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Surgeon General speaks out

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Right on Bob. GW has sunk to a new low by entering the office of President with a political agenda, seeking re-election and maintaining office for political purpose. Where is a special prosecutor when you need one?
 
I'd love to be surprised by this, but..............

I hate when politics & religion mess with medicine and science!

Why is it I have no problem reconciling a strong faith and scientific fact, but people much more "learned" can't seem to manage it without freaking out?
 
Thanks for posting this Bob! It makes me sooooo :pissed:. Just think of the progress that could have been made with expanded stem cell research ~ and that we still have 2 more years of this!!!! :bang:
 
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"The problem with this approach is that in public health, as in a democracy, there is nothing worse than ignoring science, or marginalizing the voice of science for reasons driven by changing political winds."

Like this?

"If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk again. Get up out of that wheelchair and walk again."
John Edwards
 
6thGen said:
"The problem with this approach is that in public health, as in a democracy, there is nothing worse than ignoring science, or marginalizing the voice of science for reasons driven by changing political winds."

Like this?

"If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk again. Get up out of that wheelchair and walk again."
John Edwards
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What are you trying to say? Reeve himself lobbied[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord_injury"][/ame] for stem cell research to help others rise from their wheelchairs in the future.

Considering Bush's medieval stance on stem cell research, I see no reason why Edwards can't say that a different president and policies would allow research with potentially huge results.
 
scooterbug44 said:
What are you trying to say? Reeve himself lobbiedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord_injury for stem cell research to help others rise from their wheelchairs in the future.

Considering Bush's medieval stance on stem cell research, I see no reason why Edwards can't say that a different president and policies would allow research with potentially huge results.
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Do you even know what Bush's position on stem cell research is? You know it's not illegal, right? The government shouldn't be funding medical research, period. I'm skeptical about stem cell research because if there was money to be made in the research, and we all know how much money is in medicine, then private companies would be more involved in R&D. Just because Edwards has the hair and ethics of a televangelist doesn't mean it's responsible to speak like one as a politician. I know that Reeve lobbied for stem cell research, but not until he was injured. He didn't give a damn about medical research until he had a selfish reason to do so. Nothing wrong with that, but it's something to be mindful of. From what I've read, there is more promise in adult stem cells, but that's not a political hot button, so no sense in fighting for that. What Edwards said was despicable, but par for the course. If Kerry is elected, Christopher Reeve will get up and walk. That is what he said, and that is loathsome.
 
Many people do not get involved with charity work for a disease or ailment until it affects them in some way - usually when a loved one is afflicted. It doesn't mean they're selfish, it means they weren't fully aware of the issue or even knew the disease existed before then.

I don't have a problem with the government funding research (though I tend to think private is usually more effective), I do have a problem with them interfering and legislating how public & private research can occur for religious/political reasons!
 
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