Newsflash: Congress not entirely in thrall of religious right

By passing the Castle-DeGette bill removing restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, the House demonstrated that it is not yet entirely insane. Good for them.

BushCorp™ scientist-in-chief George Bush has threatened to veto the law.

"This bill would take us across a critical ethical line by creating new incentives for the ongoing destruction of emerging human life," Bush said. "Crossing this line would be a great mistake."

On the House floor, Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) likened embryonic research to "killing some in the hopes of saving others."

Killing "some"? Killing what? Let us be clear. Yes embryos are destroyed in the process, but be clear, these embryos are not the cute little mini-humans of the famous Life magazine series:

The embryos being destroyed are called blastocyts. They consist of about 120 cells, and look like this:

So yes, I'm in favor of killing, murdering, assassinating any number of microscopic organisms if it means saving the lives of one of these: