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It is a good idea to expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. It is a bad idea to do that without prohibiting research that uses embryos created specifically to be used in research and destroyed. What is deeply troubling about the Castle-DeGette stem-cell bill that passed the House and will soon roar through the Senate is that it combines the good with the bad: expansion with no limit. The expansion--federal funding for stem cells derived from some of the thousands of discarded fertility-clinic embryos that are already slated for extinction--is good because President Bush's sincere and principled Aug. 9,...

Critics demanded an apology Thursday from the founder of the Christian ministry Focus on the Family after he compared the ethics of embryonic stem cell research to Nazi experiments on Holocaust victims. James Dobson made the comments Wednesday during his radio show, which reaches an estimated 220 million people worldwide. Dobson was criticizing Sen. Bill Frist and others who support expanded stem cell research in hopes that stem cells one day could be used to replace cells damaged from such conditions as diabetes, spinal cord injury or Parkinson's disease. Dobson and other opponents object to the research because embryos are...

Under a bill the Legislature could take up next year, Florida would promote and provide money for medical research using embryonic stem cells that would otherwise be discarded. Rep. Franklin Sands, a Democrat from Broward County, said Wednesday he will file a bill that would specifically authorize the use of embryonic stem cells produced by in-vitro fertilization that aren't implanted and would otherwise be discarded or destroyed. The measure would also provide for some state funding for studies involving the embryonic cells, which Sands and other supporters say could hold the key to cures for a range of diseases and...

It had the face of Frankenstein and the hands of a werewolf.Outfitted in jeans and flannel shirt, the creature - stuffed with crumpled newspaper - hung by the neck on a homemade gallows outside a home in the Allendale neighborhood.To its owner, "Bob" was a Halloween decoration. But to Omali Yeshitela, it was a racially charged symbol of hate.On Tuesday, as police officers on the scene scrambled to contact the homeowner at work, Yeshitela and others from the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement tore the dummy down.

in today's Wal-Mart ad, note the Kerry doll in the upper left corner.:

The pundits are already prognosticating about last night’s presidential debates. Many say John Kerry “won,” but that’s not yet entirely clear. Am I the only person who noticed Kerry’s constant smirking, nodding, head-shaking, and general smugness while the President answered questions? Didn’t anyone else notice Jim Lehrer’s loaded questions directed at President Bush? Maybe Kerry scored a few points for debating, but he certainly didn’t win the November election early. A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of 615 registered voters who viewed the debate showed that Kerry “fared better” than Bush, but also revealed that those same voters still preferred President Bush...

The Washington ComPost is soiling their panties in excitement over a speech Kerry gave at New York University. The speech was received here as the beginning of Kerry's Incredible Hulk moment, when, angry and provoked, he finally unleashes his inner demon. Close, Unwashed Composties.. Right idea, wrong inhuman monster.... Meanwhile, Kerry's supporters are convinced that he just needs the right slogan du jour. We haven't heard the most recent one (Operation Rosie Palms... erm, Rosy Scenario) was introduced on Sunday since oh, at least Monday. Still, "for the first time, I'm thinking about it," says Ellen Jacob, a Democratic activist...

WizBand blog has a photo of Al Franken getting in somebodies face on radio row.

As Al Franken considers challenging Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., for re-election in 2008, the comedian and liberal radio host is looking to his hometown senator for advice: Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites). "I asked Hillary, 'Can you give me some suggestions about running for Senate in a state you haven't lived for in a while, or in your case, ever?' " Franken recalled, laughing heartily. "And she said, 'This will be a long conversation,' so we agreed to have a long conversation about it." Clinton, D-N.Y., moved from Washington to New York to run for the Senate. Franken...

I was a fly on the wall to the most amusing conversation at lunch yesterday. Conservative Christian biologist is considered an oxymoron. Well I am one. And my colleagues know it. Working in Princeton NJ I’m surrounded by academic liberal elite type from New York and Jersey They know I’m always late for lunch because I’m listening to Rush Limbaugh’s opening monologue. They also know that when they get me going on politics that I give no quarter. The phrase I here most often is “yes you make sense and I know that socialism doesn’t make anyone rich but can’t...

The progressive talk network Air America kicks off today, hoping to give nonconservatives a daily place to roast their ideological opposites. Just the way conservatives do now. Air America can be heard locally on WLIB (1190 AM), over XM satellite radio or by Internet at airamericaradio.com. While the network hopes to stir controversy, it already has some here that it probably doesn't want. A community rally is planned tomorrow night at 7 at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 Odell Clark Place, to protest the loss of WLIB's talk and Caribbean programming. The Coalition of Artists and Activists wants a boycott...

Harvard Starts Its Own Controversial Cell Batch By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent Scientists at Harvard University announced on Wednesday they had created 17 batches of stem cells from human embryos, in defiance of attempts by President Bush to limit such research. Bush has forbidden the use of federal funds to manipulate human embryos and limited scientific research to a few existing batches of cells taken from fertility clinic leftovers. But scientists have complained this limits a promising field of biological research and medicine based on the potential of the cells, which theoretically can be directed to form any...

Life Issues Forum Farming Humans for Fun and Profitby Richard M. DoerflingerJanuary 20, 2004 "Farming” fetuses for body parts. Human/animal hybrids. Putting unborn humans in animal wombs. Buying and selling human embryos. Patenting human beings. Chapter headings for a science-fiction potboiler? No. Just a typical day at the office for members of the President’s Council on Bioethics. On January 16, The President’s Council released a draft report that deserves attention from all Americans concerned about the use and abuse of science. Its title, “Biotechnology and Public Policy: Biotechnologies Affecting the Beginnings of Human Life,” is far from exciting; but its...

<p>As the Democratic presidential contenders turn their gaze towards New Hampshire, all kinds of theories are being used to explain John Kerry's stunning upset in Iowa.</p> <p>One is that his latest campaign ad, which drummed home his exploits as a war hero, was what won over the voters. Another is that by the time he got to Iowa he'd gotten better on the stump. Still another is that his organization was a lot better than people realized. And, of course, many believe that Howard Dean simply imploded there.</p>

New Jersey Right to Life Renewed push for NJ Clone & Kill Bill, A2840/S1909. Immediate Action Needed!!! Renewed Push for A2840/S1909 NJ Clone & Kill Bill Take Action! Immediate Action Needed!!   The article below confirms there is a renewed push to get A2840/S1909 through the Assembly when the legislature returns after the November 4 election. Trenton Times article Please contact your 2 Assembly members immediately before the election to find out where they stand on this issue. Urge them to vote No on this legislation and "No" on any amendments. You can email your legislators from this page by...

Sen. John Kerry (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, speaks with Benedict College students about rising tuition costs during his campaign visit to Columbia, S.C., Friday Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky)

Freepers, French-looking John Kerry will be in Roanoke, VA on Sat. Aug 16 for a 7 PM fundraiser for local democRATS. They call this event the (Jesse)Jackson/(George)Jefferson Day dinner. Announcement below: The Sixth and Ninth District Democratic Committees Cordially invite you to attend our Jefferson-Jackson Dinner “We The People” In support of Virginia’s 2003 House and Senate Candidates Saturday, August 16, 2003 Reception at 6:00 p.m.– Dinner at 7:00p.m. Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke , Virginia Guest Speaker: Presidential Candidate U.S. Senator John Kerry Business Attire ($2,000 hairdo is optional)

FROM AUG. 2001: MIDI - SEND IN THE CLOWNS We’ll make them smart…right from the start We will make sure that each has a healthy heart Send in the clones Next thing you know…we’ll surely go To that bizarre island of Dr. Moreau Send in the clones…we need those clones Our Brave New World…oh, what a world Huxley had told us of what he knew would be unfurled I’ve seen the future and, friends, I can tell you I hurled Send in those clones…we need those clones It’s time to fear…it’s become clear Shelley was right and our own Frankenstein’s...