Any person with half a brain is for stem cell research. How come George Bush doesn't have half a brain?

Answer 1

He's trying to please his ultra-conservative evangelical base. His brain is owned by people that want to change the constitution so that they can teach creation in schools rather than evolution.

Answer 2

Look, George Bush and half a brain are the same thing. What has this guy done that's good for the WHOLE country? Spy on your phone calls and bank accounts? Raise the standard of living? Bring world peace? Gimme a break.

The lack of stem cell research is because the uneducated Evangelical masses can't understand that aborted fetuses are not the sole means of getting stem cells. Unfortunately I think it is considered the best source, but not the only one. Seems too many Bible-bangers are simple minded believing the world to be good or bad, black or white. What happened to the middle ground of reasoning and real 'truth'. Too many read their own propoganda and feel ashamed to question if it is the real truth. Of course if you allow aborted fetuses to be used, then you are validating the abortion rights. The justifcation is making the best of a bad situation would apply. Personally, I believe we all have to answer to our maker for our OWN choices. I'm sick of the government legistating morality. It just won't work. There are laws against child molestation (a true sin and moral/ethical issue), but it still happens. Also, I know parents and children who would have have a better life if the parent's had aborted the child. Sad but true that too many children lead abused, neglected lives. Why not save the LIVING children than worrying about a fetus?

I've never seen in the Bible that stem cell research is a sin. How you get the stem cells could be a different story though.

Answer 3

Why are you for stem cell research, oh wise half brain person? I dont know enough about it to be for it or against it, truthfully. I am told there are ethical reasons to be considered carefully, and there are different stem cells used. Adult and child, I think.

Some types of people in this world have little or no morals, and no conscience. This type of person can justify anything in the name of science and faux goodwill of mankind. I am always suspicious of such people. Like the ones that claim late term abortion is a good thing. Or the ones that were for that lady that was starved to death by the state of florida.

I cant say i am against stem cell research because I admit I dont know enough about it. But I can't say I'm for it either, and therefore I dont call anyone half brained just for being in disagreement with a name calling piece of cow dung, like you.

Answer 4

... a little background on the Bush policy...

The Bush policy does not stop embryo research from proceeding in the private sector. It seeks to advance stem-cell research without forcing all taxpayers to support new embryo destruction. And the number of lines available for federal funding has grown steadily since the policy's announcement, despite the claims of some legislators.

Moreover, while the science is promising, it remains speculative: No one has been cured using embryonic stem cells, and no one knows what therapeutic fruit this research will bear. To speak of "100 million people" being cured, as the lawmakers say in their letters, is irresponsible; it risks giving false hope to those who now suffer greatly.

For those who believe advancing stem-cell research is the only human good at issue in this debate, the Bush policy obviously makes no sense. But for those who see the ethical and political complexity of the stem-cell question — involving the possibility of curing terrible diseases, the ethical perils of turning nascent human life into raw material and the need to balance and respect the moral views of a diverse country — the Bush policy remains both principled and prudent.
www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-06-07-oppose_x.htm

Answer 5

As you said any person with half a brain is for stem cell research well Bush doesnt have a sixty-fourth of a brain to begin with and what is left of his brain is still swimming in alcohol from his years at Yale and the cocaine didnt help any.

Answer 6

What difference does it make if George Bush isn't for stem cell research. Why are you? The way I see it, giving a life for a life is the greatest thing one individual could do for another -- when that individual has a choice in the matter. In stem cell research the one individual that was created doesn't have a choice in the matter.

Answer 7

That is a rude thing to say - He does have a brain, and a heart, and a conscience - stem cell research is against God - if scientists would use the cells from umbicial cords or other such - that would be one thing - but they don't - and yes I have family members who science insists could have healthier lives if they had stem cell therapy or whathave you - but they would rather face their lives with the ups and downs of a disease/medical condition then offend God by having their life saved or altered by the cell of a baby.

Answer 8

It isn't because W is stupid (and I'm going to leave my own opinions about him out of this discussion... kids might read it). He is still a politician, and politicians must keep an eye on what is good for his or her party. The Republican party is supported by conservatives -- many of them radically so -- and so any stance that he takes should echo that of the constituents of the majority of his party. Up until recently, stem cell research has depended on those cells procured from fetal tissue, because we simply didn't understand enough about them to reliably induce stem cells in adults to begin to develop, so religious conservatives have latched onto the idea that all stem cell research depends on killing babies. If a Republican president were to speak out in favor of stem cell research, even with the promise that it would only involve those cells harvested from adults who volunteered for the study, it would go against the beliefs of his constituents and hurt the party in general. Other Republicans might have to openly oppose the President to save their own re-election chances, but either way, the party appears divided and that never helps the cause.

We're making great strides forward in research inducing adult stem cells to develop, and we're learning a lot about how they work. In the future, there will be no need to procure cell lines from fetal tissue, because we already have it within ourselves to produce all the stem cells we need. As for those who believe it is "morally wrong" to save lives through science, their opinion is just as valid as ours -- that is the nature of a democracy. They are free to choose to forgo the benefits of technology because it conflicts with their beliefs, just as I am free to partake of anything that our society deems legal and acceptable.

Answer 9

Because George Bush was actually created from spare parts. Sadly most of the brain matter had decayed past the point of decent use before it was placed into his skull.

Answer 10

A parent can only pass on to the next generation what they have. His father is limited in the brain department, as well.

Answer 11

Politics.