Not around the bend. Right to the crux of the problem.

You and your clones are not welcome here because you don't know how to act like decent human beings.  Each of your posts is confrontational, argumentative and just plain rude.  Why in the world would a liberal on this board want to communicate with someone like you?  Sheesh!

• All libs, please read. - VH
  • Excuse me but don't you find it more stimulating to debate things rather than to just - have your back patted on this board? nm
    • Since when are you the judge of what is more stimulating on a LIBERAL board? - Libby
      • You have really gone around the bend. Talk about spewing forth hate and trash. - Feel sorry for your hateful heart. nm
        • Not around the bend. Right to the crux of the problem. - Libby
          • Pardon me, but... - SM
            • Excuse me, but for you to begin the *debate* by asking if we would rather - Libby
              • You certainly have thin skin... I've been called a bigot among other things here. - And back patting is offensive? I give up. nm
    • No liberals here just extreme leftists - Reality check
      • You know nothing about liberals - gt
        • You hold the corner market on derogatory - Reality check
          • Don't like it? - Jackie
            • Actually it's quite amusing - Reality check
              • Curse? - gt
              • You're a liar. GT didn't curse. You're a filthy liar, but you are a gift from God. - Jackie
                • Wow, newbie Jackie is with the PROGRAM!!! Alright! Already calling people liars. sm - sm
                  • Who said I'm a newbie? - Jackie
                    • Then you are a liar posting under many names. Happy now? nm - sm
                • Let's see - Reality check
                  • LOL..curse? LOL - gt
                  • Where's the curse word? And why are you so obsessed with GT? - Jackie
                    • But I thought you guys LOVED gays! Wassa matta you?!!? nm - sm
                      • So much for that myth...sm - Democrat
                    • Wow! - Reality check
                      • The word is only reflective of your ACTIONS. Why don't you stop stalking her? - Jackie
                        • Oh, it's not like you haven't stalked on the conservative board. sm - sm
                          • I don't know what you're talking about. - Jackie
                          • Verrry interesting... - Reality check
                            • It's true. SM - MT
                              • Oh yeah, I do remember that - Reality check
                        • Whatever... - Reality check
                          • What difference does it make who I am? Are you suddenly the liberal welcome wagon? - Jackie
                            • Well, you're certainly not the liberal welcome wagon - Reality check
                              • ?? what does that mean in English? - Jackie
                                • It means you sauntered onto the board and act like you have been here for years. sm - sm
                                  • I didn't *saunter* anywhere. - Jackie
                            • You guys are wussies. Pure and simple. Wussies. nm - sm
                              • Wussies? Why should it matter if someone is - Jackie
      • No conservatives either - Conservatives
        • Oh, you silly. nm - sm
      • Well..I know liberals..yada - gt
      • No, there are a few liberals here. - JJ

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Embryonic stem cell research has been misrepresented.  To the gullible public, who will believe ads like the one Michael J. Fox put out there, ESC has become the panacea and cure-all for all time.  But it just isn't true. This quote from the article you posted, Brunson, is very important.

Reckless Hype and Overselling
Most of the campaign’s other ads have focused on “cures.” One shows a doctor saying that far from endangering women stem-cell research “could lead to cures for diseases that concern women like ovarian cancer.” Presumably the stem-cell treatment in question is bone marrow transplantation, an adult stem-cell technique widely in use for decades, and one in no way threatened by any legal barriers or related to embryonic stem cells or cloning. Another ad shows a pediatrician saying stem cells could help his patients, but offering no details. Another shows an Alzheimer’s researcher saying “stem cell research offers the promise of cures” for “so many devastating diseases like Alzheimer’s disease,” but offers no evidence to counter the near consensus in the field that this simply is not so. Many of these disingenuous ads repeat the claim that the initiative would ban human cloning, and none of the ads mention that all stem-cell research is already legal in Missouri and there are no prospects for that changing, or that the referendum would not support any new research.

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We simply must educate ourselves and maybe, in the end, examine what our belief system is about life.  Morally and ethically I believe ESC research to be wrong. It will be the crowning touch down the long downward spiral we started on when we legalized abortion. 

I will end with a quote from President Bush from the same speech I referenced in another post, where he was speaking to parents of adopted children. 

(quote)The children here today remind us that there is no such thing as a spare embryo. Every embryo is unique and genetically complete, like every other human being. And each of us started out our life this way. These lives are not raw material to be exploited, but gifts. And I commend each of the families here today for accepting the gift of these children and offering them the gift of your love.(unquote)

In the end, it comes down to respecting life and God.  The decision lies with each of us.  I choose life.