Erendis wrote:
Good for him.
Brad Pitt is most definitely going to get a warm reception from St Peter on That day
Dubya? Well, let's just say his seat of DIShonour in Purgatory is being prepared as we speak:
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U.S. Suggests AIDS Fund Delay Grants
By MARC LACEY
The New York Times
The Bush administration says that because too little money is coming into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and too little is being disbursed and spent, that the three-year-old program ought to take a break from issuing grants.
A decision on the postponement will be made later this week in Arusha, Tanzania, where the Global Fund's board is meeting. Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary of health and human services and the current chairman of the fund, is pushing for a delay in giving a fifth round of grants.
"Let's get the financial house in order before we make new obligations," said an official of the Bush administration, which some activists pressing for more money to fight AIDS say prefers to direct American taxpayer dollars to its own program to fight AIDS, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, than to the Global Fund, which was founded by the United Nations.
Those critics say that the American position will cost lives, and that delaying the grants will take pressure off donor countries to step up their giving. In the previous round, they said, the donors did not begin to commit money until after the grant process was well under way.
Dante ascends out of the undergloom to the Mountain of Purgatory on the far side of the world (in Dante's time, it was believed that Hell existed underneath Jerusalem).
[The initial parts of the book describe the shore of Purgatory (Cantos 1-2) and its slopes, where those who were excommunicated, those too lazy to repent and those who repented just before death await their turn to ascend the mountain (Cantos 3-6). Finally, there is a valley housing European rulers and the door to Purgatory (Cantos 7-9).]
From there, Virgil guides Dante Pilgrim through the seven terraces of Purgatory. These correspond to the seven deadly sins, with each terrace causing the purging of a particular sin:
Pride (Cantos 10-12).
Envy (Cantos 13-15).
Wrath (Cantos 15-17).
Sloth (Cantos 18-19).
Avarice (Cantos 19-21).
Gluttony (Cantos 22-24).
Lust (Cantos 25-27).
