Politics: 238-194 in favor of embryonic stem cell research

Ok, I admit I've been out of the blogosphere for a while--it just doesn't fulfill my online gambling addiction that well. But yesterday I had a chance to watch some of the floor debate regarding the stem cell bill. The hour or so I caught was a good 50/50 split. That is, 50% of the speakers were sane and the other half were hellbent on morphing CSPAN into Pat Robertson's "700 Club." DeLay had one of the best spots, with some carefully planned out language (killing, destruction, etc.) and some equally bad background picture panels of the five stem cell babies he is trying to protect in lieu of research. They blinded him with science.

Majority Leader Tom DeLay said before the vote it would be wrong for the government to finance "medical research predicated on the destruction of human embryos."

"An embryo is a person," the Texas Republican said.

"This bill tramples on the moral convictions of an awful lot of people who don't want their tax dollars to be spent for killing innocent human life," DeLay said.

Priceless. I couldn't have fucked up modern reason any better myself.

A veto has been promised since the vote failed to reach the needed mark of 290. Afterwards, Republicans patted themselves on the back for this obvious "victory." In related news, public key crytopgraphy, microwave ovens, and the wheel are all on the chopping block.