tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post7693262863502467717..comments2023-11-02T08:52:30.787-04:00Comments on Connecticut Bob: Obama reverses Bush's Stem Cell restraintsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-9381584362660289512009-03-15T09:16:00.000-04:002009-03-15T09:16:00.000-04:00(CT Joyce loves my cute little stem cell graphic)(CT Joyce loves my cute little stem cell graphic)CT Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334232414964958641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-76907028932830147742009-03-12T18:07:00.000-04:002009-03-12T18:07:00.000-04:00Unlike our last president, Barack Obama has a comp...Unlike our last president, Barack Obama has a competent, informed staff, who do their homework and actually assist him with creating helpful policies. <BR/><BR/>Bush's politically-driven decision to push medical science out of the forefront to make room for policies created by misguided bible thumpers has put us back nearly a decade in important research. Barack Obama is working to repair that CT Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334232414964958641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-30371492992664472052009-03-11T12:14:00.000-04:002009-03-11T12:14:00.000-04:00This was a wonderful ruling but it is puzzling tha...This was a wonderful ruling but it is puzzling that the President of the United States had to take the time out of his busy schedule to do this.<BR/> It also bothers me that another president in the future can come along and set us back a few centuries with the stroke of his pen with no iterference from the congress. Democracy? JC SrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-64877927348165693722009-03-10T21:34:00.000-04:002009-03-10T21:34:00.000-04:00Because the results aren't immediately financially...Because the results aren't immediately financially rewarding. That's the reason gov't funding is so important. It might take ten or twenty years to realize widespread benefit, and private enterprise is all about short-term profits.CT Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334232414964958641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-63416232805728339532009-03-10T19:33:00.000-04:002009-03-10T19:33:00.000-04:00If its such a great need why hasn't private enter...If its such a great need why hasn't private enterprise jumped all over this or are they waiting for some pork/earmark fundingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-20320064148785681512009-03-10T10:39:00.000-04:002009-03-10T10:39:00.000-04:00Thanks Julie, I agree; it's amazing news for every...Thanks Julie, I agree; it's amazing news for everyone! We'll all benefit from the medical advances stem cells will bring. <BR/><BR/>I especially like that Obama has said he won't try to legislate science for political purposes, or suppress scientific evidence that doesn't support any specific agenda. He'll do something that will finally bring us out of the "Bush dark ages": he'll allow CT Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334232414964958641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-66641677646719080752009-03-10T07:06:00.000-04:002009-03-10T07:06:00.000-04:00Amazing news for scientists! Finally, it has been ...Amazing news for scientists! Finally, it has been done, well done Mr. Obama. I'm very astonished he had the guts to make this decision since there is so much criticism on this topic. But it had to be done. Even if ESCR will save one human life a year it will be worth it. It will only help to save peoples lives. Now scientists need to get back to work and take this opportunity and make some use ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com