And, as we all know, if they say it, it must be true...
We all know what number one is, right? The mustang, yes, very good.
The second was our illustrious Dancing Monkey. Yes, once again, the elected leader supposed to represent the will of the people has once again trampled over the voting public to do whatever the hell he wants anyway, under the guise, of course, of "compassionate conservatism." For the first time in his entire presidential legacy, the President, Mr. George W. Bush, has vetoed the stem-cell research bill. His first veto. To nix something that 63% of Americans think should be happening: Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
The Down-Low: This does not mean that abortion doctors from across the country are trying to abort even more babies to make some ethereal, nonexistent quota. It means that all of the frozen embryo's that couples have left in stasis forever would be used to research cures for such diseases and conditions as Alzhiemer's, Parkinson's, paralysis, blindness--the list goes on for quite a while! This does not in any way destroy human life, although it does take small eggs that have a potential to become human life and use them to help preserve and better human life. Am I clear on that?
Now, if fundies really, truly believed that this would be destroying human life, they should be buying up all these frozen eggs, implanting them in their womenfolk, and bringing them to fruition. Not simply letting them stay in a freezer next to the Butterball, am I right? Much as they protest gay couples adopting children (which numerous studies have shown affects the child in no way, shape, or form differently from being raised in a straight household), if fundies really truly believed these children needed saved form the evil gay couples who simply wish to put a roof over a child's head and clothing on their back and food in their bellies, they would adopt all these children who stagnate in the foster care system...
But I'll digress...
Needless to say, Bush once more has defied the will of the people he supposedly is supposed to be representing, and vetoed the bill...
That was Number Two.
Which leads to the third bad thing to happen in my life (therefore ending the present cycle of ill-luck...)
Remember when I told you about how proud I made my mother by cleaning out my microwave?
Never, ever clean out your microwave... Especially if it's been a few years (okay, like five) since you've done so...
I don't know whether it was all the gooey exploded spaghetti sauce that kept it running, or whether all that crusty old food created some sort of protective barrier, or maybe simply helped the electrical and radiological currents cook any given substance placed into its manifold depths...
But it's dead now.
Nadda. Nothing. Not even a blinking 12:00... 12:00... 12:00...
Even tried several differing outlets in the kitchen just in case...
Somehow, Cleanliness is next to Godliness doesn't seem to be working in this household, most likely for obvious reasons... :D
And since I missed work on Monday due to Bad Thing Number One, Bad Thing Number Three will have to wait to be replaced until Good Thing Number One happens... which, I'm hoping, is winning the PowerBall...
Of course, if I had money and played PowerBall, the odds of that happening would be a little better...
And I have to say, if you believe that strongly that this goes against your personal religious beliefs to follow the will of the people which is your fucking job, you should step down, therefore retaining your moral high ground (supposedly), and allowing the people to have an elected official that will do his/her job...
And, remember, this in no way tramples on the rights of any other person, so therefore, this does not violate your religious freedoms, unless, of course, you are being forced to create embryo's for the sole purpose of Embryonic Stem Cell Research...
Any questions?
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Thanks George W Bush, for proving that republicans principles are contrary once again.
Arnold Schwarzenegger another greeat repiublican said at the 2004 Republican National Convention;
"how do you know if you are a Republican? Well, I['ll] tell you how. - If you believe that government should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government, then you are a Republican." Which has become the backbone of his politics ever since as "the People's Governor."
So just how is George's great VETO being accountable to the 63% majority of Americans that wanted the bill passed.
Thanks George for giving the American public and the responsibilities of your office the big middle finger.
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