Dec. 1 Was World AIDS Day

Via the World AIDS Campaign:

The 1st of December, World AIDS Day, is the day when individuals and organisations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. Whilst we have come a long ways since 1988, there is still much more to be done.

Huffington Post: World AIDS Day and Bush's Tiny Shot at a Legacy, by Max Bernstein:

"I'll give some speeches, just to replenish the ol' coffers... I don't know what my dad gets - it's more than 50-75" thousand dollars a speech."

-George W. Bush on life after the Presidency

President Bush:

As you tap your watch to hurry along January 20th, and James Buchanan's ghost counts the days until he can formally leave the bottom of any reasonable Presidential ranking list, talk inevitably turns to your legacy. As far as having any to speak of, it's not looking good with the unnecessary war, Katrina, the tanking economy, last minute deregulation of worker safety measures, the list goes on. However, it is World AIDS Day -- and despite the countless, grave failures of the past eight years, it's hard to not give you at least a B minus on your work toward fixing the AIDS crisis in Africa. Yes, you clouded up the largest health aid effort the U.S. has ever embarked on with a ridiculous moralistic undertone that demanded that one-third of the funds in PEPFAR be used for programs that promote abstinence, but there are still well over a million people receiving treatment for HIV and AIDS in Africa because of it.