the name of 'helping others'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-32133018906542919082007-08-25T06:26:00.000-05:002007-08-25T06:26:00.000-05:00Hey 6:10Blah-Blah said this is all about breast an...Hey 6:10<BR/><BR/>Blah-Blah said this is all about breast and cervical cancer screening for women. Well, at least he did yesterday. Who knows what he'll say today.<BR/><BR/>Explain to us how breast and cervical cancer screening will help gay men?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-44451529998401282832007-08-24T22:14:00.000-05:002007-08-24T22:14:00.000-05:00Nice, anonymous, accusing the state's only openly ...Nice, anonymous, accusing the state's only openly HIV-positive legislator of being insincere about fighting AIDS. Guess there's no limit to how low that bunker in Ravenswood goes.<BR/>The truth is the truth. A million dollars buys a lot of AIDS prevention. And the governor decided that scoring points by backing Republicans' $500,000 bike trails is more important than backing Democrats' $500,000 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-9846907431712671162007-08-24T21:24:00.000-05:002007-08-24T21:24:00.000-05:00Nospin - Nice try with the name, nospin, but your ...Nospin - <BR/><BR/>Nice try with the name, nospin, but your post is pure spin. The state spends a TON of money on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. The extra money the House Dems added was two legislators "showing they cared" by adding money on top of the megabucks the state already spends. This cut doesn't amount to a hill of beans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-66015107081390110892007-08-24T20:43:00.000-05:002007-08-24T20:43:00.000-05:00And nice try, anonymous, but the truth is that mos...And nice try, anonymous, but the truth is that most of the AIDS funding the governor just vetoed (which is actually well over a million dollars) was earmarked for HIV/AIDS prevention and testing. Thus, if these cuts stand, the state can expect to eventually pay out many more millions to care for the people who'll become infected because these prevention programs were cut. The cuts also included aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-27511027655133804902007-08-24T18:10:00.000-05:002007-08-24T18:10:00.000-05:00Nice try - trying to stir up the pot.But I think e...Nice try - trying to stir up the pot.<BR/><BR/>But I think everyone knows that far more money will flow to people with HIV/AIDS with the healthcare plans than the meager amount the was reduced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com