No matter what you think about stem cell research, the government should not be subsidizing it.
Amen to that.
BUSH WAVES HIS VETO PENKarl Rove is predicting that President Bush, who has not vetoed a single piece of legislation in his 5 1/2 years as president, will finally veto a bill. And just what bill has he chosen to make a stand on? A bill expanding the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Oh boy. This is one of those abortion-type issues that gets people worked up on both sides. But really, that's not the story here.
The media, as they have in the past, will spin this as George W. Bush banning embryonic stem cell research, which is a fallacy. Embryonic stem cell research is perfectly legal, just as its always been. What Bush is objecting to is the federal funding of it. In fact, no administration has funded more stem cell research than the Bush Administration.
So expect the media to report that the president has vetoed stem cell research, in an attempt to have it banned. And here's an other question for proponents of the research. If embryonic stem cell research truly holds the promise they say it does, then why aren't the pharmaceutical companies tripping all over themselves to get a piece of the action? After all, whoever finds the cure to any disease first will reap billions.
Oh, and one more thing. It doesn't seem to say anything in the U.S. Constitution about funding medical research. Perhaps I'm missing something there, but I can't find it.
-- Neal Boortz, HERE