I'm just so fucking political today
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40cakesBush Vetos Stem Cell Bill
President Bush cast the first veto of his 5 1/2-year presidency today, saying legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research "crosses a moral boundary" and is wrong.
"This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others," Bush said at a White House event where he was surrounded by 18 families who "adopted" frozen embryos not used by other couples, and then used those leftover embryos to have children.
You know what I think is wrong? The number of children already adrift in the system that could've been "adopted" by these couples. Y'know, the ones put up for adoption by the proper sluts who didn't have abortions. The ones who are being bounced around by foster care. But I guess those aren't really YOUR children unless you squatted them out yourself.
"They remind us of what is lost when embryos are destroyed in the name of research. The remind us that we all begin our lives as a small collection of cells. And they remind us that in our zeal for new treatments and cures, America must never abandon our fundamental morals," Bush said.
Our fundamental morals like life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the right to be eavesdropped on. And don't forget the moral of separation of Church and State.
Said Bush: "As science brings us every closer to unlocking the secrets of human biology, it also offers temptations to manipulate human life and violate human dignity. Our conscience in history as a nation demand that we resist this temptation.
Except in wartime, and only then is it okay to manipulate human life and violate human dignity, due to extenuating circumstances.
The Senate voted 63-37 on Tuesday, four votes short of the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override a veto.
You bastards.
President Bush cast the first veto of his 5 1/2-year presidency today, saying legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research "crosses a moral boundary" and is wrong.
"This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others," Bush said at a White House event where he was surrounded by 18 families who "adopted" frozen embryos not used by other couples, and then used those leftover embryos to have children.
You know what I think is wrong? The number of children already adrift in the system that could've been "adopted" by these couples. Y'know, the ones put up for adoption by the proper sluts who didn't have abortions. The ones who are being bounced around by foster care. But I guess those aren't really YOUR children unless you squatted them out yourself.
"They remind us of what is lost when embryos are destroyed in the name of research. The remind us that we all begin our lives as a small collection of cells. And they remind us that in our zeal for new treatments and cures, America must never abandon our fundamental morals," Bush said.
Our fundamental morals like life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the right to be eavesdropped on. And don't forget the moral of separation of Church and State.
Said Bush: "As science brings us every closer to unlocking the secrets of human biology, it also offers temptations to manipulate human life and violate human dignity. Our conscience in history as a nation demand that we resist this temptation.
Except in wartime, and only then is it okay to manipulate human life and violate human dignity, due to extenuating circumstances.
The Senate voted 63-37 on Tuesday, four votes short of the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override a veto.
You bastards.
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