“I have opinions of my own—strong opinions—but I don’t always agree with them.”
-George Herbert Walker Bush
I’m looking for date and occassion for this classic.
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Just prior to his first Psychiatric hospitalization?
What’s this Operation Falcon that Alberto just announced as a huge succcess? They nabbed 10,000 fugitives.
As soon as AG’s press conference was over, CNN featured a major story on the U.S. Marshall Service’s arrests. If all the fugitives are child molesters, etc., as CNN is featuring, this is great news.
Roundup Naps More Than 1,000 Fugitives
That 1,000 number must be a typo at Yahoo … all the other reports say 10,000.
Officials insist the operation was strictly designed to carry out law enforcement objectives but acknowledge the scope of the operation was expected to prompt positive publicity.
In addition, one official said the operation, originally considered for later this spring, was timed in part to coincide with “Crime Victims Rights Week.”
“One thing this does is demonstrate support for victims of all these crimes. When these fugitives are captured, it helps bring closure,” said the law enforcement source. link
The article does not state why the other 8979 were seized, but there is no doubt that the project will provide additional revenues for the prison industry.
Don’t have a link, but I think somewhere between 40 and 50 thousand people in the US are arrested for something every day, so the 10 thousand in a week may not be as impressive or unusual as its authors might have hoped.
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James Hargrove
Office: Legislative Building 411
Phone: 360-786-7646
E-mail: hargrove_ji@leg.wa.gov
Hargrove (my senator on the Olympic Peninsula) unfortunately voted against the Senate bill for stem cell research on Monday. There’s ONE LAST CHANCE to pass the bill. The deadline is April 15 (that’s tomorrow). PLEASE CALL and send e-mails.
INFO:
Regulating stem cell research and human cloning.
“encourage ethical stem-cell research at the University of Washington that could help find cures for diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and diabetes.
“The people of Washington know that stem-cell research can lead to truly amazing and miraculous cures for devastating diseases that afflict tens of millions of Americans,” said state Rep. Shay Schual-Berke, D-Normandy Park. “But they want to know this research is being done responsibly and ethically, and that it will not lead to experiments in reproductive cloning.”
Schual-Berke’s legislation would create a 13-member advisory committee of scientists, medical ethicists, legal scholars and citizens to develop guidelines for stem-cell research in Washington.
The measure expressly prohibits reproductive cloning of a human being.
The legislation also requires health-care providers to inform fertility-treatment patients of their options regarding the disposal of unused embryos, and that patients must provide informed written consent before donating unused embryos for research.
Opponents of the measure argued that human life begins at conception, and that it is wrong to use stem cells for research. But Schual-Berke emphasized that the cells which could be used for stem-cell research are currently discarded.
During the floor debate on the bill, co-sponsor Rep. Brian Sullivan, D-Mukilteo, talked about two people he knew with life-altering diseases, and the hope offered by stem-cell research.
“I saw a vibrant young man with a promising future totally disintegrate before my eyes from aggressive Parkinson’s disease,” said Sullivan. “But when we had hearings on this bill, I saw hopelessness turn into hope. I saw possibilities and a light at the end of the tunnel for the human suffering that exists today not only in our nation, but around the world.”
Schual-Berke cited surveys showing that a majority of Washington residents support ethical stem-cell research.
“Other states and countries have embarked on research that can revolutionize medicine,” said Schual-Berke. “The choices we make will determine whether Washington helps to lead this revolution or is left out.”
Source: http://grassrootsconnection.com/WA_state_news_release.htm
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Reporter Gareth Cook of the Boston Globe was awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism for his coverage of the scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research. I didn’t count the total number of articles, but it ran for almost a year.
His entire series of articles is available at Boston.com
This is a topic close to me. I’ve taken sinemet for almost 6 months and my tremors seem worse. At 43, this is not a good prospect.
That quote is all over the place, but no date or place I can find. Whole list here (more than a few out there).
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Source indeed unknown, perhaps even from Prescott?
Repeated by each generation.
Nov. 23, 1996 — John Flanagan of the Star-Bulletin
Oui – Liberté – Egalité – Fraternité
Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, is on CSPAN giving another knock-’em-off-their-block speech. Hope this one is on video too.
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and how he interprets the constitution.
Austin, Texas, Nov. 22, 2000
If George doesn’t read himself, who does the story telling?
Oui – Liberté – Egalité – Fraternité