Zell Miller Enorses Blackwell For Governor

Former Democrat Georgia Governor and U.S. Senator Zell Miller endorsed Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell for governor in a speech to Columbus pastors and church leaders yesterday, saying Blackwell has the courage to stick to his principles.

Many in Ohio will be familiar with Zell Miller as he traveled in Ohio supporting President Bush in his campaign last year. In this three horse race for next year’s republican primary, Zell gave an unexpected endorsement saying, ‘Ken is my kind of Republican’. Zell praised Blackwell for supporting the marriage amendment (Issue 1) in Ohio and for fighting to lower taxes, such as the sales tax which was dramtically raised.

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A Hero Who Had A Conceal-Carry Gun Permit

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A fatal shooting at an Albuquerque Wal-Mart last week was the state’s first by someone with a concealed-carry gun permit, authorities said.

Police said Felix Vigil was attacking his ex-wife with a knife near the store’s deli counter where she worked when an armed customer intervened and shot him. The woman, Joyce Cordova, was treated for multiple stab wounds and later released from an Albuquerque hospital.

What a negative type the paper chose to use. Like most liberal newspapers they choose to make the criminal look like the victim. Wonder what the title of their article would have been if the man had left the gun concealed? “Conceal-Carry Permit Holder Allows Women To Die.”

Thank you to a hero who was willing to save a life instead of looking the other way. Meanwhile the liberals continue to ignore that the crime rate drops when owners can carry and conceal a weapon.

UN Official Says US Abstinence Policy Is Creating A Disaster

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The U.S. government’s emphasis on abstinence-only programs to prevent AIDS is hobbling Africa’s battle against the pandemic by downplaying the role of condoms, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.

Stephen Lewis, the U.N. secretary general’s special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, said fundamentalist Christian ideology was driving Washington’s AIDS assistance program known as PEPFAR with disastrous results, including condom shortages in Uganda.

Considering that the US spends $12 for Safe Sex and Contraceptives for every $1 spent on Abstinence, we certainly are not causing any crisis. Just two years ago Congress funded $15 billion dollars over 5 years in Africa, Asia and Caribbean. In 2005 we will spend nearly $2.4 billion to fight AIDS, nearly twice that of all other governments combined.

Aside from the obvious, has anybody asked ‘Why should the US fund the worlds illicit behavior which is driving the HIV problem in the first place?’ One needs only remember that the aloof comments were made by representatives of that great organization which brought us the ‘Oil For Food‘ program. Wasn’t that a stellar success!