Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact (Update)

November 9, 2008 By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER , Associated Press Writer
Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact (AP)

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Members of the Secret Service accompany President-elect Obama, center, to his vehicle as leaves the gym following his workout Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

(AP) -- President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.



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__o
Nov 09, 2008

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http://www.physor...986.html

if they cant stop him doing stuff he hasnt done yet where's the hope?
skitterlad
Nov 09, 2008

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"President Bush has limited federal spending on stem cell research, a position championed by opponents of abortion rights. Obama has supported the research in an effort to find cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's. "
I know the people on the board are very educated. In the coming months, please look at how the media distorts the truth about stem cell research. Bush limited funding by what? By preventing the use of new human fetuses only. Money towards successful stem cell research was greater in his term than Clintons time in power.
There have been great progress with stem cell research finding them in our skin, testes, and everywhere else so we can use our own cells to help us, not foreign DNA. We should not drop our moral judgment in research and start using human fetuses as lab mice.
skitterlad
Nov 09, 2008

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Corrections... There has been great progress....

and ... testis
Soylent
Nov 09, 2008

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We should not drop our moral judgment in research and start using human fetuses as lab mice.


There's simply no moral content to speak of here, it's just a spherical clump of ~200 cells(blastocyst or morula stage of development). These embryos are killed whether their stem cells are used or not(most of them are cryogenically preserved for in vitro fertilization and discarded when no longer required).

You're quite frankly insane and a danger to society if you would stand in the way of research that can prevent life threating diseases in order to save an organism less capable of emotion or intelligence than a potted plant.
humanist
Nov 10, 2008

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"We should not drop our moral judgment in research and start using human fetuses as lab mice."


Choose your own retarded "moral judgment" and learn to spell.

Blastocysts are NOT fetus's. (BY definition.)

I am not willing to submit to your "morals."
RAF4
Nov 10, 2008

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On the issue of drilling for Oil I believe that Obama has to listen to public opinion. If the American people want it then fine. Let's do it but understand that the environment will be impacted. I feel he's the leader than could help mend our relationship with the arab countries to continue the purchasing of foreign oil, yet we do have our own. 90% of the worlds oil is in the middle east or close to that percentage so it seems to me the dependancy on foreign oil will be there for a long time. However we send the middle east our food, corn and wheat so there is an exchange. I feel that the earth does not need to be plugged into right away and drilling can hold off. how about solar power? Doesn't the United States have the technology to make better use of our sun? With stem cell research I feel that it should be utilized if it will help humanity. Coloning another human being can wait until we arrive on Mars 50 years from now.
lengould100
Nov 10, 2008

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Tell you "moral judgement" bunch what. First, you stop supporting unjustified unprovoked invasions of sovereign nations which kill tens of thousands, or provoking small backward Balkan countries to attack their neighboring superpower. Do that, then we MIGHT start a discussion on "morals".
Modernmystic
Nov 10, 2008

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There's simply no moral content to speak of here, it's just a spherical clump of ~200 cells(blastocyst or morula stage of development). These embryos are killed whether their stem cells are used or not(most of them are cryogenically preserved for in vitro fertilization and discarded when no longer required).


When I ask this question please keep in mind I'm being TOTALLY serious, respectful, and without a hint of sarcasm. How many cells does it take to make it a moral issue? A million...a billion...a billion and two?
TrustTheONE
Nov 10, 2008

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what it has to do with science???
Quantum_Conundrum
Nov 10, 2008

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There's simply no moral content to speak of here, it's just a spherical clump of ~200 cells(blastocyst or morula stage of development). These embryos are killed whether their stem cells are used or not(most of them are cryogenically preserved for in vitro fertilization and discarded when no longer required).


When I ask this question please keep in mind I'm being TOTALLY serious, respectful, and without a hint of sarcasm. How many cells does it take to make it a moral issue? A million...a billion...a billion and two?


You can no more teach an immoral person to be moral than you can teach a goat to be a sheep.

Anyone who can speak of a human being, however undeveloped, as being less than a potted plant is of a deranged and reprobate mind.

Ironically, if their ancestors thought the way "Soylent" and "Humanist" think, then they would not be alive to vex us with their wickedness.
roguetrekker
Nov 10, 2008

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If we use fetuses for stem cells, I submit we use the Nazi research that has been banned because they did not want to condone the way the information was retrieved. It's the same thing. If you've been on this website for more than 5 minuets, you know of several other ways to obtain stem cells. Don't take science into the realm of theology. If it's a moral gray area, let it alone. And this coming from someone who would benefit greatly from that stem cell research.
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