Stem Cell Oponents to Air Celebrity Ad

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jeff Suppan will start Game 4 of the World Series, Wednesday Oct. 25, 2006. Suppan appears in an ad telling Missouri voters to reject a controversial stem-cell law. (Getty Images)





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(CBS/AP) In an effort to shoot down a controversial measure that would legalize stem cell research in Missouri — and rebut an advertisement featuring Michael J. Fox that supports the law — opponents will respond with their own celebrity-filled ad that will air during Game 4 of the World Series Wednesday night.

An added twist to the opponents' response is that St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jeff Suppan appears in the ad and will be the starter Wednesday against the Detroit Tigers.

Joining Suppan are celebrities such as NFL quarterback Kurt Warner, actors Jim Caviezel and Patricia Heaton, and, baseball player Mike Sweeney. Caviezel played the role of Jesus in the film, "The Passion of the Christ."


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all I can say is "GO TIGERS ! ! !"

develop Parkinson's disease as quickly as possible. Right wing shills.

JackASSES!!!

Jim Caviezel and Patricia Heaton, SHAME on YOU!!!

Patricia Heaton....educate yourself for crimminy sake...
Your depth of ignorance is the telltale sign used to cover up your LUST for money!!!

Perfectly healthy people telling the SICK People they have NO Right to GET WELL!

GggggggggggggRrrrrrrrrrrrHhhhhhhhhh!

I am the most even tempered person in the World but this kinda stuff, make me CRAZY!

I get emotional but generally remain composed except when faced with deliberate
obstructionism rooted in a politically motivated payoff for profit scheme.

I would not have known who those people were. I have a feeling that you showed that to most people who were kids up to their early 20s in the 1980s, and they would have a hard time naming who they are as well.

Michael J. Fox though is burned into our nation's psyche as Michael Keaton and Marty McFly.

TlalocW

motherfuckers sign a pledge stating they will never accept any medical advances we get from stem cell research for them or their family members.

They would have opposed Edison inventing the lightbulb.

as well? If I'm thinking of the same RW fundie hack. Wasn't she in some sit-com?

She's the right wing celeb du jour. She always pipes in - i.e. with the Terry Sciavo case. She tries to make a big point about being against the death penalty but seeing as how that is also an extension of her religious beliefs, it doesn't change the fact that she is pro-theocracy.

She sure seemed to enjoy those sexy scenes they used to do in bed. She's supposed to be an actor.
Actually, she's just another out of touch right-winger.:+ :+ :thumbsdown:

Saw her on either Leno or Letterman awhile back and at first I didn't recognize her 'cuz unlike everybody apparently, I hate Raymond et al ('cept the brother, you know, whats-his face).
Then I realized who she was and couldn't believe how self congratulatory she was for doing that crappy show.

Pathetic.

could cure? If they don't, then they are just a bunch of blowhards trying to withhold treatment from the sick and handicapped because of their inflated and twisted sense of 'morality', aren't they?

and science! If the right wants to make policy, it should go to people with something at stake--either their lives or their professional reputations. "Celebrities" are just paid shills, whether it's cash, credit, or points from the preacher.

I don't even know who Jim Caviezel is. Asshole creeps

Nothing beats Jim Caviezel starting off the ad by speaking in Aramaic.

It would be hilarious if not for the fact that he's being dead serious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguJQ_dRPXw

Wouldn't the appropriate argument be to have 'cured' people speak out against stem cell research. It seams silly to me to argue against something when you have no aces.

M. Fox ad.

this gives me one more reason to root for the Tigers...

fuck the Cardinals and their RW pitchers.

Or if their own children had a disease that could be helped through stem cell research. Hypocrites.

- not to mention common sense and science - is astounding.
Shame on all of them.

Hope the guns backfire!

So I wonder how much research went into Heaton getting her boob job and tummy tuck, if she doesn't like the research don't take the benefits!!

:eyes:

But given this, I hope Detroit wins tonight.

by contracting or having a loved one contract a disease that might be cured by stem cell research.

At this link: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2006/10/another_reason_to_hope_that_the_tigers_c.php#more

The post also breaks down the bill they are trying to block point by point. Worthwhile reading. :thumbsup:

400,000 Human Embryos Frozen in U.S.
Number at Fertility Clinics Is Far Greater Than Previous Estimates, Survey Finds

Note: Rand Corp. is a right-wing organization and puts their spin on the study.
I have to wonder if the study was biased due to Rand Corp, but even if it was biased...

"The nationwide survey found that the parents of at least 11,000 embryos have given explicit permission for their embryos to be made available for research."

"About 3 percent were earmarked for research; 2 percent for destruction and a like number for donation to women; and 1 percent for quality-assurance studies. Most of the rest -- about 87 percent of the total -- were reserved for ongoing fertility efforts.

The survey, detailed in the May issue of the journal Fertility and Sterility, did not ascertain how long embryos had been in storage -- a detail some experts said would make clear that most embryos saved for further fertility work are unlikely to be used for making babies. Frozen embryos can remain viable for a decade or more, but with each passing year, couples are increasingly unlikely to use them, because they have either given birth or given up."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A27495-2003May7¬Found=true

So these 11,000 embryos (really pre-embryos) would not end up implanted anyway.

in the ad. Unfortunately for him, the real Jesus would have approved of stem cell research, as he would have approved of same sex marriage, and opposed torture and the war in Iraq.

Except the relatively recent "Passion" movie, of course.

# The Yellow M (2007) (announced) (attached) .... Olrik
# Outlander (2007) (pre-production)
# Déjà Vu (2006/II) (post-production) .... Oerstadt
# Unknown (2006) (completed)

# Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004) (as Jim Caviezel) .... Bobby Jones
# The Passion of the Christ (2004) .... Jesus
... aka The Passion Recut (International: English title: cut version) (USA: recut version)
# The Final Cut (2004) (as Jim Caviezel) .... Fletcher
... aka The final Cut - Dein Tod ist erst der Anfang (Germany: DVD title)
# I Am David (2003) (as Jim Caviezel) .... Johannes
# Highwaymen (2003) (as Jim Caviezel) .... James 'Rennie' Cray
... aka Pourchassé (Canada: French title)
# High Crimes (2002) (as Jim Caviezel) .... Tom Kubik/Sgt. Ron Chapman
# The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) (as Jim Caviezel) .... Edmond Dantes
... aka Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo (USA: complete title)
# Angel Eyes (2001) (as Jim Caviezel) .... Steven 'Catch' Lambert
# Madison (2001) (as Jim Caviezel) .... Jim McCormick
# Pay It Forward (2000) .... Jerry
# Frequency (2000) (as Jim Caviezel) .... John Sullivan
# Resurrection (2000) (V) .... Speaker

# Ride with the Devil (1999/I) .... Black John
# The Thin Red Line (1998) (as Jim Caviezel) .... Private Witt
... aka Mince ligne rouge, La (Canada: French title)
# G.I. Jane (1997) .... 'Slov' Slovnik
# The Rock (1996) .... Rear F-18 Pilot
# Ed (1996) .... Dizzy Anderson
# Children of the Dust (1995) (TV) .... Dexter
... aka A Good Day to Die (USA: video title)
# "Murder, She Wrote"
- Film Flam (1995) TV Episode .... Darryl Harding
# Wyatt Earp (1994) .... Warren Earp
# Diggstown (1992) .... Billy Hargrove
... aka Midnight Sting
# "The Wonder Years"
- Hero (1992) TV Episode .... Bobby Riddle
# My Own Private Idaho (1991) .... Airline Clerk

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! :rofl:

And they were going to premier this hideous ad tonight!!! Even the weather doesn't like them!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

So they are rewarding him with more future turkeys. Why do you think most actors who shill for the repukes are C-list at best? Because they are trying to resurrect thier dead or dying careers.

If they do, I'd like to hear their point.

SHUT THE FUCK UP!

None of the Republic party shills have parkinsons, diabetes, stroke, heart damage, or any of the other diseases that stem cells have some potential to cure.

As someone who has 3 of the above, imagine how I feel about Jim Talent and his celebrity hacks...

Oh that's right. He's dead.

Pretty much like Patricia Heaton's career. Kathy Griffin can at least take comfort in knowing that there's a circle of celebrity hell lower than the "D List."

On Edit: Turns out the Shecky Greene is still alive. Who knew? Is he available to do a RNC commercial?

this "Who are those people?" he didn't recognize a one of them.