Government funded embryonic madness...

President Obama has over-turned a Bush bill which will now allow government funding to be directed to embryo based stem cell research.  Well, I have a couple of things to say about this.  I personally think we just opened a Pandora's box of moral calamity.  How in God's good name are you going to be able to regulate what scientists do with public funded embryo research? Have past results warranted this dramatic change in policy.  I saw nothing wrong with the bill passed from the previous administration, which have public funding to adult stem cell research, the point of this was to avoid the moral issues involved with killing embryos for their stem cells (which is a very viable reality).  Under Bush, stem cell research was increased dramatically, and all kinds of stem cell research were allowed under privatization, but embryonic based research was not funded by the government.  Don't get me wrong, I am all in favor of stem cell research, I think it has wonderful benefits to correct genetic malfunctions and cure diseases that effect a lot of people (a lot of people I know and care about).  But I am not willing to sacrifice my morals and values in the name of research, in the name of science, and in the name of Barack Obama wanting to keep top scientists in the U.S.   Mr. Obama said that we needed to make this crucial change in the name of science, and in order to keep our top scientists from leaving the country because of the lack of public funding for research.  How funny.  Because, I recall certain top doctors leaving certain countries (France, Spain, Canada, etc) because of nationalized health care.  Quite an interesting double standard that the President and his administration seem to hold.

You know what? I'm actually pretty pissed off.  The most powerful man in the world, not the country, the world does not know how to prioritize and organize himself.  In case Mr. Obama forgot, we are deepening in a global recession that has yet to bottom out and whose outlook is grim at best.  But, here we are signing bills about abortion funding, embryo research funding, nationalized health care, and renewable energy (this one just blows my mind).  Is it just me? Does no one else seem to get agitated when we are having a global economic meltdown, in which people are losing homes, jobs, retirement funds, pensions, etc...and here we are talking about renewable energy and abortion funding.  Michelle Obama once said, "I have never been so proud to be an American".  Well, let me say this, it is a little more difficult to hold my head up these days, especially after seeing how our country's elites have been running things.  Even legendary investment guru, Warren Buffet (an Obama supporter), is skeptical, and suggested in an interview this morning that Barack Obama is trying to do too much at once.

Anyways, enough of that, its just upsetting to think that only a few months ago during all of those presidential elections, the economy was the hot topic.  And now, all I am hearing is "don't worry", "we inherited this problem", "everything will be fine"...Umm, well I AM worried, and I don't care if you inherited this problem, I inherited it too and I have to deal with it, and NO everything is not going to be peachy.  In other news, market was down today (surprise, surprise) and we were ever so close to engaging in wars with the Chinese and the North Koreans.  I spoke about the Koreans in my previous post, but apparently we came dangerously close to engaging Chinese ships due to their aggression and breaching of International Waters Law.  It is a really scary thought, to think we came that close to a global mess.  That would be just what we need on our plate, another conflict with another nation.  Anyways, I hope it can be avoided at all costs, and I think that a Chinese ambassador or diplomat of some sort is scheduled to meet with U.S. officials in Washington D.C. tomorrow, so we will see how that goes.  

Stay tuned, everyday is just full of headlines.