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We need to invest in biomedical research and stem cell research, so that we are at the leading edge of prevention and treatment. This includes adequate funding for research into diseases such as heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, breast cancer, diabetes, autism and other common and rare diseases, and disorders. We will increase funding to the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the National Cancer Institutes.

So it seems Obama is going for extra funding in biomedical research.

Taken from here: http://jfactivist.typepad.com/jfacti…e-the-rnc.html

It concerns me so much that I’ve done a google and found more information here: http://www.bioresearchonline.com/art…?VNETCOOKIE=NO (unfortunately it’s not accessable for me but from Google it said it was about Obama’s stand on biomedical research)
http://www.highlighthealth.com/resou…nd-healthcare/
http://medical.bizcommunity.com/Arti…323/28521.html

Please note that all these sited are PRO animal testing so you will have to read between the lines. That is to say Obama is their buddy and will help them torture more animals as part of the american tax increase wheras Macain is going to reduce Biomedical research as part of his tax cuts.

This paricular quote stands out:

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“Obama’s STEM agenda shows his commitment to investing in the physical and life sciences”.

What I want to know is why is it not concerning anyone else in the animal rights movement?

In Alaska, people are raised “off the land” which in a climate like that, means you eat more meat. Look at the indigenous people there, the Eskimo, their cuisine is based on meat because that is the only thing that is plentiful there year round. Sure they have some things to gather in the summer but not enough to last all year, so meat was by default the staple. This is simply the truth of survival in that land and so it becomes their tradition — just like a lot of hunting is in other lands.

Gov Palin was raised in this culture and if you look at food prices there, there is no way one can survive easily on a normal middle class income without supplementing the diet with “free” hunted meat. I agree with Maureen who wrote that people who hunt to eat are far different than those who hunt to slaughter for the fun of it. There is a big difference from survival to gleeful murder and Gov Palin’s hunting falls in the first camp. Remember too that people who hunt typically have to adopt a way to internally deal with the act of it, a public bravado they adopt, as it is not easy to hunt when you have a heart and yet you must survive via hunted food. I know this because of my own husband who hunted as a kid because that was their family tradition. He quit as an adult because he couldn’t stomach it and he could afford to find food in other ways (not in overpriced Alaska) so it wasn’t required of him by family tradition or by economic stress.

This adoption of a “brave face” is not much different than the one which must be adopted by healthcare workers who have to deal with the blood and guts and death of patients — they find a way to muscle their way through via a tough outward face. Inside you find most of these people are sweet loving marshmallows…. the brave face is just a way to do what must be done.

Also on Barack Obama, remember that apparently he only “loves” animals because his daughters “want one”. Have we ever heard about any pets he cared about? From childhood or later? No. Why does he not have any animals to enrich his life and that of his kids right now? They have a lovely home with more than enough room and have owned this home for a few years now. Are pets too inconvenient for him, too much responsibility, too much trouble? Will the pets “soil” the lovely McMansion and so must be avoided at all costs? If you love animals, you know the richness they bring to life — there is nothing that can replace the love of a dog or cat for the owner and vice versa, the bond, the family they become. Pets reduce stress, impart responsibility and compassion life lesson values and help us feel fulfilled in life while actually helping us emotionally and even medically as per studies. Why would anyone who says they love animals choose not to have animals in their life? Perhaps because they really don’t love them and are just saying so for political gain?

I also find it disturbing that Obama made a comment in interview this summer along the lines of “he promised his girls a dog ‘once they get to the White House’ ” — what, now a dog is a prize for the little girls based on whether or not their father is elected? That is just sad and so wrong in my book. A dog should come in for the sake of love, for the sake of soul and NOT for the sake of appearances or as a reward and appeasement.

I think Barack Obama is the ultimate forked tongue politician – while John McCain does as he says, lives the way he shows it, and that honesty and integrity is what’s most important to me. It surely doesn’t hurt to know that McCain supports and loves dozens of pet in his home, enriching his family every day. People who have pets are more balanced, more real and more like me!