ATTENTION STEM CELL RESEARCH SUPPORTERS





Have you ever noticed how many Republicans, starting with President Bush, claim to be against Stem Cell Research because of the moral and ethical considerations? Have you noticed how they are fixed on 'embryonic' stem cell rather than admitting the successes of adult stem cells?



Let me shed some light on why they have taken this position. In addition to Eli Lilly telling me that it would never support anything that would ever cure diabetes, and admitting that 20% of its 12 billion dollars in revenue in 2003 came from the sale of insulin (diabetes has been reversed in other countries), look at all of the campaign contributions made by the pharmaceuticals to our elected officials:





Pharmaceutical Manufacturing:
Top 20 Recipients

Election cycle: 20042002200019981996199419921990

List Top 20: All RecipientsPresidential CandidatesSenatorsMembers of the HouseSenate CandidatesHouse CandidatesAll Members of Congress

Rank
Candidate
Office
Amount

1
Bush, George W (R)
Pres
$499,549

2
Kerry, John (D)
Pres
$275,888

3
Burr, Richard (R-NC)
Senate
$196,148

4
Ferguson, Mike (R-NJ)
House
$180,899

5
Specter, Arlen (R-PA)
Senate
$120,700

6
Hastert, Dennis (R-IL)
House
$116,500

7
Gregg, Judd (R-NH)
Senate
$106,000

8
Dodd, Chris (D-CT)
Senate
$100,525

9
Bond, Christopher S 'Kit' (R-MO)
Senate
$83,503

10
Barton, Joe (R-TX)
House
$79,750

11
Bennett, Robert F (R-UT)
Senate
$78,000

12
DeLay, Tom (R-TX)
House
$76,999

13
John, Chris (D-LA)
Senate
$74,468

14
Lieberman, Joe (D-CT)
Senate
$73,000

15
Bayh, Evan (D-IN)
Senate
$72,022

16
Johnson, Nancy L (R-CT)
House
$71,250

17
Martinez, Mel (R-FL)
Senate
$69,050

18
Simmons, Rob (R-CT)
House
$67,436

19
Isakson, Johnny (R-GA)
Senate
$66,099

20
Frelinghuysen, Rodney (R-NJ)
House
$64,602










Notice how many Republicans are listed above?







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b.cole | 06.13.05 - 12:50 pm | #

AMEN!! You can add to that the one million times someone has said, Oh, you shouldn't be eating THAT if your diabetic" or the trillion dirty looks you get from people as you ask the nutritional value of cotton candy so you can bolus for it. Because children should eat cotton candy for cripes sake.
Jeff | Homepage | 06.13.05 - 9:04 pm | #