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# Untitled
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/103006-story/
- Published: 2006-10-30T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:53:04.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Michael J. Fox did an ad supporting stem cell research. The Republicans and Christian Taliban fundamentalists are mad, as they oppose this research. They are opposed to killing a few cells that may cure diseases. But they seem OK with thousands dying in a useless war in Iraq. Maybe they want all the embryos to go to full term so there will be available people in 18 years to go fight in Iraq. Mike Kirwan

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 30, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/103006.pdf?ref=smdp.com)