BUSH'S A PUPPET TO THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT--STEM CELL VETO PROVES IT

BY RICK GRANT rickgrant01@comcast.net

For years a lot of good people worked very hard to push through the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, including Christopher Reeve and his wife Dana--sadly now deceased. Also, Michael J.Fox and Nancy Reagan wholeheartedly supported the legislation. The bill was sponsored by Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania and supported by a bipartisan group of scientists, senators, celebrities, and private citizens. Sadly, the Reeves died before the bill reached the Senate floor.

The bill would have allowed couples who had stored frozen embryos for fertility treatments to donate them to researchers rather than let them be destroyed. The issue was devisive, pitting the supporters against President Bush and the religious right along with the Catholic Church--another thorn in the sides of progressive thinkers, who would never submit to the narrow parameters of Catholic dogma.

According to the religious right's logic, using donated sperm for research and an array of fertilization processes would be murder. Furthermore, these zealots believe that masterbation is killing potential babies because the sperm ends up on the bathroom floor instead of fertilizing the egg. Of course, the medieval Catholic Church views masterbation as a sin. However, they cleverly allow men and boys to confess it, and be free to jerk off as much as they want until their next confession.

Bush's veto again shows his flawed decision-making and blatantly exposes his failed presidency that brought us the Iraq War, (based on Bush's lies) the multi-billion dollar deficit, and now Bush's veto, which wiped out years of campaigning by free thinking people who wanted to see cures for our most tragic diseases and conditions.

And to think we're stuck with Bush until 2008. However, there is a growing majority of pissed off Democrats, including me, who are working to vote out this crooked Repulican administration, one by one until we achieve a Democratic majority in the House and Senate. When Bush and his gaggle of are history, the bill can be reintroduced. It make take years to undo the damage Bush has done to this country.

Who Would Spend $186.00 to See Madonna's Confessions Tour? Plenty!
Monday, July 17, 2006

By Rick Grant rickgrant01@comcast.net

At 47, no-talent Madonna has had a remarkable career becoming a pop icon with nothing but her skill at self-promotion and knack for skewering Puritan sexual mores. Now she's out on the road as the number one drawing act at $186.00 a ticket. The nagging question that gives me a headache is: Who are these Madonna fans? Where do they come from? Are there that many morons in America who think Madonna is a great performer or singer?

Yes, this trailer park trash sex kitten is out on tour, humping a pole riding a saddle, simulating masturbation with a Swarovski crystal encrusted disco ball overhead. She sold out the Los Angeles Forum with her million dollar set pieces, seven costume changes, and her personal trainer conditioned body. There must be an epidemic of crack addiction for that many people to pay big bucks to see this aging tramp vamp like a stripper high on meth.

At the LA show celebrities dotted the audience, such as Selma Hayek, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rosie O'Donnell, (well, at lest we know why she is there) and Nicole Richie, who lost so much weight, she went poof and disappeared. Madge makes her entrance wearing her S&M equestrian gear to ride the pole and warble like a sick bluejay. All her sexcapades culminate in her wearing silver handcuffs while images of African children, orphaned by AIDS, flash on the screen. Could simulated sex with a donkey be next as images of starving kids flash on he screen?

Why Madonna is a huge star remains a dark mystery. Clearly, she has millions of fans. But what do they like about her? Is it her common roots or base sexuality? Color me clueless, but I just don't understand how Madonna rose to such lofty heights of celebrity playing the slut. Now when you say Madonna do you mean the sleazy trollop or the mother of Jesus? Now that is sick!

Israel Offensive Justified--War is Hell Posted July 15, 2006

By Rick Grant rickgrant01@comcast.net

Israel is surrounded by enemies--terrorist states. It has been plagued by terrorist factions such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and the PLO for years. Legions of suicide bombers have crossed the border and murdered scores of innocent people. Now, Israel is going after these terrorist thugs wherever they are given sanctuary in Jordan, Syria, and Iran.

As much as I deplore war as a scurge on humanity, the radical fundamentalist Muslims are hell bent to destroy Israel and America. All they know is violence and death. They're killers and crazed zealots who have been corrupted by their radical beliefs. Israel has no choice but to track them down and kill as many of them as possible. They're like the pagan barbgarian hordes that descended on Rome's territories. They were a threat to Rome's existance.

Likewise, the terrorist fighters are like rabid animals. It's kill or be killed. Isreal has been planning this offensive for years, gathering intelligence and marking targets. We should support them. With today's terrorists, only their total destruction will remove the threat. The Israelis have tried negotiating with them diplomatically. As history teaches us, that doesn't work. It's their way or no way. No one can reason with them.

These crazed fanatics want to turn the Mideast into a fundamentalist state-- a new medieval times, when mulahs and religious leaders tell everyone what to do. Israel and America can not let that happen. I say to the people of Israel, It's about time. Enough talk. Blast these murderers to hell, so you can live in peace.

Sadly like all wars, innocent people get killed. But if Israel and America do not take a hard line and conduct preemptive strikes, the terrorists will multiply like termites and eat away at our freedom and democracy. War is hell--but life in a fundamentalist state would be a greater hell.

Posted July 14, 2006. By Rick Grant rickgrant01@comcast.net

Rodney King said, "Can't we all just get along." No! Since the dawn of humankind when homo sapiens walked upright, war is coded in our DNA. It's part of the human condition. We exisit therefore we fight. It seems we will have to evolve another step as a species to overcome this legacy of solving conflicts by violence. Rhetorically, we ask: How much blood do we have to shed before talking seems like a good idea?

Today, Israel is warring with Jordanian terrorists, and as usual, innocent civilians are paying the price. In Iraq, every man, woman, and child carry AK-47 assault rifles. If you look at someone funny, they shoot you. Warring factions are engaged in a three way civil war, with American soliders caught in the middle. In America, every urban jungle is plagued by gun violence and murders. The mayor of Washington D.C. declared a crime emergency because of the burgeoning murder rate. Perhaps, when the streets are flooded with blood, maybe then we will stop killing each other.

No, not even then. It's a call to a higher consciousness when conflict management is preferable to killing. But the real prolem is wars are being waged in the name of God by factions who think they have God on their side. So, kill, kill, kill in the name of Alah or God. But who is right? Ah, once you believe that God is on your side, you are convinced you are right.

It's simple: To reduce violence and war--leave God out of conflicts and people might be more rational. Religious zealots are loose cannons who have justified their cause--thus, to them, killing is sanctioned in God's name. "Thou shall not kill," except if the people you are killing do not believe in your self styled dogma. It's absurd, but that's how they think.

No, Rodney, we cant' get along. Now, where's my M-16, surely there is someone who needs killing? Yeah, that guy who put me on hold for twenty minutes has got to go. That idiot at the Motor Vehicle, he's on my list. Yeah, it's a long list. But wait just a darn minute. I haven't got time to terminate my enemies with extreme prejudice because I'm not sure God is on my side. Dang! And I was lock and loaded. Well it worth pondering! Meanwhile wars rage on.