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Stem cell foe named chair of science panel
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, by Aaron Gould Sheinin
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Posted By:Hermoine, 1/23/2013 9:01:30 AM
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The new head of the state House Committee on Science and Technology is a social conservative who has used a moral compass to question scientific research, but who says he knows the importance biotechnology has on the state’s economy. Rep. Ed Setzler, R-Acworth, has previously led efforts to ban research on embryonic stem cells and sponsored a bill making it illegal to implant people with microchips against their will. Setzler, beginning his fifth term in the House, is also a frequent sponsor of bills to restrict abortions. The 42-year-old is an engineer and retired Army Ranger. Headline split by staff
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Comments: Just another example of journalistic malpractice, or better yet, warfare by journalism. Oh, the horror, this guy is against EMBRYONIC stem cell research and happens to believe that it might just be a violation of your privacy to have micro-chip implanted in you against your will. Seriously, what an absolute extremist. How will the country survive with these types of people serving in leadership!?
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 1/23/2013 9:18:00 AM (No. 9133842)
Wow you mean somebody who might understand what is going on with a science subject got appointed? Wow, stop the presses./s
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jlw509, 1/23/2013 9:29:28 AM (No. 9133868)
I guy who beliees in the Right to Life (don´t kill embryonic humans)? --- and Liberty? (Don´t implant microchips in people w/o consent)?
What´s next: the Pursuit of Happiness?
Ed Setzler. I´m going to remember that name.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
right-turn, 1/23/2013 9:47:42 AM (No. 9133915)
And the point of the story is??? Or to put it another way, the writer is having a tizzie over something that he would think was great if the appt went to a dem.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
tsquare, 1/23/2013 10:25:20 AM (No. 9133992)
good.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Okie 52, 1/23/2013 10:32:51 AM (No. 9134015)
There´s been a media black-out of advances made in non-embryonic stem cell research. They conflate the two when they are actually worlds apart. Perhaps this legislator can actually bring this info to light.
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pianogirl88, 1/23/2013 10:35:23 AM (No. 9134028)
Typical libs.....you have to read the article to see that it´s ´´embryonic stem cell´´ research that is opposed and not just the congressman being against ´´stem cell´´ research. The horror of it all.
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columba, 1/23/2013 10:39:04 AM (No. 9134039)
Is this a problem? Is he a Cretan? Is he a foe of adult stem cells (which work) or embryonic stem cells (which require destruction of life and do not work). Is there a problem with morals watching over "science?"
With apologies to residents of Crete.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
The Architect, 1/23/2013 10:45:33 AM (No. 9134067)
Mr. Sheinin of the Atlanta Journal and Constipation, can you name one single technical advance or cure that has been brought about by embreyonic stem cell research, just one, I´m waiting......... I didn´t think so. Now why don´t you do what reporters are supposed to do, a little research on the subject and then you can list all the advances and cures brought about by Adult Stem cell research. Aaron, you should be ashamed to call yourself a reporter.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Bumblebee, 1/23/2013 10:51:33 AM (No. 9134092)
Number 8 misses the point. Democrats are not interested in truth, but only in manipulating public opinion. And 50% of the US is uneducated[ or has a warped public school education] so propaganda becomes truth for them.
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Hermoine, 1/23/2013 11:26:20 AM (No. 9134211)
#9 -- BINGO. And therein lies the problem for Republicans/Conservatives/Independents, (anyone not Democrat).
My husband was moaning and groaning last night about how the GOP has to market itself better. I told him, all the marketing in the WORLD will not work if one of the main methods in getting your "message to market" is the press. Not only will they not let your message get through, they will re-write, lie and fabricate to make sure the message you are trying to convey is either lost in the noise or twisted entirely to make you look bad.
I don´t have the answer, but I do know, this article is just one small example of the deck being stacked against us.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Bumblebee, 1/23/2013 2:35:57 PM (No. 9134708)
I remember Ronald Reagan ran against the press and the Republicans in charge using his personality and a few upbeat phrases and he won. You have to be likeable because people don´t know or care too much about issues. That was our problem with Romney. The only reason George W. Bush won was personality [I thought he was as dumb as a box of rocks] He meant well, but didn´t ride herd on the Wall Street abuses, and letting that idiot general [what´s his name] make so many blunders in Iraq until Bush finally appointed Petraeus who straightened things up. We don´t need a dour faced Dole again or a plastic smiling Romney.
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The new head of the state House Committee on Science and Technology is a social conservative who has used a moral compass to question scientific research, but who says he knows the importance biotechnology has on the state’s economy. Rep. Ed Setzler, R-Acworth, has previously led efforts to ban research on embryonic stem cells and sponsored a bill making it illegal to implant people with microchips against their will. Setzler, beginning his fifth term in the House, is also a frequent sponsor of bills to restrict abortions. The 42-year-old is an engineer and retired Army Ranger. Headline split by staff
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