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Morally Unserious in the Extreme (Charles Krauthammer)
Real Clear Politics ^ | 3-13-09 | Charles Krauthammer

Posted on 03/13/2009 10:53:01 PM PDT by STARWISE

Edited on 03/14/2009 5:06:16 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Last week, the White House invited me to a signing ceremony overturning the Bush (43) executive order on stem cell research. I assume this was because I have long argued in these columns and during my five years on the President's Council on Bioethics that, contrary to the Bush policy, federal funding should be extended to research on embryonic stem cell lines derived from discarded embryos in fertility clinics.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhostemcells; bioethics; cloning; embryonicstemcells; krauthammer; obama; obamatruthfile
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1 posted on 03/13/2009 10:53:01 PM PDT by STARWISE
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To: NYer; wagglebee; Bahbah; Miss Didi; Miss Marple; silent_jonny; Salvation; bray; Faith; shield; ...

~~PING!


2 posted on 03/13/2009 10:54:31 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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To: STARWISE

I thought it was above his paygrade.


3 posted on 03/13/2009 10:59:55 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: STARWISE

And i never hear a good explanation. If it really will change medicine the way they claim, make the paraplegic walk, etc. Then why is no private money interested in funding and patenting the research?

It would be like discovering viagra, times 50.


4 posted on 03/13/2009 11:03:12 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: STARWISE

Krauthammer sounds ambiguous about abortion.


5 posted on 03/13/2009 11:05:07 PM PDT by wardaddy (The world has gone to shite since I was a lad in the idyllic 60s)
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To: STARWISE
I know this is off the main topic, but...

Do plants have stem cells?

In theory, is it possible to grow an apple or a marijuana bud in a petri dish?

No soil, no pests, no stalks or leaves, no weather.

In theory, it seems like a productivity miracle.

6 posted on 03/13/2009 11:12:21 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: DesertRhino

The hammer is right on once again. He knocks over Obama’s army of straw men.


7 posted on 03/13/2009 11:13:59 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: STARWISE
Chuckie really bothers me. All during the election he was trashing McCain and after every debate he'd conclude McCain had lost. He seriously deflated the GOP filed workers and supporters. Now that Obama has won, Chuckie is trashing him. I think Chuckie is so smart that he's confused. I really don't give a rip what he has to say. He helped elect Obama. Now... he should just shut up. He is making himself look quite hypocritical.
8 posted on 03/13/2009 11:14:05 PM PDT by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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“Obama Signs Law Banning Federal Embryo Research Two Days After Signing Executive Order to OK It”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206305/posts


9 posted on 03/13/2009 11:17:14 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: zeestephen
Yes.

Hydroponic gardening as an industry is doing well here in SE Ohio.

10 posted on 03/13/2009 11:46:21 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: wardaddy

The comments I’ve heard him mention about pro-life
issues strike me as unusual, given his brilliance
on the conservative side, but I guess his statement
about not being religious covers it all. He’s a
scientist, and probably an athiest, or at most agnostic.

I think he’s physically suffered greatly; it’s a
chore for him to even breathe and talk. But alas,
it doesn’t appear that he’s a devout pro-life champion.

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A couple of background pieces

A Man for All Seasons

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/krauthammer082800.asp
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Bio from Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer

*snip*

(The answers regarding his ideology are detailed here)

Ideology

Krauthammer is generally considered a conservative.[18]

However, on domestic issues, Krauthammer is a supporter of legalized abortion;[19][20][21] an opponent of the death penalty;[22][23][24][25] an intelligent design critic and an advocate for the scientific consensus on evolution, calling the religion-science controversy a “false conflict;”[26][27] a supporter of embryonic stem cell research using embryos discarded by fertility clinics with restrictions in its applications;[28][29][30] and a longtime advocate of radically higher energy taxes to induce conservation.

[31][32][33][34] Meg Greenfield, editorial page editor for The Washington Post who edited Krauthammer’s columns for 15 years, called his weekly column “independent and hard to peg politically. It’s a very tough column. There’s no ‘trendy’ in it. You never know what is going to happen next.”[1]


11 posted on 03/13/2009 11:58:50 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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To: STARWISE

On the other hand, 0 IS the moral equivalent of a hangnail.


12 posted on 03/14/2009 12:06:39 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: DesertRhino

Proponents Federal funding for research on new fetal stem cell strains really want to promote unrestricted abortion. They’re too dishonest to say so, however.


13 posted on 03/14/2009 12:37:06 AM PDT by Post Toasties (Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
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To: Post Toasties

Proponents of Federal funding for research on new fetal stem cell strains really want to promote unrestricted abortion. They’re too dishonest to say so, however.


14 posted on 03/14/2009 12:40:32 AM PDT by Post Toasties (Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
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To: DesertRhino

“I thought it was above his paygrade.”

You don’t understand. Saving babies is above his pay grade. Encouraging and enabling their murder is squarely within his core competency.


15 posted on 03/14/2009 12:49:53 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: STARWISE
Starwise, thanks for the post regarding Dr. K's Harvard Med School professor, Dr. Hermann Lisco, ‘A Man for all Seasons’. Amazing story about a great intellect, scientist and teacher that is reflected in Dr. Krauthammer.
16 posted on 03/14/2009 1:00:18 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: zeestephen
I know of cloning tobacco back in 1970s. Grafting branches into trees is a way to reproduce seedless fruits.
17 posted on 03/14/2009 1:21:06 AM PDT by carumba (The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
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To: STARWISE
Krauthammer was paralyzed in a diving accident in 1972. This accident caused severe damage to his spinal cord which permanently confined him to a wheel chair. Krauthammer would be open for the use of embryonic stem cells if it meant a cure for his condition.

However, stem cells from other sources look like the best route for the quest for regeneration of human tissues. Scientists at the Royal Adelaide Hospital's Hanson Institute are using discarded baby teeth to grow human tissue. Stem cells taken from such teeth are being used to grow all types of human tissue; including spinal cord tissue.

18 posted on 03/14/2009 2:14:57 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Obama Administration is a blueprint for Fabian Socialism.)
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To: STARWISE
"if human embryonic stem cell research does not make you at least a little bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough."

Think? Why should anti-Christian liberals think when they have their daily sound bite to think for them?

19 posted on 03/14/2009 2:55:25 AM PDT by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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To: wardaddy

He is Pro Abortion!


20 posted on 03/14/2009 3:09:40 AM PDT by philly-d-kidder (Those who know the truth, no explanation is needed. those who refuse 2 know, no explanation is enuf!)
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