"Little progress in embryonic stem cell research?!"

[TZ]

Who the fuck is that moron? There IS progress with embryonic research...Thats why so many people want to study it! :banghead:

[CreekDog]

1. most of those reporters only sweat the details when

they are checking to see how big their tax deductions will be. :wtf:

[PhilosopherKing]

2. We would have been further along if

Bush didn't stop federal funding 8 years ago.

[MadMaddie]

3. This country would be in a different place if it wasn't for

*.

Welcome to DU!:hi:

[NYC Liberal]

4. They stop funding for research, then claim research has made no progress!

WTF? Are they serious?

[DeepBlueC]

10. really

[IDemo]

12. Kind of like saying the government did nothing after Katrina, therefore government is useless

It's NeoConvoluted logic.

[Barack_America]

14. "We've given you shit and a stick, why haven't you produced the Mona Lisa?"

The government approved cell lines were horrible, hence no progress.

[medeak]

5. Washington Times

what do you expect

[Thrill]

6. Typical Washington Times

[4lbs]

7. Adult Stem Cell Research might be a little further ahead than ESCR but that's because

ESCR has had restrictions put on it that ASCR didn't have, for the past 8 years.

It's sort of like racing two cars on a track, but making a rule that one of the cars can only go 180 mph maximum, and can only change it's tires once, and can only use 15 gallons of gas per 50 laps.

Then, when the driver of that limited car has to intentionally slow down because of those limits and falls behind, he is criticized for not getting as far as the other one that didn't have any limits put on him.

How about treating both equally, funding both equally, giving both equal access? Then with a more level playing field we'll see how far ESCR can go.

[Political Tiger]

9. Exactly! n/t

[Inchworm]

8. Easy killer

Hold me; I'm skeered. If those are the people asking my president questions for me... I want to fire most of 'em.

Back to The Lounge for me.. before the brawls start :D
:yoiks:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. I'm sitting here in front of the 'puter and I'm nowhere NEAR work. Why hasn't my car made more

progress :silly:

Car=FAIL

[BlueStateGirl]

13. It's like the morons who say Bush is the only prez to have funded

stem cell research at all. Really? Isn't that a bit like criticizing Lincoln for not funding NASA?

[Teaser]

15. well

in some fields yes, in some fields no.

It's not a panacea. With spinal cord injuries, for example, I'm much more excited about neural prosthesis than stem cell research.