TAKE A STAND

WIMPS OF ALL PERSUASIONS INCLUDING 40 SOMETHING YUPPIES LIKE CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOW HOST, GLENN BECK, ARISE. TAKE A STAND AND KEEP STANDING. DON'T SIT STILL FOR MURDER. DON'T SIT DOWN IN MOVIE THEATERS TO VIEW USELESS FILMS.

MR. BECK FEELS THAT PRESIDENT BUSH'S VETO (HIS FIRST) WAS A POLITICAL PLOY. SINCE IT WAS HIS FIRST AND ONLY VETO, DOES THAT NOT SHOW OUR PRESIDENT CONSIDERS A PARTICULAR ISSUE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE? SO HE OPPOSED GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH. YET MR. BECK WHO TOUTS HIS INTROSPECTIVE PROPENSITIES AND INQUISITIVENESS FAILS TO SEE WHAT IS CLEARLY BEFORE HIS EYES, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY. OUR PRESIDENT TOOK A STAND AGAINST MURDER AND ELOQUENTLY EXPLAINED WHY. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WERE SIDE ISSUES. PRESIDENT BUSH VETOED USING STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM 4 TO 5-DAY-OLD EMBRYOS. EMBRYOS ARE DEFINED AS THE RUDIMENTARY FORM OF A HUMAN BEING IN ITS EARLIEST STAGES. THESE EMBRYOS ARE DESTROYED IN THE PROCESS. MURDER IS DEFINED AS TO KILL A HUMAN BEING WITH PREMEDITATED MALICE. WHAT'S NOT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN A TERRORIST SAYS, "I WANT TO KILL YOU," OR A 'SCIENTIST' KILLS AN EMBRYO?

LITTLE BACKBONE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM GLENN BECK, THE MOVIEGOER, WHO LOVES TO GO TO MOVIES. RECENTLY A MOVIE CRITIC, MORALLY OUTRAGED, WALKED OUT OF A RECENT FLIC WHEN A DONKEY SHOW WAS ANNOUNCED. HOLLYWOOD'S WORLD OF CELLULOID IS USUALLY SELF-SERVING. OVER THE PAST DECADES, FILMS HAVE INCREMENTALLY BECOME MORE SUPERFICIAL, FILTHY-MOUTHED, VIOLENCE OBSESSED AND IMMORALLY BIASED. WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THAT? APPARENTLY NO MR. BECK OR MILLIONS OF YOUTHFUL VIEWERS. GLENN BECK IS A MAN OF OUR TIMES, CAUGHT UP IN THE POPULAR CULTURE EVEN THOUGH HE ESPOUSES TRADITIONAL VALUES. A LION BEHIND THE MICROPHONE, HE WIMPS OUT BEHIND THE SCENES.

THREE CHEERS FOR OUR PRESIDENT. I'LL CHEER MYSELF SILENTLY IF MR. BECK DOESN'T MIND. PERFECTLY GOOD SKIN CELLS, UMBILICAL CORD STEM CELLS AND ADULT STEM CELLS(WHICH ARE DOING GOOD ALREADY) CAN BE USE FOR EXPERIMENTATION IN THE FUTURE IF EMBRYONIC CELLS(ONLY IN THE HOPE CATEGORY NOW) ARE 'OFF THE TABLE.' PERFECTLY SATISFYING ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF RECREATION AND EDUCATION ARE AVAILABLE TO ME SINCE I HAVE FORSWORN FILMS SINCE THE 1970'S. NO, I AM NOT A 'NUT JOB' AS MR. BECK MIGHT DISMISS ME. I SIMPLY FIND TWO ISSUES ON WHICH IT IS EASY AND SATISFYING TO 'TAKE A STAND.' ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE OR INDIVIDUAL WHO FINDS IT PERSONALLY OR POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT TO JUSTIFY MURDER, REMAINS SUSPECT. MODERN MOVIEGOERS ARE SUSPECT TOO.