Rush: They're harvesting newborns for stem-cells!

[BushOut06]

This must be the new scare-tactic for the repugs. Now they're claiming that European hospitals are actively killing newborns and trafficking in body parts to harvest stem cells! It's all part of the "see-I-told-you-it-would-happen" approach. Problem is, I've yet to see any reputable evidence this is happening, which I strongly doubt. Then again, should we honestly expect the objective truth from these compulsive liars?

[htuttle]

1. I heard they're also making maztoh bread from their blood!

...or is that the OLD blood libel I'm thinking of? Rush appears to have updated to the NEW one.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Now if only they could harvest them for, oh...

erectile dysfunction, or maybe for

Oxycontin

then I am sure it would be okay with him.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Consider whose ears his garbage is designed to reach

Now all the lunatic conservative trash in this country will be quoting him verbatim. He needs to meander on down to the Dominican Republic with his bought male friends and a bottle of Viagra.

Taking stupid pills is irrelevant when your target audience is "christians" and "conservatives."

[murray hill farm]

4. Someone should harvest Rush....

and feed him to the pigs.

[tridim]

5. That would require heavy machinery that most people don't have

Like those "Monster Machine" trucks I always see on The Discovery Channel.

I suppose with a good squeezing one could get a good amount of grease out of the guy to use for bio-diesel production.

[pdrichards114]

9. Since When are pig cannibals?

[TahitiNut]

12. That'd cause "mad pig disease."

:dunce:

[blondeatlast]

30. Rush=Bricktop (for those who've seen Snatch).

Not much of a reach, really, except Bricktop has more intellect and compassion.

[MidwestTransplant]

6. I thought the useful stem cells (other than adult) were from fetuses

so what would be the point of killing newborns anyway? Not only is he lying but it's not even remotely credible.

[rexcat]

11. It is not at the fetal stage but the blastosphere stage...

about 150 undifferentiated cells in the shape of a ball (of sorts).

[MidwestTransplant]

18. Thanks for clarifying!

[Renew Deal]

7. Does that have anything to do with Chevron using "Human Energy"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2888544

:tinfoilhat:

[FormerDittoHead]

8. Right wing radio knows the slippery slope argument better than any other...

Don't forget how abortion has "cheapened life"? That's why after going on two generations we have euthanasia in nursing homes!

Oh, wait, we DON'T...

[TahitiNut]

10. "newborns"??

That addled druggie couldn't distinguish between an afterbirth and a bowel movement.

[LA lady]

13. There WAS something on BBC

A story about this in the Ukraine. I heard it during the night and can't remember but they were swearing they had video.

[BushOut06]

20. That would be so typical of Rush

Take a story about something happening in some hospital in a backwards country like the Ukraine, and make it look like it's commonplace throughout Europe.

[FedUpWithIt All]

14. Perhaps someone should mention to him...

that a stem cell taken from an "infant" would be no different than a stem cell taken from their parents. IDIOT!

The story he is using most likely came from the articles about sports players storing the CORD BLOOD from the birth of their infants. The articles are titled with a very dramatic...

Footballers harvest babies for stem cell 'repair kits'

Then goes on to say...

The Sunday Times reported this weekend that the overpaid sportsmen are having their newborns' umbilical cords cryogenically frozen in a bid to preserve cells they could later use to repair their knackered knees.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/29/footballer_stem_cells/

Um, so now storing cord blood is "unethical" too? Where the hell does this end?

[Doctor_J]

15. Stop listening to Rush

he lies incessantly, and most of us don't give a damn about what he says

[Jawja]

16. Rush is still

a pile of shit and his loyal listeners are flies.

[ComerPerro]

17. common snese can usually sink Rush's arguments, which is why his followers

usually swallow everything he says.

In this case, harvesting newborns couldn't possibly be profitable

[SoCalDem]

19. Nurse: "Sorry Mr & Mrs Whoozenshwarcz".. your baby "ran away"

:rofl:

[Toucano]

34. ROFLMAO!

Nice one!

[Goblinmonger]

21. Son of a bitch, the practice of harvesting newborns

for stem-cell research cuts into the number of babies we atheists get to use in our rituals. Why can't anyone ever give us a break.

[MissB]

22. Oh here. There was a story at MSNBC about this yesterday.

It caught my eye because the local hospital was doing the research. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16159766/

And by "this" I mean clearly Rush has used "newborns" interchangeably with "aborted fetuses". Sigh.

[WernhamHogg]

23. He's an idiot

Obviously, he's just doing this so his listeners (who likely get all their "news" from Rush and Fox "News") can repeat the nonsense and claim that it came from "a credible source". "Some people say...". Sadly, a large number of idiots in this country take what he says as the truth rather than taking the time to think about or research things on their own.

[drmom]

24. Oh geez...I need to get ahold of his mailing list - what a marketers dream!

[orleans]

25. my special message for rush: drop dead n/t

[slackmaster]

26. ROFLMAO!

Sounds like someone took the South Park episode with Christopher Reeve eating fetuses a little too seriously.

[spanone]

27. Thanks for posting this, every forum needs comedy relief.

[frylock]

28. that's the kinda shit you see when you're jacked up on hillbilly heroin..

we all remember the scene from Trainspotting, with the baby crawling across the ceiling. Rush just sees evil nazis harvesting newborns while he's tripping.

[Initech]

29. Hey Rush, can I buy some pot from you?

[Buzz Clik]

31. Rush has it wrong -- they use newborns to make baby oil.

[blondeatlast]

33. And batteries to make stem CELLS--right?

Or is it prisoners...

I crack myself up sometimes. :rofl:

[novalib]

32. Rush Also Says THIS!

According to Rush Limpballs, THE EARTH IS FLAT!!!!!

THUNDER CURDLES MILK!!!

THE EARTH IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE!!!

BUSH IS A GREAT PRESIDENT!

[Toucano]

35. They're also the main ingredient in Fancy Feast.

That's the reason for the tiny cans and the snobby pussies.

[Left Is Write]

36. Yes, and they're stealing kidneys for the black market too!