Confusing agendas...

Republicans in Washington are sending mixed messages.

Recently, they pretended to fight to save Terry Schiavo's life from judicial murder.

Now, they want to block legislation which would allow scientific research on stem-cells, which could potentially be used in the future to save people in debilitative conditions, such as Terry Schiavo.

Are they really pro-life? Of course not. People like Tom DeLay and George Bush depend on the religous right for funding and votes. I doubt either could care less about the issue of stem cell research, anymore than they really cared about Terry Schiavo.

Of course, the underlying issues are much less sexy, yet far more important to the nation as a whole. With our current budget deficits skyrocketing, is now really the right time to be spending money on scientific research?

Where does the Constitution grant power to the Congress to tax the American people in order to fund scientific research, anyway?

In reality, this is one more smoke screen clouding the public from seeing the real agendas going on behind the scenes such as CAFTA, the crumbling situations in Iraq and Afghanista, the looming China/Taiwan conflict, the North Korea mess, the illegal alien invasion, or the potential collapse of the dollar under unsustainable debt loads.

Oh yea, and don't forget about Part I of the American Idol finals tonight. Be sure to tune into that instead of educating yourself as to the facts surrounding the Social Security or Tax reform we need so desperately in this country.