Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (66212)	7/23/2006 11:10:54 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Why would kerry want to invade Lebanon?

To: American Spirit who wrote (66212)	7/24/2006 12:35:17 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

A Partner with a Chicago Venture Capital firm is frustrated with Bush...fyi... vcconfidential.com July 21, 2006 Rant: What Is Bush Thinking? I am a very frustrated Republican. As a result, I am violating a tenant here by throwing up a political post. The far right is pulling the party way too far to the right.The most recent incursion of this over-reaching is Bush's veto of the recent stem-cell legislation. It is the first veto of his presidency. Since having our children, my personal view on abortion have moderated. However, as our firm is an investor in one of the leading stem cell firms, Novocell, we have seen the incredible potential that stem-cell research has (and is manifesting). Diabetes, which affects an increasingly frightening number of children, can finally be brought under control. Alzheimers, Parkinson's, the list goes on. Bush first banned federally funded research on stem-cells except for a handful of grandfathered cell lines upon coming into office. Unfortunately, many of these lines have become contaminated and have limited value in future research. Meanwhile, other countries in Asia and Europe push forward aggressively and threaten to surpass our Biotech industry. Also, every day, cells are destroyed from left over fertilization procedures. These are cells that will never become children. However, they have the ability to save the lives of thousands (if not tens of thousands) of children. Popular opinion supports stem cell research by an enormous margin. Research, nationwide, is impeded significantly nonetheless. Research centers that have bought equipment in the past with federal funds, can't use that equipment for stem-cell research. Since federal funding accounts for the vast majority of research funding, it is next to impossible to replace these lost dollars. The elections can't come soon enough...

To: American Spirit who wrote (66212)	7/24/2006 12:40:03 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Will Democrats be making a mistake if they oust Lieberman? chron.com Bouncing senator for failing to hew to party's values could shock the Dems back to their roots By WAYNE MADSEN During much of the 20th century, Democratic Senate whips never hesitated to use the lash to ensure party discipline on crucial votes. Unfortunately, the current Democratic whip, Dick Durbin of Illinois, is no Captain Bligh. His passivity in the post makes the Maytag repairman seem like a hyperactive busybody. A prime example has been Durbin's failure to crack the whip on Sen. Joe Lieberman after the Connecticut Democrat's repeated votes supporting President Bush's failed — or failing — policies in Iraq. As the Democratic whip, Durbin long ago should have demanded that Lieberman hew to the party line rather than creating even more fissures in a heavily fractured party. While intestinal fortitude is AWOL among the current Democratic leadership these days, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee showed a little spine by saying it would "likely" back the winner of the Aug. 8 Connecticut primary — either Lieberman or his more progressive, ardently anti-war opponent, Ned Lamont. Lieberman promptly gave party loyalty a Bronx cheer by announcing he'll run as an independent if he does not Lamont's only crime is that he's doing to Lieberman what the Senate Democratic leadership should have been doing all along — holding the neoconservative Democrat accountable for supporting the illegal occupation of Iraq, the heavy-handed administering of the Patriot Act, school vouchers and most of Bush's tax cuts for the rich. Even before Bush II moved into the Oval Office, Lieberman was cozying up to the GOP and shunning the mainstream positions of his own party. In 1988, Lieberman welcomed the support of William F. Buckley Jr. and other staunch conservatives in his first Senate race against progressive Republican Lowell Weicker. With their aid, Lieberman barely edged the popular Weicker. Mindful of the debt owed his hard-right benefactors, the new Democratic senator often embraced conservative positions — irking much of Connecticut's traditionally liberal voting base. Lamont has emerged as the Democratic left's champion by fashioning a powerful coalition of Democrats, independents and even a few Republicans who are tired of Lieberman's unbridled support for the Bush administration. Lamont's supporters number some of the Nutmeg State's most famous political names, including Weicker; former Connecticut Democratic Party chairman George Jepsen; and Jim Dean, brother of Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean. Lieberman's so-called "Joementum" cadre largely consists of many old, wealthy and establishment Democratic Party regulars in Connecticut and neighboring states. Lamont's message, meanwhile, is resonating among younger voters and on the Internet blogs. Lieberman's message is whiny with a selfish threat of bolting the Democrats to run as an independent in November if he loses the primary. The Connecticut incumbent looks more and more like he's ready to retire. Lamont is exactly what the Democrats need to revitalize their party — a young entrepreneur with ideas who is itching to take on Washington and the Republicans. Connecticut Democrats have a real chance to restore the Democratic Party to its progressive and populist roots on Aug. 8. Bouncing Lieberman from the Democratic ticket will send shock waves across the Democratic Party and the nation. Connecticut voters are in a position to do what Senate Democratic Whip Durbin has failed to do — insist that the opposition party start acting like one. That message will not only be felt in Connecticut and Washington but also serve as a wake-up call for certain 2008 presidential candidates — especially a pro-war Democratic senator from New York named Hillary Clinton.