Can Bush Even Spell Unethical ?

Here we are smack dab in the middle of an unethical civil war
where Americans are dying by the carloads and our knuckle-
headed president is going to veto funding on stem cell research.
I don't know about you but I can't wait for the presidential
elections next year. Believe me I'm gonna be the first person
in line at the voting polls. How does old boy begin to say that
stem cell research is unethical when an article in today's LA
Times says Reseachers use stem cells to rein in Type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes is rampant in Hispanic an Africna American communities.
Continue reading the article below and please offer up your opinion.



In 2003, federal officials inspected California-based Advanced Cell Technology. They rummaged through refrigerators, scrutinized labs and checked microscopes to make sure the firm wasn't using federally funded equipment to work on embryonic stem cells.Similar scenes have played out across the U.S. since President Bush issued an executive order banning federally funded research on embryonic stem cells created after 2001. The president and other religious conservatives believe such research is unethical. Scientists like those at Advanced Cell Technology, meanwhile, say that the limitation has hampered the search for cures and put them at a competitive disadvantage.

That debate played out on the floor Tuesday as the Senate began two days of debate on stem-cell research, the latest battleground on which Democrats are challenging the president. A bipartisan Senate bill that would make more stem-cell lines available to scientists, with certain limits, is expected to pass with broad support and face a veto from Bush, who rejected a similar bill last year. "He would veto again, if it were to pass," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. "It is incumbent upon the president to balance both the moral and the ethical boundaries for new scientific research."

Citing strong public support for the bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) noted Tuesday that stem-cell research is thought to hold the potential to cure diseases that afflict about 100 million Americans, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries, heart disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. "We must take on this urgent cause once again," Reid said, referring to Bush's previous veto. "We will fight to see that it becomes law."The House passed a similar bill in January, 253 to 174, well short of the two-thirds majority needed to overturn a presidential veto.





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