Surgeon General speaks out

[scooterbug44]

For A Little Humor........

 

[6thGen]

I stand corrected on the timing of the quote. That makes the statement downright honorable. Good man, that John Edwards. Maybe this time we'll hear "If I am elected president, my wife will walk away healed from cancer. Elizabeth, you won't need to bring that hospital bed to the White House."[/quote]


NOT funny!

I know it's not. I've spent the night on the cancer center at Emory's floor, so I don't appreciate empty promises to buy votes.

 

[Cheering472]

I'm no fan of Coulter. I'm making the point that it was a despicable statement, and putting it close to John Edwards' home. I have someone very, very close to me in about as bad of shape as Mrs. Edwards, so don't lecture me on that. Some of us deal with situations differently. I do my best to laugh about it.

I know it's not. I've spent the night on the cancer center at Emory's floor, so I don't appreciate empty promises to buy votes.

Well is it funny or is it not funny? These 2 statements don't reconcile. Beyond that, no one running for office is promising a cure for cancer to get elected. I do hope whoever gets elected has the vision to not block research that may one day save or improve lives. Which is what Edwards was referring to. It may never be realized, we may never get the answers we want from stem cell research but blocking it ensures we won't.

By the way, I'm sorry you are struggling with the cancer situation, both my aunts died from the same cancer Mrs. Edwards is fighting, I know it's difficult.

 

[Cheering472]

Sorry Gypsea, that appears as your quote and I believe it is 6thgen responding to your statement that it wasn't funny. User error.

 

[Gypsea]

No problem Cheering. Good post, by the way.

 

[6thGen]

Well is it funny or is it not funny? These 2 statements don't reconcile. Beyond that, no one running for office is promising a cure for cancer to get elected. I do hope whoever gets elected has the vision to not block research that may one day save or improve lives. Which is what Edwards was referring to. It may never be realized, we may never get the answers we want from stem cell research but blocking it ensures we won't.

By the way, I'm sorry you are struggling with the cancer situation, both my aunts died from the same cancer Mrs. Edwards is fighting, I know it's difficult.

Thanks. I meant that I do my best to make light of it, laugh at it, etc. which is my best way of dealing with a painful situation.

As far as the statement goes, my point was to stick it closer to home for Edwards. I know he'd never say that, but that statement is just as wrong as telling voters in Iowa that if Kerry is elected, people like Reeve will get up out of their wheelchair and walk. And again, Bush isn't blocking it, he's just limiting the amount of cash that the federal government puts into it. As I've said, I'm skeptical about stem cell research because if it was the end all cure all, then the private investment flowing into it would silence the researchers asking the government for money.

 

[TooFarTampa]

As I've said, I'm skeptical about stem cell research because if it was the end all cure all, then the private investment flowing into it would silence the researchers asking the government for money.

I too am sorry that someone close to you is suffering. Btdt. It sucks.

I presume this means you've read about clinical trials at least once or twice -- many of them are funded not by private research or drug companies but by federal funding, the kind of federal funding you derided in an earlier post. It is hard to argue that such funding for clinical trials isn't money well spent (at least in most cases!).

In the case of stem cell research, please tell me which companies would be likely to throw huge bucks into stem cell research. Stem cell research is not a "drug" that could be backed by J&J or Wyeth or Merck or Pfizer. It's not a medical device that could be developed by the device companies.

Also, since the various diseases that stem cell research MAY help cure down the road are so varied, it seems unlikely that the MS society or Alzheimer's or Parkinsons or spinal cord groups are going to get together and pool funds, because there will still have to be researchers working on stem cells and how they impact each disease. Plus those are non-profit organizations that don't have the kind of reserves needed.

So that leaves ... government funding, unless of course Gates and Buffett start throwing all that money of theirs at stem cell research. Who else can step up to the plate?

 

[scooterbug44]

Great post tampa!

Limiting or blocking legal and ethically conducted scientific research in ANY way is bad!

Doing so because of a minority religious group whose views do not represent the majority of the country is even more wrong!

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!!!

 

[30A Skunkape]

I did see a news spot yesterday where 'they' can use stem cells harvested from adipose tissue (autologous) to seed breast augmentation. Whodathunkit?

 

[Bob]

I did see a news spot yesterday where 'they' can use stem cells harvested from adipose tissue (autologous) to seed breast augmentation. Whodathunkit?

I want to be fully harvested before my next reunion.