I'm not in the habit of making two diary entries in the space of an hour. Mainly because I don't typically have that much of interest to say, but also because I'm still very guarded about revealing too much about what I really think due to certain people I'm aware of that read this. The vagaries of how such a cautious approach to exposing my thoughts defeats the object of having a diary in the first place can be debated some other time.

For now, I need to vent some anger.

George W Bush, president of the United States of America. You sir, are a cunt. Your continued use of religious zeal as a method of restricting the progress of science is now not only endangering the future of your nation as a centre for scientific research, but is now also verging on an utter defiance of the fact that you rule a democracy!

Your people - you know, the ones that voted you into office (twice? what were you thinking people?) - want to back stem cell research. FACT

Your Senate - composed, should you need reminding, of elected senators from each of your 50 states - have now voted in favour of the research also. FACT

But, in defiance of the public, the House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate itself, you, Mr Bush, are preparing to use your presidential veto to block new laws on stem cell research. The only thing more openly offensive than this heinously stupid act are your justifications for doing so. Firstly, you claim 'moral grounds', which by reasonable extention labels your entire population and those responsible for representing them in legislative matters completely immoral. But you now have some utter twit going by the name of Tony Snow announcing that your opposition is largely based on the fact that you believe 'murder is wrong'. Again, by extention, this means that you consider all those in favour of the bill have no problem with murder whatsoever. It really is a shame that you can't run for a third term (well, it's not a shame at all. The sooner you're removed from politics, the better the world will be for it), because I'm deeply interested as to how your condescending view of the voting public would affect your re-election hopes.

I mean, are you really deluded enough to consider it murder? Exactly how sacred do you believe human beings to be? Seriously, if you were around back when scientists had to hire people to steal bodies from graveyards so they could study human anatomy, you'd have been one of those idiots running around calling for their heads. Indeed, you'd have been front of the queue, screaming with all your religious fervour against the foul heresy taking place. You'd be strapping up witches and putting them to the 'Godly justice' of the torch.

You're such an incomprehensibly ignorant prick, I'm just stunned and flabberghasted that the American people, who you now ignore so readilly, managed to make the mistake of voting you in at least once. And that after having had to put up with you for four years already.

Please do the world a favour and remove yourself from the gene pool, before you pollute it further.

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