Bush did not ban stem cell research! He limited federal
funding of "embryonic" stem cells to those few lines that
existed before August 9, 2001. States can fund embryonic stem cell
research on lines that are not within the federal guidelines all they
want. Last year the NIH funded $190 million in "adult" stem
cell research.
If one believes that a human embryo is the beginning of a human life,
even if it is just a few microscopic cells, then how can that person
justify destroying it?
Personally, I haven't quit decided based on the information I have read.
So until I'm more certain I have no problem limiting embryonic stem cell
research and focusing funding on adult stem cells.
Jim
At 06:44 PM 10/10/2004, Stacy Harim wrote:
I agree Mark, then what
happens if by some miracle they find a major advancement with the couple
of crappy lines they have left. Will Bush go ahead and let the use
the remaining lines that are not being used? It doesn't sound like
it because he doesn't agree with it at all.
Stacy
"People who hate you do not win unless you hate them. Then you
destroy yourself"
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: Mark Felling
- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:21 PM
- Subject: [QUAD-L] Political Garbage, & False Logic .... Reaction
to: Communist Party Endorsement Kerry/Edwards
- Boyd,
-
- I have seen an e-mail similar to yours prior to yours. I'm assuming
that is where you borrowed it from with a few editions... However I
ask you, where is the logic in your statement:
"
as reflected in stepped-up
American and allied casualties in Iraq"? How do increased casualties
in Iraq demonstrate al-Qa'ida' support for Kerry/Edwards? The logic of
that statement is ludicrous and nonexistent.
Further, the logic saying that if the
Communist Party does not support Bush (which I question the validity of
such an official statement having been made), then they must support
Kerry is just as silly. That is like saying if A does not equal B,
then B must equal C. This is not a form of deduction or even
induction, but rather one of the most common examples of false
logic. (Look it up in any academic resource considering the topic
of deduction)
Please, if you want to argue politics,
focus on real issues each candidate takes a specific stance on, such as
stem cell research.
(Note, so far I have not given an
opinion or support for one side or the other) however if you watched the
debate last night, Bush stated that he supported stem cell research but
felt that the existing stem cell lines "he made available" were
sufficient for scientific research. He believes these lines
contaminated with mouse cells are "sufficient?!" (he never
contested the fact the lines were contaminated with mouse cells thus
concedes that fact). He apparently believes treatments developed
that are contaminated with mouse cells are "sufficient" for you
and I. Apparently he is so arrogant that he believes he knows more
than the scientists who adamantly emphasize that their hands are tied
with this restriction combined with the contamination. I wonder if
his opinion would change if one of his drunken daughters broke her knack
during one of her binges?
It is true that I despise Bush, his
ignorance of the world and international relations, his misconception for
economics, his lack of vision for anything his father did not first try
to push, etc. the only thing I support about him is his support for
adoption as an alternative for late term, third trimester,
abortions. Yet, did I state that I necessarily support Kerry? No.
That my Democrat? No. Am I a student of international
relations, specific to international cultural interactions &
conflicts, international economic interactions, who has traveled the
world, lived abroad, and speaks a number of languages? Yes.
However, by the false, deductive logic in your previous statement Boyd, I
guess I must be a Communist! Chuckle!
Please be original rather then
mimicking Internet spewed garbage...
Mark Felling
- -----Original Message-----
- From: William Willis
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
- Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 12:29 PM
- To: hey-guys
- Subject: Fw: [QUAD-L] Communist Party Endorsement
Kerry/Edwards
- Where exactly might I find evidence that this cast of criminals and
ne'er-do-wells support Kerry? bin Laden is hiding in the hills and Saddam
is in jail. The rest have no bearing on American elections except perhaps
some twisted sense of revenge against Bush. Of course, all Republicans
are righteous and would NEVER spin the truth. GOP is just a tiny letter
removed from GOD, therefore it MUST be above reproach. Perfect
logic.
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: Boyd Jenkins
- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;
Tom Barker Thomas Barker ;
Dolores Barrett ;
Henry Cudo henry cudo ;
Robert Dotson ;
Duane Ebarb ;
Carl Grishom ;
Brant Jenkins ;
Brant Jenkins Jenkins
Brant Civ 608 COS/DOOO ; TL
& Mollie Jenkins ; Carla
Lammons ; Steve Lammons ;
Terry Madden ;
Lavonne Murphy ;
Rhonda Pardue ;
Cheri Pelletier ;
RANDY an [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;
Kathie Troquille ;
Brenda Waldrip
- Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:07 PM
- Subject: [QUAD-L] Communist Party Endorsement Kerry/Edwards
- Since the Kerry/Edwards ticket is
courted by al-Qa'ida', as
- reflected in stepped-up American and allied casualties in
- Iraq, and since that ticket is also supported by:
- Osama bin Laden
- Saddam Hussein
- Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi
- Kim Jong-Il
- Mohammad Khatami
- Moammar al-Ghadafi
- Hu Jingtao
- Jacques Chirac
- Gerhard Schroeder
- Kofi
Annan,
AND the Communist Party, USA, stating: �We have
refrained from fielding our own candidate so as not
to distract from the main effort of defeating Bush and
the ultra-right extremist agenda."
We must count our great good fortune, that except for
members of the Communist Party, none of the listed
entities enjoy our privilege of casting a ballot directly.
The CPUSA�s collective anti-American posture makes
a mockery of their citizenship.
We need to keep President Bush in the oval office!
Boyd
