This is from www.catholicnewsagency.com. These are not my words, just an article I thought was important.
Oprah’s website buries Dr. Oz's ‘stem cell debate is dead’
Dr. Mehment Oz / Oprah Winfrey
Chicago, Ill., Apr 8, 2009 / 01:08 pm (CNA).- Yesterday, Dr. Mehment Oz appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to voice his support for adult stem cell research and to argue that “the stem cell debate is dead,” but instead of giving his statement a fair hearing, Oprah’s website buried and edited Oz’s comments.
Actor Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, was invited on the show to talk about his struggle with Parkinson’s and his foundation’s endorsement of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR).
Fox told Oprah that he believes President Obama’s decision lifting President Bush's restrictions on ESCR was a “step in the right direction” and that “we had eight years where there was no forward progress.” The United States has to make up for a lot of lost time, Fox added.
He also empathized with ethical concerns over ESCR, but said, “I just have faith in our scientists and the research community that they’ll do this ethically and to good purpose.”
After a commercial break, Oprah introduced Dr. Oz, who is the vice-chair and professor of surgery at Columbia University, to explain how stem cells could be used to treat or cure the effects of many diseases.
To demonstrate how stem cells could be used, Oz brought out a human brain. Both Oprah and Fox laughed and joked with Oz as he discussed how stem cells would work in the brain. But Dr. Oz became more serious as he spoke about the future of embryonic stem cell research.
“Now, I’m going to say something that’s going to be a bit provocative. I think, Oprah, the stem cell debate is dead, and I’ll tell you why,” said Oz.
“The problem with embryonic stem cells is that embryonic stem cells come from embryos, like all of us were made from embryos. And those cells can become any cell in the body. But it’s very hard to control them, and so they can become cancer.”
Oprah and Fox then became visibly uncomfortable, shifting around in their chairs, as Oz explained that, contrary to Fox’s earlier testimony, incredible medical advances are being made using adult stem cells and not embryonic stem cells. He claimed that, “in the last year, we’ve made a 10 year advancement.”
Oprah responded in disbelief by saying, “In the last year we’ve advanced 10 years?” Oz explained, “we went places we never thought we would go.”
He then boldly stated that within “single digit years” the medical community could find cures for people with “Parkinson’s disease, but also diabetics and heart attack victims” by using adult stem cells.
Oprah’s website summarized Oz’s argument for adult stem cells with two short paragraphs, hidden 11 pages deep in a 13 page summary of the show:
“Thanks to recent scientific discoveries, Dr. Oz says stem cells aren’t the only solution. ‘We went to a place we never thought we would go. I can take a little bit of your skin, take those cells and get them to go back in time so they’re like they were when you were first made.’”
“Dr. Oz says these skin cells, which contain your genes and are less prone to cancer, will be the ones that are ultimately used to cure Parkinson’s. ‘I think we’re single digit years away from making a big impact in the lives of [people with] Parkinson’s disease, but also diabetics and heart attack victims,’” the website summarized.
Oprah.com not only avoided quoting Oz as saying “the stem cell debate is dead,” but carefully avoided the words “stem cell” and “embryonic’ when quoting or summarizing his remarks.
Oz did in fact say stem cells were the solution, but instead of backing ESCR, he advocated adult stem cells as the future of medical breakthroughs.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
POTUS + apology
The POTUS owes the Americans who attended tea parties across the nation an apology. He needs to recognize the concerns of Americans who have different ideas than he does and he needs to recognize them as valid.
He needs to apologize for Nancy Pelosi, MSM (main stream media) and other congress people who downplayed the tea parties as "astroturf" organizations, despicable, invalid and crazy. We have valid concerns and I respect them; Mr. Obama is supposed to be a President of the people yet he's brushed off concerns of millions of Americans because they don't agree with him. What he should do is issue a statement that would go something like this: "I recognize the validity of the concerns of those who attended the tea parties on tax day and I am listening with an open mind. I apologize for the response of some in congress and the lack of respect show to fellow Americans by the main stream media. Americans are encouraged to exercise their 1st right and the government should not be so quick as to brush them off." Doubtful that something like that would happen but I am forwarding this paragraph on to the White House.
How dare they brush off our concerns! How dare they. Nancy Pelosi and the likes should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for downplaying concerns of the very people the represent. Shame on them!
The other thing POTUS needs to apologize for is because he's apologizing for us Americans on foreign soil. He apologized for the actions of Americans when he was in Europe and he's doing the same thing at the Summit of the Americas. When is he going to start acting like the President of the UNITED STATES and stand up for us and not act like the Apologizer of the United States. If only I could get my hands on TOTUS and write a speech the was pro-American instead of anti-American. Chances are he wouldn't even know what he was reading until the speech was done...sort of like when he thanked himself for inviting people to the White House.
He's not holding Americans accountable for how they are treating other Americans but he is holding Americans accountable for how we've treated foreign countries (in his mind). What's wrong with this picture?
He needs to apologize for Nancy Pelosi, MSM (main stream media) and other congress people who downplayed the tea parties as "astroturf" organizations, despicable, invalid and crazy. We have valid concerns and I respect them; Mr. Obama is supposed to be a President of the people yet he's brushed off concerns of millions of Americans because they don't agree with him. What he should do is issue a statement that would go something like this: "I recognize the validity of the concerns of those who attended the tea parties on tax day and I am listening with an open mind. I apologize for the response of some in congress and the lack of respect show to fellow Americans by the main stream media. Americans are encouraged to exercise their 1st right and the government should not be so quick as to brush them off." Doubtful that something like that would happen but I am forwarding this paragraph on to the White House.
How dare they brush off our concerns! How dare they. Nancy Pelosi and the likes should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for downplaying concerns of the very people the represent. Shame on them!
The other thing POTUS needs to apologize for is because he's apologizing for us Americans on foreign soil. He apologized for the actions of Americans when he was in Europe and he's doing the same thing at the Summit of the Americas. When is he going to start acting like the President of the UNITED STATES and stand up for us and not act like the Apologizer of the United States. If only I could get my hands on TOTUS and write a speech the was pro-American instead of anti-American. Chances are he wouldn't even know what he was reading until the speech was done...sort of like when he thanked himself for inviting people to the White House.
He's not holding Americans accountable for how they are treating other Americans but he is holding Americans accountable for how we've treated foreign countries (in his mind). What's wrong with this picture?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Fighting the rise of privacy, er, uh piracy
I am writing to give President Obama props on a couple items. First, it's clear the POTUS has a great sense of humor as demonstrated by his spontaneousness when trying to find a microphone in the rabbit's ear at the White House Easter egg hunt. Second, he displayed quite the human side while playing with the children during the hunt and even helping a young boy slam dunk a basketball. It's always nice to see the President, no matter who he is, being relaxed and in a different environment than what we're used to. It was enjoyable to watch; they seemed to be having a wonderful time.
I was going to give Obama props for giving the directives to save the Captain held by pirates and thank goodness he was saved but turns out, what Obama did was actually the law. He had too. But still, the Captain was saved and that really is all that is important.
On to the second topic, the tea parties. All the lefties are calling them "tea bagging" parties which if you don't know what that mean, look it up on google! It's highly sexual and extremely offensive. The fact that many on the left really have absolutely no idea what the tea parties are about is quite sad. There are tens of thousands of Americans using their rights to speak their minds and assemble protests on April 15th. Now, this happens to be taking place on tax day but these protests aren't only about taxes. In fact, that's just a small part. The protests are about big spending, big government, bail outs, congress not reading bills, Obama moving the country to the left AND taxes. The other thing the lefties don't get is that Obama is simply the straw that broke the camel's back; these people were just as upset when Bush started bigger government by bailing out banks and it's all come to a culmination. It just happens to be that Obama has pushed people over the edge; this didn't start with him but he didn't make it any better.
I also find it interesting that it was perfectly okay for the liberals to protest Bush during his presidency but it's foolish, kooky and crazy for people to protest what the government is doing during the Obama term. It's complete hypocrisy.
The left also is in utter denial that these tea parties are a grass roots efforts; they are believing everything they hear on MSNBC. These protests started months ago and have been organized by people just like you and me. They may be covered by Fox News but they are not paid for or organized by Fox News. Plain and simple.
I was going to give Obama props for giving the directives to save the Captain held by pirates and thank goodness he was saved but turns out, what Obama did was actually the law. He had too. But still, the Captain was saved and that really is all that is important.
On to the second topic, the tea parties. All the lefties are calling them "tea bagging" parties which if you don't know what that mean, look it up on google! It's highly sexual and extremely offensive. The fact that many on the left really have absolutely no idea what the tea parties are about is quite sad. There are tens of thousands of Americans using their rights to speak their minds and assemble protests on April 15th. Now, this happens to be taking place on tax day but these protests aren't only about taxes. In fact, that's just a small part. The protests are about big spending, big government, bail outs, congress not reading bills, Obama moving the country to the left AND taxes. The other thing the lefties don't get is that Obama is simply the straw that broke the camel's back; these people were just as upset when Bush started bigger government by bailing out banks and it's all come to a culmination. It just happens to be that Obama has pushed people over the edge; this didn't start with him but he didn't make it any better.
I also find it interesting that it was perfectly okay for the liberals to protest Bush during his presidency but it's foolish, kooky and crazy for people to protest what the government is doing during the Obama term. It's complete hypocrisy.
The left also is in utter denial that these tea parties are a grass roots efforts; they are believing everything they hear on MSNBC. These protests started months ago and have been organized by people just like you and me. They may be covered by Fox News but they are not paid for or organized by Fox News. Plain and simple.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Global Warming mumbo jumbo
Global warming is one of those convtroversies wrapped up in a giant politcal mess.
Conservatives don't buy into it and liberals believe to be true. It's one of those issues on which you chose your side based on the facts you deem to be worthy of truthfulness. Conservatives are constantly told by liberals that Global Warming is a scientific fact and they have all the facts to back it up but when the facts to disprove Global Warming are presented, they are discounted as gibberish and meaningless.
Now, I believe we should most definitely take care of our planet for pollutionary reasons but I absolutely don't buy into the Global Warming scheme. I've provided various links below to back up why conservatives and myself don't buy it and believe the earth goes through natural warming and cooling trends and have throughout history.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11383
http://inhofe.senate.gov/pressreleases/climate.htm
http://globalwarminghoax.wordpress.com/
http://www.oism.org/pproject/
http://www.discovery.org/v/30
Conservatives don't buy into it and liberals believe to be true. It's one of those issues on which you chose your side based on the facts you deem to be worthy of truthfulness. Conservatives are constantly told by liberals that Global Warming is a scientific fact and they have all the facts to back it up but when the facts to disprove Global Warming are presented, they are discounted as gibberish and meaningless.
Now, I believe we should most definitely take care of our planet for pollutionary reasons but I absolutely don't buy into the Global Warming scheme. I've provided various links below to back up why conservatives and myself don't buy it and believe the earth goes through natural warming and cooling trends and have throughout history.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11383
http://inhofe.senate.gov/pressreleases/climate.htm
http://globalwarminghoax.wordpress.com/
http://www.oism.org/pproject/
http://www.discovery.org/v/30
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
And the oblviousness prevails....
I'm not even sure where to start on this one so we'll start with this post....read the threads by the leftists on this blog...
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/07/obama-islam-right-wing/#comments
Now, do some research to find out if we really are at war with Islam or if it's all just in our imagination. While, I firmly believe that there are extremists in every religion, Islam seems to take the cake in this category. Communities around the world are succumbing to Islam and it's a slow process so as not to alarm anyone.
Our President said "America is not and never will be at war with Islam", while that may be true, he neglected to include "but Islam is at war with us", "we are at war with extremists" (and bear in mind that the extremists in Islam aren't really all that extreme when the Q'uran and Shari'a law is examined. POTUS should have also said "America will continue to defend it's freedoms, it's citizens and it's land while working to continue to develop healthy, trusting relationships with (insert country name here)".
This is what I know; not all Muslims are bad but if asked which law prevails, Shari'a or Federal law, chances are Shari'a will prevail. I know that Christians, Jews, Hindus as well as other religions and Muslims can peacefully cohabitate. We need to remember to maintain our mutual respect for each other and our religions. I know that many Americans lump all Muslims into a fundamentalist category and that is wrong as well as disrespectful.
This is what I know of the Q'uran and Mohammad. I know that Mohammad originally preached peace while he was in Mecca. People of Mecca didn't like him but he was protected by a rich uncle's connections. Once that uncle passed, Mohammad lost his protection and was forced out of Mecca. He migrated north to Medina where he began preaching Islam as a religion of violence. This is the part of his life that fundamentalists cling to, not the beginning, peaceful years. This violent preaching is why we should worry. This part of the Q'uran tells Muslims, followers of Allah to kill all infidels, Jews and Christians. Either convert or die. I believe that it is quite possible for the Islamic faith to completely dissolve into the latter teachings of Mohammad.
The liberal left is completely unaware of or unwilling to accept this as a reality. There are no "moderate members of the Taliban", we cannot "maintain diplomacy with Iran", we will not ever be viewed by the Muslim world as equals, deserving of respect or as anything other than infidels. To think so, I believe would be foolish.
I suggest you plug into YouTube and search for FITNA and get just a glimpse of what goes on in the fundamentalist Muslim world. What FITNA shows is nothing new and can be found many places. It's frightening.
I will never not speak to, socialize with, listen to or befriend a Muslim, just like any other religion. That would go against MY faith to do so. I will continue to try to broaden my horizons and expand my understanding and knowledge, but I will also do so with caution only to remind myself that I need to understand both sides.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/07/obama-islam-right-wing/#comments
Now, do some research to find out if we really are at war with Islam or if it's all just in our imagination. While, I firmly believe that there are extremists in every religion, Islam seems to take the cake in this category. Communities around the world are succumbing to Islam and it's a slow process so as not to alarm anyone.
Our President said "America is not and never will be at war with Islam", while that may be true, he neglected to include "but Islam is at war with us", "we are at war with extremists" (and bear in mind that the extremists in Islam aren't really all that extreme when the Q'uran and Shari'a law is examined. POTUS should have also said "America will continue to defend it's freedoms, it's citizens and it's land while working to continue to develop healthy, trusting relationships with (insert country name here)".
This is what I know; not all Muslims are bad but if asked which law prevails, Shari'a or Federal law, chances are Shari'a will prevail. I know that Christians, Jews, Hindus as well as other religions and Muslims can peacefully cohabitate. We need to remember to maintain our mutual respect for each other and our religions. I know that many Americans lump all Muslims into a fundamentalist category and that is wrong as well as disrespectful.
This is what I know of the Q'uran and Mohammad. I know that Mohammad originally preached peace while he was in Mecca. People of Mecca didn't like him but he was protected by a rich uncle's connections. Once that uncle passed, Mohammad lost his protection and was forced out of Mecca. He migrated north to Medina where he began preaching Islam as a religion of violence. This is the part of his life that fundamentalists cling to, not the beginning, peaceful years. This violent preaching is why we should worry. This part of the Q'uran tells Muslims, followers of Allah to kill all infidels, Jews and Christians. Either convert or die. I believe that it is quite possible for the Islamic faith to completely dissolve into the latter teachings of Mohammad.
The liberal left is completely unaware of or unwilling to accept this as a reality. There are no "moderate members of the Taliban", we cannot "maintain diplomacy with Iran", we will not ever be viewed by the Muslim world as equals, deserving of respect or as anything other than infidels. To think so, I believe would be foolish.
I suggest you plug into YouTube and search for FITNA and get just a glimpse of what goes on in the fundamentalist Muslim world. What FITNA shows is nothing new and can be found many places. It's frightening.
I will never not speak to, socialize with, listen to or befriend a Muslim, just like any other religion. That would go against MY faith to do so. I will continue to try to broaden my horizons and expand my understanding and knowledge, but I will also do so with caution only to remind myself that I need to understand both sides.
What? The libs are confused again? Never.
Once again, the leftist liberals are blaming the tragic shootings which have occurred over the past few weeks on "nutjob" right-winger gun activists. They are taking these shootings and using them as political opportunism to advance the gun control agenda. They have been saying that us conservatives who are worried about Obama taking our guns are fools because that's not on his agenda. Really? Let's take a look at why us right-winger gun activists may believe gun control is a priority on Obama's radar.
#1. Obama was voted the most liberal senator in the senate and for some reason, there were still people out there who foolishly thought he would govern from the center or maybe left of center. He's clearly shown his colors as a true leftist and, I believe, he never planned on governing from the center but he's such a slippery snake, he made people believe he would.
#2. He surrounding himself by gun control activists by filling his cabinet with people who won't support the 2nd Amendment. Let's take a look at some of these people:
A. Eric Holder, Attorney General, has been one of the most staunch gun control supporters for decades
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/holder_gun_control/2008/11/21/153808.html
B. Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, won an award from the gun control lobby.
http://www.nrapublications.org/a1f/Duncan.html
C. Cass Sunstein, Regulatory Czar (whatever the hell that is), thinks that animals should be able to sue, yes I did write "SUE" humans.
http://www.nrapublications.org/a1f/Cass.html
D. Rahm Emmauel, White House Chief of Staff and former senior advisor to President Clinton, was a part of the gun ban lobbies and a supporter of the Brady Bill.
http://nugun.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/rahm-emmanuel-scariest-man-in-washington/
See, libs? See why we are concerned? People surround themselves with like minded individuals when and President Obama is doing just that. Now, let's get to the idea that the recent shootings are #1 because of conservative gun activists and #2 actually performed by legal gun owners. Neither of which are true.
The recent shootings that have been taking place are saddening. What the gun control activists really need to understand is that the people who committed these crimes either #1 possessed their weapons illegally or #2 were mentally unstable and if they didn't have access to guns, they would have found another way to carry out their missions (ie. the man who built a "tank" and wrecked the town of Granby, Colorado).
#1. Obama was voted the most liberal senator in the senate and for some reason, there were still people out there who foolishly thought he would govern from the center or maybe left of center. He's clearly shown his colors as a true leftist and, I believe, he never planned on governing from the center but he's such a slippery snake, he made people believe he would.
#2. He surrounding himself by gun control activists by filling his cabinet with people who won't support the 2nd Amendment. Let's take a look at some of these people:
A. Eric Holder, Attorney General, has been one of the most staunch gun control supporters for decades
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/holder_gun_control/2008/11/21/153808.html
B. Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, won an award from the gun control lobby.
http://www.nrapublications.org/a1f/Duncan.html
C. Cass Sunstein, Regulatory Czar (whatever the hell that is), thinks that animals should be able to sue, yes I did write "SUE" humans.
http://www.nrapublications.org/a1f/Cass.html
D. Rahm Emmauel, White House Chief of Staff and former senior advisor to President Clinton, was a part of the gun ban lobbies and a supporter of the Brady Bill.
http://nugun.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/rahm-emmanuel-scariest-man-in-washington/
See, libs? See why we are concerned? People surround themselves with like minded individuals when and President Obama is doing just that. Now, let's get to the idea that the recent shootings are #1 because of conservative gun activists and #2 actually performed by legal gun owners. Neither of which are true.
The recent shootings that have been taking place are saddening. What the gun control activists really need to understand is that the people who committed these crimes either #1 possessed their weapons illegally or #2 were mentally unstable and if they didn't have access to guns, they would have found another way to carry out their missions (ie. the man who built a "tank" and wrecked the town of Granby, Colorado).
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Another one bites the dust.....or does she?
Another POTUS nominee is a tax cheat, oops...I'm sorry, I meant to say another POTUS nominee made an honest mistake on her taxes.
Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas and second choice nominee for HHS secretary has revealed that she paid over $7k in back taxes because of "mistakes" on her returns. I am pretty sure that our dear President has no clue how upset many Americans are over this happening over and over again with his nominees.
In an interview with CNN after the Daschle debacle, Obama said this: "And I take responsibility for it and we're going to make sure we fix it so it doesn't happen again." He also said this: "Ultimately, I campaigned on changing Washington and bottom-up politics," Obama said. "And I don't want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards -- one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes."
I tell you now, if this bonehead gets confirmed and Obama does nothing, he will be viewed by so many as a typical Washington politician and a complete and total hypocrite. It seems to me that the best thing for him to do, is apologize to the American people once again because the vetting process screwed up again and pick yet a third choice for HHS secretary. He's already got Rahmbo on his staff and Geithner in his administration and both of them have tax issues of some sort.
Understandably, the President won't deal with this until he returns from the G20 summit and I'm okay with that. I find it so aggravating that the elitists on MSNBC mentioned Sebelius' tax issues in a round table discussion. The question was asked "do we care?" and everyone on the panel said "No, we don't care". That is so far out of touch with the view of so many Americans and they have no clue how high and mighty they sound for saying this!
I do know that if Sebelius is allowed in as HHS secretary, there will be an outrage and uproar from the public and THEN Obama will know how people really feel!!
Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas and second choice nominee for HHS secretary has revealed that she paid over $7k in back taxes because of "mistakes" on her returns. I am pretty sure that our dear President has no clue how upset many Americans are over this happening over and over again with his nominees.
In an interview with CNN after the Daschle debacle, Obama said this: "And I take responsibility for it and we're going to make sure we fix it so it doesn't happen again." He also said this: "Ultimately, I campaigned on changing Washington and bottom-up politics," Obama said. "And I don't want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards -- one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes."
I tell you now, if this bonehead gets confirmed and Obama does nothing, he will be viewed by so many as a typical Washington politician and a complete and total hypocrite. It seems to me that the best thing for him to do, is apologize to the American people once again because the vetting process screwed up again and pick yet a third choice for HHS secretary. He's already got Rahmbo on his staff and Geithner in his administration and both of them have tax issues of some sort.
Understandably, the President won't deal with this until he returns from the G20 summit and I'm okay with that. I find it so aggravating that the elitists on MSNBC mentioned Sebelius' tax issues in a round table discussion. The question was asked "do we care?" and everyone on the panel said "No, we don't care". That is so far out of touch with the view of so many Americans and they have no clue how high and mighty they sound for saying this!
I do know that if Sebelius is allowed in as HHS secretary, there will be an outrage and uproar from the public and THEN Obama will know how people really feel!!
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