Aborted human fetuses in food??

[Cyrano]

Every time you think Republicans can't get any crazier, they get crazier.

A Republican state senator from Oklahoma City introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban the use of aborted human fetuses in food, despite conceding that he’s unaware of any company using such a practice.

Freshman Sen. Ralph Shortey said his own Internet research led him to believe such a ban is necessary and prompted him to offer the bill aimed at raising “public awareness” and giving an “ultimatum to companies” that might consider such a policy.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/ (and scroll down)

Stop the world. I want top get off.

[Zalatix]

1. The veracity of this whole "fetus parts in food" claim is questionable.

[librechik]

6. Huh. Djathink? n/t

[arcane1]

28. But he did INTERNET RESEARCH!!!!11

This is Hugh!!!

[Ian David]

2. Republicans and Science? Not so much. Facepalm. n/t

[Neoma]

3. Uuuuuuuh

Good of him to be on top of this issue?

[Voice for Peace]

4. "his own internet research"

[Ian David]

8. His internet "research" probably involved Prison Planet and Natural News. n/t

[Voice for Peace]

41. or perhaps he encountered this story

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/fetus.asp

[Ian David]

44. OMG! n/t

[da_decider]

5. Got the recipe?

Seriously, WTF?

[Hugabear]

7. Screw him. I want my Campbell's Aborted Fetus Soup

And I'll be damned if some right-winger is gonna take that from me.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. LOL.

This year's GOP is filled with stark raving lunatics. It must be contagious to those in office.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. Pretty soon you won't even be able to buy Fetus Helper

in grocery stores in Oklahoma.

[Broderick]

38. I was thinking of picking up

Fetus bread spread. It's on sale. Better hurry I guess.

Being as stupid as the Ralph the Republican.

[pipi_k]

47. Oh shit

and I'm on my last damned can of Chef Boy-ar-dee Fetus-aroni, too!

That bastard!!!

[Broderick]

49. That was freaking funny!!!!

Lmao

[shraby]

9. How urban legends are born!

[MineralMan]

10. That just goes to show you that any Republican idiot can be

elected to an OK state Senate seat. The more moronic, the better.

[Codeine]

11. I'm going to miss the Partial Birth Breadsticks at Olive Garden, that's for sure. nt

[unblock]

13. yet another anti-abortion political stunt.

[Lochloosa]

14. Soylent Green....taste like chickern

[boston bean]

15. What a crazy, nincompoop. he needs professional help

how the hell did he ever get in any position of authority?

[sinkingfeeling]

25. Hint: He's in Oklahoma

[Hugabear]

16. Next thing you know, there will be a McDonalds next to every abortion clinic

Actually, aborted fetus might be an improvement over what they currently serve.

[Arugula Latte]

20. McEmbry Tenders!

[Ohio Joe]

46. mmmm, with a side of fetus fries

Deep frying makes everything tasty

[Arkansas Granny]

17. According to the article in our local paper, he found some suggestion online that

embyonic stem cells were being used to develop artificial flavors.

[da_decider]

18. Kids' meal.

[woodsprite]

26. Takes on a whole new meaning, doesn't it? n/t

[Kurska]

19. This is why congress critters shouldn't have the internet.

It is a big scary place.

[da_decider]

21. WTF was he googling that led him to "fetus recipes"?

[Cyrano]

32. Put a million chimps at a million keyboards and one of them might google "fetus recipes."

[MuseRider]

22. Saw this on FaceBook last night

and then here.

My comment was that at first I thought it was The Onion but no it is Oklahoma. I can say that because I am in Kansas and I am often confused if what I read in the paper here is The Onion or the legislature.

It just gets stranger and stranger out here. Where is the bottom of the crazy and aren't we getting pretty close to it yet?

[Scootaloo]

23. A classic example of how little bits of bullshit can stack into a mighty manure mountain

The origin of this is the fact that some food companies use stem cell lines to test their products to make sure they're safe for human consumption. Some of them use "grandfathered" stem cell lines, generated from embryonic stem cells prior to the ban.

Now the little bits of bullshit are as follows.

"They're in our food!" - Only if you're prone to licking cell cultures and mysterious microscope slides, chief. These cells to not ever touch any packaged (or even prepared) product. They exist in labs far separate from the production facilities, and truth be told, they never even touch actual food - rather they are subject to testing with the chemical components of some foods (preservatives, colorings, etc)

"They're from abortions!" - HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh god, the sad thing is people would actually believe this. No, not in the least. The original cell lines were harvested from lab fertilizations. And after what, ten years, I think it's safe to say that there is not a single stem cell culture anywhere in the US that is directly gathered from such a source; they are cultured from earlier liens of stem cells, which are generated from earlier lines, etc, etc.

"But it came from a baby!" - Not at all. Even calling them "embryonic" is stretching; calling their origins a "fetus" is ludicrous. These cells were harvested from fertilized eggs, usually in the blastocyte stage, possibly even into the early embryonic stage. In an actual uterus, it could still be weeks before fertilized eggs in this stage would implant. This is just more proof that the right does not - and possibly cannot fathom science.

[tammywammy]

24. This has to do with HEK 293

See earlier thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002203187

[Ganja Ninja]

27. Say good bye to the McRib Sandwich. n/t

[Scurrilous]

30. LOL

And babyback ribs.

[BiggJawn]

29. It's an Atheist Plot!

To get everybody eating Roast Baby, like we all do on Sunday.

You'll have to make your own Yorkshire Puddie.

[eShirl]

31. Did he read Swift and not understand it was satire?

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1080

[Cyrano]

34. So how long will it be before Newt declares that "Liberals eat fetuses"?

[SomethingFishy]

35. One day I'm going to have to figure out

just how much it costs to pass a bill. I'd love to know what it cost in man hours to come up with something this crazy and try to get it passed.

[sakabatou]

36. The crazy! IT HURTS SO MUCH!

[Snake Alchemist]

39. Ever see "Dumplings"?

I'm guessing he just watched it.

[LeftinOH]

40. Maybe we should humor him and create a *fake* usage for

aborted fetuses (in food processing) in the stye of the "Bonsai Kitty" controversy from a few years ago.

[Initech]

42. Damn. There goes my idea for Soylent McNuggets.

[proud2BlibKansan]

43. Vaccines. That's another claim these loons are making.

Vaccines have aborted fetuses in them.

[happpychemtrails2U]

45. Why not? It's not a real baby anyhow, right?

So what's the big deal?

[PeaceNikki]

48. aren't you cute?