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10/10/06 04:35 am
“I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.”
Tunes of the now: Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
7/20/06 04:35 am
I should have included this in my earlier post, I just thought a major decision such as this would have been enough to make a person read/watch/listen to the news. Oops, my bad, I didn't take into account how ignorant most people are to current affairs that don't involve celebrities, sex, scandals, or the all important "reality" television shows.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Wednesday vetoed the embryonic stem-cell research bill, his first veto in 5 1/2 years in office.
"It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect, so I vetoed it," Bush told backers at a White House event.
House Republican leaders have said they would try for an override vote on the measure, but it's unlikely to pass, lacking the two-thirds majority needed in each chamber.
In August 2001, Bush announced that his administration would allow federal funding only for research on about 60 stem-cell lines that existed at the time. Researchers have since found that many of those lines are contaminated and unusable for research.
"In 2001, I spoke to the American people and set forth a new policy on stem-cell research that struck a balance between the needs of science and the demands of conscious," Bush said.
The president's decision comes a day after the Senate voted 63-37 to loosen Bush's ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research. (Watch how the issue pits Bush against some Republicans -- 1:30)
The measure, which the House of Representatives passed 238-194 in May, allows couples who have had embryos frozen for fertility treatments to donate them to researchers rather than let them be destroyed.
The issue has split the Republican Party, with Bush siding with the Catholic Church and social conservatives against the GOP's more moderate voices. Specter, who recently survived a brush with cancer, was joined by Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, a physician who argued that Bush's policy is too restrictive.
Other supporters included former first lady Nancy Reagan, whose husband's long battle with Alzheimer's disease helped draw attention to the issue.
"Time is short, and life is precious," Reagan said before the veto, "and I hope this promising research can now move forward."
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, had urged Bush to listen to moderate Republicans and "Americans crying for help" and stay his veto threat.
Scientists believe stem cells offer the possibility of a renewable source of replacement cells and tissues to treat afflictions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, spinal cord injuries, diabetes, strokes and burns.
Opponents objected to the destruction of human embryos to extract stem cells and warned that lifting Bush's restrictions would lead to the cloning of human embryos for research purposes.
"Each and every one of us began as an embryo," said Sen. David Vitter, R-Louisiana. "Therefore, I firmly believe that [neither] Congress, independent researchers nor any human being should be allowed, in effect, to play God by determining that one life is more valuable than another."
But Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a staunch opponent of abortion, said the bill is promotes life by encouraging research.
"I believe we are aiding the living, which is one of the most pro-life positions you can take," Hatch said.
Opponents argue that other alternatives, such as adult stem cells, are available. Two companion bills -- one to promote alternative means of developing stem-cell lines from sources such as placental blood and another to ban the commercial production of human fetal tissue, also known as "fetal farming" -- passed the Senate 100-0.
On Tuesday evening, the House approved the "fetal farming" bill 425-0 but didn't pass the measure promoting alternative stem-cell sources when backers failed to achieve the two-thirds majority that House rules required. The vote on the alternative-sources bill was 273-154.
A House GOP aide said that the leadership would bring the funding bill back to the floor at another time under a different set of rules that would require a simple majority to pass the measure.
Tunes of the now: Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul
7/19/06 04:35 am
I find it very ironic that the person responsible for the destruction of a region with thousands of years of history and culture, leading the witch-hunt on a specific race and essentially slaughtering many innocent people should be making statements on morality and what a decent society needs. It's World War Three and people don't even realise it, Bush is just the modern day, globally sponsored Hitler. Think about it, they both committed heinous crimes "for the sake of the people" only difference is Bush was able to get many countries on board for his version of ethnic cleansing. Ironic.
Tunes of the now: Alanis Morissette - Ironic
5/26/06 04:35 am
Virginity of Mary
Mindset of a whore
cut me up
lets settle the score
Tunes of the now: Matchbox 20 - Push
5/22/06 04:35 am
Man Dies Fighting Over Chicken
(CBS 11 News) FORT WORTH -- Police say a fight between two brothers over a piece of chicken ended when the older sibling fatally stabbed the other in the chest and temple. Marcus Williams, 21, was arrested and charged with murder in the death of his 17-year-old brother, Michael. Police say the teenager had returned home at about 6 p.m. Friday night to the 4000 block of Hemphill with some chicken. After his older sibling took a piece without asking, the two fought. Police say Marcus Williams retrieved a knife from the kitchen and stabbed his brother in the chest and in the temple. The victim was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital where he died a short time later. Police said the three other family members were at home with the attack occurred.
If you don't believe me, here is the link to the news site: Chicken!
This is the kind of state I live in. I don't know what's worse, the fact that it is legal to marry your cousin or this. I was torn weather I should laugh at the absurdity of it all, feel bad for the dead guy, or cry because I have to live in this damn state
Tunes of the now: Dexter's Moon - Fucked-up (Love Story)
5/9/06 04:35 am
 
The guys from Facing New York. Get their cd, it's awesome.
Tunes of the now: Taking Back Sunday - Cute Without The E
5/8/06 04:35 am
Tunes of the now: Brighten - Television
5/2/06 02:08 am
Damn Photobucket, I can't get the damn things to resize right, grrr.
Oops, I uh, stuck myself, to uh, myself...
Tunes of the now: Madonna - Material Girl
3/23/06 04:35 am
“How does the teachings of Jesus line up with so many of the wars done in the ‘name’ of Christianity over the centuries? I don’t see anywhere in the New Testament that promotes bloodshed – rather I see ‘love your neighbor’ in it. Kings and rulers have always found an excuse to give license to their greed – the more famous that excuse, the easier it is to sell it to the masses. It doesn’t matter if they correctly quote or represent a celebrity – it only matters that they can twist and use it for their own purposes.”
Tunes of the now: Dexter's Moon - Fucked-up (Love Story)
3/22/06 01:14 am
“The injustice of one (man) is suffered by all (women).” – Me
Tunes of the now: The Doors - People are Strange
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indescribable
angry
bored bored bored
Blown away
I could go for some hashbrowns
on life....
feels like nap time
a bit dizzy...