Telecom and IT

That didn't take long. House Minority Leader John Boehner just released a statement slamming (and I mean slamming) President Obama for lifting the ban on federal funding for stem cell research.

The headline of the press release sums it up: "President's Embryonic Stem Cell Decision Runs Counter to his Promise to 'Be a President for All Americans.'"

Ouch.

The gist of Boehner's response is that Obama is seeking to divide the country on embryonic stem cell research, which, to social conservatives, amounts to the destruction of human life.

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is calling for a ban of Second Life because he fears the online network could be used in the sexual exploitation of children.

Kirk criticized social networks for failing to do enough to protect kids, noting a federal report that found that one children in five have been sexually solicited online.

"As new technologies develop, more disturbing revelations unfold," Kirk said, according to Information Week. " Sites like Second Life offer no protections to keep kids from virtual 'rape rooms,' brothels and drug stores. If sites like Second Life won't protect kids from obviously inappropriate content, the Congress will."