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A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 7.19.06
yahoo.com, whitehouse.gov ^ | Wednesday July 19, 2006 | GretchenM

Posted on 07/19/2006 3:22:36 PM PDT by GretchenM

Defying the will of Congress (remember these votes in November!), President Bush sent a veto message (read the president's message here), that he would not sign HR 810, the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005."

President Bush addressed the situation in Lebanon while meeting with members of Congress in the White House.

Secretary of State Rice met at the State Department today: New Zealand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peres, and Belgium's Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht. Next week she is scheduled to attend Southeast Asia's top security forum.

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To: GretchenM
Gretchen thanks for the great ping! What a delight.

JJ, thank you for posting on FR. The Dose is one of the best spots on the web. Your son is adorable! What a blessing. We are so proud of GWB for doing the right thing!

361 posted on 07/26/2006 5:18:07 AM PDT by dmd25
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To: jj jones

That's wonderful! Your son is very cute. :) Welcome


362 posted on 07/26/2006 5:28:30 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: jj jones

What you and the other families have done is heroic and highly commendable. God bless you. That little boy is adorable and I am sure a joy to your family.

LUV W


363 posted on 07/26/2006 6:20:29 AM PDT by luvie ("I want our troops to understand that not only does the country support them, but--we'll win! GWB)
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To: jj jones; Faith
OH! What a pleasure it is to 'meet' you, jj!!

You 'snowflake' families are our heroes! And your son, Trey, is adorable!

I am SO proud of what you are doing for LIFE by rescuing these precious babies.

You are doing the work of the Lord, and are a significant part of the answer to our prayers.

Thank you, and God BLESS you!!

(Faith.........you need to read this from a "Snowflake Dad"!!)

364 posted on 07/26/2006 6:32:41 AM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi Liberation VET! THANKS, son!!!!)
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To: GretchenM

Gretchen THANKS for the ping! What a JOY!!


365 posted on 07/26/2006 6:34:25 AM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi Liberation VET! THANKS, son!!!!)
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To: GretchenM; jj jones

Thanks for the ping, Gretchen!

jj, Trey is such an adorable little guy! He looks like quite the mischief maker. ;-)


366 posted on 07/26/2006 7:06:45 AM PDT by retrokitten
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To: GretchenM; jj jones

Welcome, jj, to FreeRepublic. I hope you'll visit us often to learn how we support you and your decision.


367 posted on 07/26/2006 10:05:39 AM PDT by kitkat (The first step down to hell is to deny the existence of evil.)
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To: GretchenM
Thank you Gretchen and others for your kind and encouraging words. Our son Trey and the entire Embryo Adoption experience is a gift from God to us. We have another snowflake baby due in February. Below is a letter to the editor I submitted after reading Jonathen Alter's recent Newsweek article regarding the veto. Hope you enjoy.


Please consider my response to the Jonathan Alter article below.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13989890/site/newsweek/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/images/20060719-3_p071906kh-0222-515h.html

My son, Trey Jones, is pictured above and we and other Snowflake families participate in the press conference with President Bush July 19, 1006 so I am not unbiased on the issue of taxpayer funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research (ESCR). Let me first say that I and others that believe as I do are not uncaring about those who are suffering life-threatening illness and disease. That being said, I emphatically disagree with providing a taxpayer-funded incentive for the destruction of embryos. President Bush did not stop what Mr. Alter deems as pathbreaking research, he simply said in his veto that taxpayers would not provide an incentive for the destruction of embryos. I disagree as well with what you about the political ramification of taxpayer funded ESCR even though it wouldn't matter to me if it were politically unpopular. I say this because the public has never really been asked the full question that states that this research requires that the embryo be destroyed and at the expense of the taxpayer. The 70% support of ESCR that the media often mentions is based on an incomplete question of the issue of taxpayer funded ESCR.

My apologies to Mr. Alter and others that we dared introduce at the press conference the so called 'leftovers' that Mr. Alter and those that share his view want to destroy at the expense of the taxpayer. The numbers you use to state their are 128 babies resulting from embryo adoption and 400,000 surplus embryos is completely misleading. The real numbers that are never mentioned in this debate are that less than 3% of these embryos are donated to research. The only conclusion mathematically that you can reach is that families that created these embryos don't know what to do with them. We completely believe that with more awareness about Embryo Adoption that more will want them to be used for what they were originally created for in the first place - having children. Your statement that couples overwhelmingly prefer to donate their surplus embryos to science is absolutely FALSE. Less than 3% donate to research and about 2% either choose the adoption or donation. The only number you can use in this whole debate is that overwhelmingly couples DO NOT donate their embryos to science.

By the way, the "Anti-cure" activists as Mr. Alter refers to me and others who share my belief is simply a cheap shot meant to marginalize someone with whom Mr. Alter disagrees. I guess the argument goes this way, when lacking a substantive argument just smear those with whom you disagree. Mr. Alter ends his article belittling the life of what he calls a protoplasm that is insignificant because it's size is small. Small and genetically complete and oh, by the way is the way Mr. Alter began his life.

Thank you for considering my thoughts on this article.

JJ Jones
Houston, TX
368 posted on 07/28/2006 10:25:26 AM PDT by jj jones (Snowflake Dad of Trey Jones)
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We completely believe that with more awareness about Embryo Adoption that more will want them to be used for what they were originally created for in the first place - having children.

Indeed, and I hope this "news" gets much more exposure.

369 posted on 07/28/2006 1:09:37 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: jj jones
We have another snowflake baby due in February.

Congratulations, JJ. I hope you'll come by and share some photos and joy when the little one arrives.

370 posted on 07/28/2006 1:10:49 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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