Let a nurse add her "me, too", Murray.  Carole Hercun
P.S. I am an American, I will be voting in the next
election, and I have a long memory. 'Course, I didn't vote
for him the first time, either, and look what happened.
P.P.S. When I get tired of that stiff upper lip, I have a
good cry, AND THEN move on...

--- Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Revisiting A Mechanic's View on Dubya's Big Decision....
> PRO & CON
> I would like to thank those who wrote in support of
> this...
> I haven't changed my mind.  I added a coupla (notes)...
>
> * * *
> On 9 Aug 2001, at 22:53, Murray Charters wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I just sent the following to USA Today... But I doubt
> they'll
> print it....  (they didn't of course)
>
> I'm a mechanic with Parkinson's...
>
> Dubya is to be applauded for committing $250,000,000 for
> stem cell
> research.  That is the PRO...
>
> Pres. Bush said:
> "I also believe that great scientific progress can be
> made
> through aggressive federal funding of research on
> umbilical
> cord, placenta, adult and animal stem cells, which do not
> involve the same moral dilemma. This year your government
> will spend $250 million on this important research."
>
> Yeah right... Spent this year?  Is it in the budget?
> Will it pass Senate & Congress appropriations?
>
> (I have been assured by reading Dr. Varmus in the media,
> that $256,000,000 was in fact budgeted, etc. by the
> Clinton
> administration, is part of NIH grants every year, and
> feel now
> that Bush conveniently assumed "credit" by dropping it
> into
> his Big Decision speech.)
>
> Note this is NOT (funding) embryonic stem cell research!
>
> Dubya and his team of advisors have managed to stifle
> embryonic
> stem cell research, put that science back a year, then
> allow some
> "research" in guarded tones, without committing a nickle,
> (should fund is not a commitment!)  and essentially put
> embryonic
> stem cell research right where it was previously...  And
> take credit for
> it THEMSELVES all the while appeasing the religious, the
> political, the
> media etc.
>
> That is the CON....
>
> Make no mistake... The American public were subjected to
> a very well orchestrated CON at the expense of science,
> research, potential cures and advances, etc.
>
> No federal funding for embryonic stem cell research,
> no more cell lines over those previously developed
> with private funds, guidelines on hold while a new
> federal agency is developed, abortions continue and
> fetal material is discarded, ivf continues and excess
> embryos are discarded...
>
> (Bush moved to block the research when he came into
> office
> by ordering a policy review of the Clinton administration
> National Institutes of Health guidelines. The White House
> also called off an NIH meeting to review applications for
> federal grants for stem cell research, effectively
> leaving the
> matter in limbo until this "Big Decision.")
>
> (more restrictions etc. and no funding until 2002 fer
> sure,
> meanwhile time takes it's toll on our bodies and our
> brains,
> and for many time will soon run out...)
>
> (Tell me again how this new plan is better than "before
> Dubya".)
>
> I'm disappointed...  murray
>
> (PS:  I know we have to get over the disappointment, move
> on,
> regroup, work with what we now have, keep a stiff upper,
> etc.
> but.... I hope someone took notes and will remember next
> election....)
>
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>
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