Does "culture of life" seem like an empty phrase to you? Does one political...

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...party own the phrase? Does taking care of human life only apply to abortion?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country.

EPA reached the conclusion in a draft regulatory document not yet made public but reviewed Monday by The Associated Press.

The ingredient, perchlorate, has been found in at least 395 sites in 35 states at levels high enough to interfere with thyroid function and pose developmental health risks, particularly for babies and fetuses, according to some scientists.

The EPA document says that mandating a clean-up level for perchlorate would not result in a "meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction for persons served by public-water systems."

You'd think the "fetus" part would get them, but nah. The jet fuel lobby (i.e. the Pentagon) trumps "life" in Republican circles.

Does knowing this impact your views on "culture of life" and who you might vote for in November?
 
In God We Trust is appropriate for a logo on our money.

Indeed the god, money, is certainly trusted by our politicians.

The will of the great god comes in loud and clear as it fills the pockets.
 
10 to 1 most of the elite policy makers at the highest levels of the EPA are drinking bottled water anyway. And out of those little 8 oz plastic bottles sold by the case at Walmart.
 
Pro-lifers only care about life before birth. The already-born are on their own, and profits are usually considered more important than health.
 
Phrases like "The Culture of Life", are a reflection of the impact of politics on our language. The purpose of Political language is to persuade, not to transfer information. It's goal is to manipulate, not the expression of the truth.

The "Pro-Life" movement has no more of a monopoly on a concern for life, than the "Pro-Choice" group has on choice. Both groups accuse the other of playing politics when the proper terms are used to name either, Pro-abortion, or Anti-abortion. And so it is, that the truth is reduced to just one of many tools.

The more politically charged one's speech, the less apt it is to be actually honest things one says. As conversations devolve into Red and Blue dialogs, they lose all barring on reality, and more reflect the the forms of manipulation that such discussions ape.

The phrase "Culture of Life" will, in fact, have no barring on my vote.
 
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