Monday, March 23, 2009

Lying Liars...and the fools who believe them

P.J. O'Rourke in The Weekly Standard:
When a Democratic president goes from being wrong to being damn wrong is always an interesting moment: Bay of Pigs, Great Society, Jimmy Carter waking up on the morning after his inauguration, HillaryCare.
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His executive order was an error. His statement at the executive order signing ceremony was a mortal error: "In recent years, when it comes to stem cell research, rather than furthering discovery, our government has forced what I believe is a false choice between sound science and moral values."

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A false choice is no choice at all--Tweedledee/Tweedledum, Chevy Suburban/GMC Yukon XL, Joe Biden/Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Is there really no difference "between sound science and moral values"? Webster's Third New International Dictionary states that science is, definition one, "possession of knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding."
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Let's look at the various things science has "known" in the past 3,000 years.

Lightning is the sneeze of Thor.

The periodic table consists of Earth, Wind, and Fire and a recording of "Got To Get You into My Life."

The world is flat with signs saying "Here Be Democrats" near the edges.

You can turn lead into gold without first selling your Citibank stock at a huge loss.

We're the center of the universe and the Sun revolves around us (and shines out of Uranus, Mr. President, if I may be allowed a moment of utter sophomoricism).

I remind you here that I am Libertarian/Constitutionalist leaning in my political patterns. I KNOW some things I WISH could be paid for by my taxes CAN'T (and shouldn't) because of the Constitution and the Laws of the various States. This particular little waste of my money, however, is one I don't argue, I don't even continue in the same room, if necessary - Fetal Stem Cell Research should NOT, in my (seldom) humble opinion, be paid for with the money confiscated from Americans. Ever. Period.

Read the whole thing to find the extent of the lies President BarryO tells.

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