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I totaly agree John this administration is robbing us
blind and everyone is sitting back watching TV while this is
happening.
I've never seen an administration more corrupt than this one
and I'm sad too because we deserve better.
Green Day's new album said it right!
Mark
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Date: 08/09/05
20:30:31
Subject:
[QUAD-L] stem cells, ethics, and greed
I have been reading a lot about the stem cell arguments. I
have tried to stay open minded and not jump to conclusions.
I was checking up some back grounds on positions regarding
Embryonic Stem Cell research and ran into some interesting facts.
Tommy Thompson helped to design the presidents policy on ES cells.
He is a former governor of Wisconsin. University of Wisconson was
the place where ES cell lines were first established in 1998. They
were the first to patent the lines and processes to establish
those lines. Tommy Thompson is a little more than an alumni of UW.
The way the presidents policy works is by requiring other
labs to use existing stem cell lines which the University of
Wisconsin has a near monopoly on.
The ethical argument against ES cell research has nothing to
do with anyone's beliefs. It is just greed. The government is
using the religious right like a cheap hand puppet. This is about
protecting UW 's patent.
The ethical question that the country is faced with is how do
we get rid of such immoral and unethical people as this
administration.
We are being milked like some stupid cow. Our money is going
into the pockets of every friend GWB has ever had. He is killing
American soldiers. He has elderly people going to Canada to get
affordable meds. We are sending money overseas for oil faster than
we can earn it.
I AM SAD!
By the way, there are no uncontaminated ES cell lines. Total
federal spending on ES cell research to date, just under 10
million dollars.
The energy bill passed by congress has a provision to build a
250 million dollar bridge to an island where fewer than 50 people
live.
The words "ethics, morality, and Washington DC" should never
occur in the same sentence.
john
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