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May 24, 2005

God save us from this idiot

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday criticized as "morally troubling" legislation that would loosen restrictions on government funding of embryonic stem cell research, ahead of a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Setting aside the fact that the legislation in question is specifically targeted at unwanted embryos at fertility clinics which are destined for a landfill under present circumstances. And setting aside the fact that embryos utterly fail the most basic scientific test of human life: no brainwaves, no heartbeat. And setting aside the inherent hypocrisy of Dear Leader's position that it's only "morally troubling" to expand the existing lines of stem cells being used for research. Which is like saying that rape is morally troubling but we're going to allow the existing level of rapes and only resist allowing an increase in that level. But, I digress. Setting that all aside for the moment, let's look at Dear Leader's core argument here.

"Whatever one's view of the ethical issues or the state of the research, the future of this field does not require a policy of federal subsidies offensive to the moral principles of millions of Americans." This according to the White House's statement this morning.

So... if millions of Americans don't support it then it shouldn't be funded? Well now that's an interesting argument. Particularly coming from Dear Leader. Polling shows that their's is a minority position on stem cell research. In fact, recent polling shows that only about 1/3 of Americans oppose stem cell research... just to put his "millions" into it's proper context.

A new poll from the middle of this month shows that 56% of Americans don't support Dear Leader's scheme to privitize part of Social Security. So why is Dear Leader spending taxpayer dollars to hire propagandists to push his SSI scheme if "millions" more oppose it than oppose stem cell research?

Recent polling also shows that just over half (51%) of Americans don't believe that removing Saddam from power was worth the lives of over 1600 American soldiers or "...the financial cost of the war." Surely the deaths of so many of our soldiers is a moral issue. Yet Dear Leader continues to spend taxpayer dollars on something that many millions of Americans have very clear moral objections about?

Let's take another moral issue: Gay Marriage. Recent polling shows that a much larger minority of Americans believe that gay marriages in Massachusetts should be legally recognized in all 50 states than oppose stem cell research. Yet Dear Leader's entrenched opposition to the moral wishes of so many millions of Americans is unwaivering.

Dear Leader actively opposes the wishes of many millions of Americans. He actively spends taxpayer monies on things that millions of Americans morally oppose. Why are those millions of Americans moral wishes not enough in Dear Leader's mind to quash his morally objectionable spending?

Posted by Kevin at May 24, 2005 10:31 AM