tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post115343798107044183..comments2024-03-26T04:21:43.535-05:00Comments on Free Association: ARI UpdateSheldon Richmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-1153512394896731692006-07-21T15:06:00.000-05:002006-07-21T15:06:00.000-05:00In their latest press release, ARI again tries to ...In their <A HREF="http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=12885&news_iv_ctrl=1221" REL="nofollow">latest press release</A>, ARI again tries to change the subject. It isn't about stealing money at gunpoint from taxpayers to pay for socialized scientific research, it's about science vs. religion.<BR/><BR/>Just as conservatives hate Democrats more than they love liberty, it seems that the ARI hates religion more than it loves reason.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620822221586726516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-1153503773162590612006-07-21T12:42:00.000-05:002006-07-21T12:42:00.000-05:00I haven't been able to tell what the bill would ha...I haven't been able to tell what the bill would have done exactly. Would it have increased spending, or simply allowed federal spending to be used for stem cell research?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-1153460778183096722006-07-21T00:46:00.000-05:002006-07-21T00:46:00.000-05:00It's hard to blame ARI too much (never thought I'd...It's hard to blame ARI too much (never thought I'd say those words), since mainstream news coverage always makes it sound like the issue is whether to allow or prohibit stem cell research, rather than whether the feds should fund it with taxpayer money.<BR/><BR/>Well, hell, they shouldn't be funding *any* kind of research. But in mainstream political discourse, saying that kind of thing puts you in the same category as the crazies who favor crazy stuff like drug legalization. Egad!Kevin Carsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07525803609000364993noreply@blogger.com