February 28, 2002

I see your true colors shining through

I see your true colors shining through Like this is a surprise or something? Bill Clinton lies again.

He said it would cost America $US2.5 billion ($A4.87 billion) to meet UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's request for an extra $US10 billion ($A19.47 billion) to fight AIDS and other infections diseases.

"For us, you know what that is?" he asked the $1,100-a-head charity dinner in Melbourne for the Microsurgery Foundation.

"Two-and-a-half months of the Afghan war, and about one tenth of one per cent of the federal budget.

"That's it.

"There are 40 million AIDS cases a day and if we don't do something about it, there will be 100 million AIDS cases a day."


Let's start with some common sense. 40 million AIDS cases a day means the entire population will be infected in 40 days. Cool! Just in time for Easter.

OK, let's do a little fact checking. From Avert:
Worldwide AIDS stats as of December 2001

People infected with HIV in 2001 Total 5 Million
................................................Adults 4.3 Million
................................................Women 1.8 Million
................................................Children 15 years 800,000
No. of people living with HIV/AIDS Total 40 Million
..................................................Adults 37.2 Million
..................................................Women 17.6 Million
..................................................Children <15 years 2.7 Million

Ahhh. Now we see. 40 million living with AIDS today. Of course, that doesn't scare people enough.

Let's see what other garbage he spewed:

In a direct reference to the Howard government's woes, Mr Clinton also warned Australia needed to pull its weight in addressing global warming or the refugee crisis would get worse.

"If the world warms in the next 50 years as it has done in the last 10, ...agricultural production will be disrupted across the globe," he said.

"You'll have literally millions upon millions of food refugees, leading to more violence, more disruption and more boatloads of refugees that you will have to face."

Considering that the newest evidence shows that the troposphere has actually cooled over the last decade, and that the best climate models we have require an increase in tropospheric temperature to drive their doomsday predictions, I think it is safe to call this another lie.

Or is the "smartest president we've ever had" just a moron?

Posted by Rich at February 28, 2002 9:44 PM