I was thinking this very thing this morning. Add to that the fact the Pres. Bush has allowed the strains that exist to be used. They can't logically argue that Pres. Bush killed Mr. Reeves.
But they will....
Crocodile tears from the Forehead of Effluvia.
Okay, I'll probably get hammered for this but...so? Christopher Reeves was a wealthy actor who was injured in a sport that requires alot of investment, not your Average Joe. I'm sorry he was hurt and now died. But it hasn't been proven that stem cells would have helped him. And there are many other people without his resources who suffer from diseases that need far more support. Entertainers who suddenly find something to support because it now affects them...is this the true meaning of love thy neighbor? Those average people who give their time and money to causes because they believe in them, not because it might benefit them, are truly heroes.
The media is all over this and exploiting it. They use John Kerry and talk about how Kerry wanted to help Reeve and Bush didn't.
I'm telling you, "Kerricide."
I was in bed listening to the radio last night when they mentioned his death and the first thing that popped into my mind was that the Dims were going to use this to attack Bush.
Only because there are no dead soldiers available today.
Hey, the Dem's danced on Wellstone's casket too and look what happened. It's really true when you read that the Dems just don't get it.
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| US actor Christopher Reeve, who died of heart failure after a long battle with paralysis, was a thorn in the side of President George W. Bush, seen here 08 October 2004, over his championing of stem cell research(AFP/File/Hector Mata) |
Is it just me or whoever wrote this caption was a little bit nasty?
Ummm...not quite Pauly. Reeve committed the last 9 years of his life to whining about stem cell research.
Before his accident in 1995, he didn't give a wet slap about stem cell research. Only when it affected him personally did he take up the banner.
Paul "the Joker" Begala is just plain creepy...
"Wait'll they get a load of me!"
I suspect the Democrats will try to turn Christopher eeve's death into a pep rally just as they turned the late Senator Paul Wellstone's death into a pep rally.
Don Quiote committed his life to slaying windmills.
Kerry is probably going to bring Reeve's death up in this week's debate, so Bush better be ready for it.
let them do a wellstone all over again.
I posted this to my BLOG today:
I'm sorry that Mr. Reeve has died. He was a talented, if self indulgent, man. He had a tragic accident and handled himself generally well in the years since. However......
I'm going to commit sacrilege right now. Let me preface my remarks by stating that I have dealt with quadriplegics and paraplegics for over 30 years, both professionally and in my family. I'm not blowing smoke on this.
The consensus of the quads and paras that I have encountered is that Christopher Reeve was not a hero of “the cause.” He didn’t work for the benefit of anyone but Christopher Reeve. He didn’t attend events raising funds for quads and paras who were hurting NOW. He spent his time raising big bucks in his elitists community directed solely at exploring a cure for him. Regardless of the praise heaped on Reeve on the Miami Project web page, he wasn't viewed in the same way by the folks I've known as they view Marc Buoniconti and his dad Nick.
Having said that I will admit that my exposure is from way down in the weeds, one on one with a limited number of folks in a limited number of facilities. I feel, however, that I have come by my opinons on the subject honestly.
My big problem was that Christopher Reeve's primary cause was embryonic stem cell research. This “miracle” research was held out as the only hope for him therefore it was the only thing he wanted research money spent on. In fact when President Bush became the first President to provide Federal funds for stem cell research Reeve immediately launched a vitriolic campaign that there were too many restrictions and not enough money to suit him.
Well, embryonic stem cell research has so far produced no results. All experiments that have provided some encouraging research results have been from adult stem cells. All of the experiments done with embryonic stem cells have had virtually universal catastrophic side affects, mostly run away cancers. Forget the ethics, so far embryonic stem cell research is a dry hole.
And how might a laymen judge this statement? Simple. If embryonic stem cell research offered any promise of results it would be a source of profit for the medical firms doing the research and they would be willing to fund it, the way they are funding adult stem cell research.
Embryonic stem cell research has one distinct difference from adult stem cell research. It requires the destruction of a human being and “harvesting” of the desired cells. So who benefits from this if the actual research is not supporting the medical benefits promised by the promoters? The abortion industry. They have a problem. They aren’t making enough money. They need a new market for their “product” and no one in their right minds in industry will throw money down that rat hole, not even themselves. So they need the government to fund the research for them. Pretty disgusting, isn’t it?
And that brings up the ethical question. I have actually though about this general subject quite a lot. I have a different perspective than most people on the ethics of something like this. It is not my personal connection to someone who might benefit from this research (though I’m convinced he won’t). No, my perspective comes from the fact that I am a multiple transplant recipient. It is only my corneas (3 times) but it still means that I have benefited from someone else’s death. Now the gift that those people gave me was truly a gift, something that they volunteered. I bless them and their generosity. In the case of embryonic stem cell research there is no volunteering. The “resource” that is being “harvested” isn’t asked if they want to die in order to make someone else’s life easier. And some creatures want to make a profit from this.
The analogy that comes to mind when I think of my own circumstance is Frankenstein. I have a totally different perspective on “the monster” than anyone who isn’t a transplant recipient. For adult stem cell research the analogy holds true. For embryonic stem cell research there are two analogies we can draw from: vampires and flesh eating zombies.
I am happy that Mr. Reeve is spared that grotesque fate. I wonder if he had the morals to donate his organs for transplant?
George Reeves was always Superman to me. Then he was shot by hitlery!
Is Krathhamer a parapeligic? I've suspected he is for some time... anyway, he is livid about the comments made on the air by the Kerry administration over this subject using Christopher Reeves name -- one comment I caught was : "We've" been studying this for a long time now and there still is no proof this is going to be the solution... (it was at the end of the Britt Hume show today)