Okay, I've been pretty good about keeping the politics off this site, but this one deserves some exposure. If you haven't seen the Michael J. Fox ad about stem cell research for Claire McCaskill's senate campaign in Missouri, you really need to watch it:



It's hard for someone like me who grew up watching Michael J. Fox in all the Back to the Future movies see him like this. I won't delve into the whole Rush Limbaugh thing right now (other than to say that Rush just proved once again why he is perhaps the biggest asshole in America), but after you watch the ad, head over to Crooks and Liars and watch Fox's interview with Katie Couric from last night's CBS evening news.

I'm sorry, but anyone who can see how much Michael J. Fox has deteriorated and still oppose embryonic stem cell research is nuts. To think that we could be conducting research to prevent diseases like these and aren't -- even though the embryos that would be used are going to be disposed of anyway -- is totally insane. How can people claim to value life, yet fail to do everything humanly possible to save the lives of people who are already alive? Oh, what a world we live in...