Stem Cells: Something for Everyone, A Comedy Tonight!

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Monday July 17, 2006 · 4:25 PM PDT

2006/07/17 · 16:25

(Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum)

The Senate is debating a group of stem cell bills this week. In a nutshell those bills can be described like this:

Real stem cell research ("Lift Bush's Restrictions And Get Down To Work")
Fake stem cell research ("Lots of Loud Talking And Hand-Waving")
Anti-stem cell research ("Prohibit Fetus Farming")

Oddly enough, all three bills are expected to pass with more than enough of a majority; Bush is slated to issue his first-ever veto of the only real one in the bunch, #1.

The other bills are primarily designed to provide political cover and lots of campaign fodder for Senators who might be worried about satisfying the constituents back home, most of whom favor a fully funded program of research. For example, most Senators will vote for #1 because people want it -- yet the Senate knows it will be vetoed by Bush. Most of those same Senators will also vote for #2 because they know it won't make a difference anyway if it passes. And, lastly, most Senators will vote for #3 because it prohibits something that wasn't ever going to have a snowball's chance in hell of happening in the first place.

Something familiar,
Something peculiar,
Something for everyone:
A comedy tonight!

Something appealing,
Something appalling,
Something for everyone:
A comedy tonight!

Nothing with gods, nothing with fate;
Weighty affairs will just have to wait!

Nothing that's formal,
Nothing that's normal,
No recitations to recite;
Open up the curtain:
Comedy Tonight!

Something erratic,
Something dramatic,
Something for everyone:
A comedy tonight!

Frenzy and frolic,
Strictly symbolic,
Something for everyone:
A comedy tonight!

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