Hypocrisy

George Bush just used his first ever veto to prevent government funding of stem cell research on frozen embryos that were destined for destruction. The parents may, of course, destroy their embryos that are no longer needed rather than pay for frozen storage till the end of time. Heaven forbid though, that they may contribute these frozen embryos to a scientist for research that has a fair shot at developing treatments for some horrible diseases.

Of course, it is only government funded research that is blocked, so privately funded research can go on, at least for the moment. I wonder how many election cycles that will last.

During the very same week, this "culture of life" president announced that the US would interfere with the world wide pressure for a cease fire in the Middle East. He also rushed the delivery to Israel of precision guided munitions. They are using up their inventory very quickly. The world was told that Israel would have at least an additional week to kill people in Lebanon before there was any interference by the rest of the world.

I guess that the lives of actual Lebanese people, of any age, are not worth anything near the potential life of a frozen embryo. I think that the president had better stop using the "culture of life" sound bite. The hypocrisy smells far too foul.