Stem Cells...

And going back to yesterday's reference to Clockwork Orange. Yes... DEFINITELY... Bush should have to sit in a theater with his eyes taped open and see photo after photo (all 3500+) of our slain soldiers. And today I add to it that he should have to see photo after photo of our maimed soldiers - every missing hand, foot, leg, eye, ear. And while he watches, the book Johnny Got His Gun should be read over a loud speaker.

Those soldiers had lives. Each one of them had families - someone out there somewhere who gave a damn about whether s/he came home alive. Each one has someone mourning his or her death. Each one has someone whose life is forever changed because s/he will not be coming back from Iraq. THOSE are lives.

Cells in a petri dish ARE NOT LIVES. THEY ARE NOT HUMANS. THEY WILL NOT SPEAK, THINK, TALK, CARE, EAT OR BREATH. They are just cells. If not inserted into a womb and carried to term, the cells are nothing at all.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN? How can he have everything so completely wrong in his exceptionally limited mind? Soldiers in Iraq have lives that should not be thrown away. Cells in a dish have nothing - no consciousness, no life.

You know who does have those things? The soldiers who come back from Iraq without body parts. And perhaps with enough support for research and study, scientists could discover how to regrow body parts that could help them reclaim their lives.

And maybe scientists could help people, real thinking, living, talking, breathing, eating people with diabetes and Parkinson's.

President Bush - the whole country is against you... not just generally (though that is true), but specifically on this issue. You are wrong. Completely wrong. In every way wrong.

Put away your veto pen - you don't know how to use it properly. Your toys are all too dangerous and you shouldn't be allowed to use them.

Stem cell research should be supported with every resource we have available.