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BarTopDancer
05-17-2007, 11:48 AM
CA Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the Stem Cell Research Proposition. Link here (http://www.metnews.com/articles/2007/conf051707.htm)
Capt Jack
05-17-2007, 12:18 PM
nice. beyond the medical advances now in the offing, if anything I like the idea of an influx of employment opportunities here in CA that other states sadly just lost out on.
JWBear
05-17-2007, 12:22 PM
Funding research that may actually help save human life and decrease suffering. How horrible! It must be stopped immediately! We must protect the little blobs of tissue at all costs!
Kevy Baby
05-17-2007, 01:18 PM
Funding research that may actually help save human life and decrease suffering. How horrible! It must be stopped immediately! We must protect the little blobs of tissue at all costs!Yeah, who cares if we step onto the slippery slope of human cloning?

Don't get me wrong - I am in favor of stem cell research. I just don't think that it is a simple decision to be taken lightly.
Tramspotter
05-17-2007, 01:28 PM
nice. beyond the medical advances now in the offing, if anything I like the idea of an influx of employment opportunities here in CA that other states sadly just lost out on.

I didn't know you were fluent in doublespeak.

So... Publicly funding research = influx of employment opportunities

That's like saying:

Military Deployment = open ended travel possibility's with cultural exchange opportunities
Alex
05-17-2007, 01:32 PM
I'm not keen on the government funding of it and don't really hold high expectations for it being the panacea they hope.

Nor do I think it will ever prove to be a net financial positive for California that it has been sold as (it isn't like California is an an employment crisis and the people employed by these projects are not the ones who have difficulty finding work).

I also don't approve of the initiative process that brought this entity into existence.

But it is a moral decision that was made through the democratic process so I agree with letting it go forward. Even if it is likely a boondoggle.
Capt Jack
05-17-2007, 01:47 PM
publicly funded employment is still employment.

research scientists and board of directors aside, there will be a positive increase in the (service industry, etc) employment in support of it. regardless of who sucks the teet of the initial billions ( and undoubtedly make a ton of $ from it ), there are those who NEED those lesser jobs that will benefit from having those programs in the state.
Tramspotter
05-17-2007, 02:27 PM
publicly funded employment is still employment.

research scientists and board of directors aside, there will be a positive increase in the (service industry, etc) employment in support of it. regardless of who sucks the teet of the initial billions ( and undoubtedly make a ton of $ from it ), there are those who NEED those lesser jobs that will benefit from having those programs in the state.

You still miss the point the baby it just wants and wants and will cry when it wants more... It doesn't care what pair it's taking from... it just so happens it's the spirit of California's milk sacks as personified by Whoppie Goldberg that its sucking hard on, and that strikes me as just gross.
Alex
05-17-2007, 03:21 PM
Absent any actual comprehension let me just say that I agree wholeheartedly and without reservation but for some obvious caveats.
JWBear
05-17-2007, 03:24 PM
You still miss the point the baby it just wants and wants and will cry when it wants more... It doesn't care what pair it's taking from... it just so happens it's the spirit of California's milk sacks as personified by Whoppie Goldberg that its sucking hard on, and that strikes me as just gross.

Huh??
thecorndogwalker
05-17-2007, 03:28 PM
Huh??

double huh?
Kevy Baby
05-17-2007, 03:49 PM
Absent any actual comprehension let me just say that I agree wholeheartedly and without reservation but for some obvious caveats.Well, as long as you have your convictions.
Not Afraid
05-17-2007, 06:12 PM
I'm so glad I read this thread. I wasn't going to open it. Who knew this is where today'e belly laugh resided.
Tramspotter
05-17-2007, 07:02 PM
double huh?

Actually I think they are double D's

Can I get a double up huh? With a side of what WHAT...
Kevy Baby
05-17-2007, 07:30 PM
Ya know Tramspotter... they made great advancements in the world of medicine. Might I suggest a visit to your doctor?
JWBear
05-17-2007, 09:36 PM
Ya know Tramspotter... they made great advancements in the world of medicine. Might I suggest a visit to your doctor?
Actually, I think he needs less drugs.
wendybeth
05-17-2007, 09:42 PM
I just wanted to say that I second NA's observation regarding this thread.:D
cirquelover
05-17-2007, 09:49 PM
Between this thread and the battle of the sexes I'm having some laugh out loud moments and am having to read to my husband. Thanks for the fun as always!
thecorndogwalker
05-17-2007, 10:01 PM
Actually I think they are double D's

Can I get a double up huh? With a side of what WHAT...

I'd rather have an egg mcmuffin!
Cadaverous Pallor
05-18-2007, 10:15 AM
Spatula flips the stem cells around the mountain when she comes, riding six white horses all named Artex....and the Nothing comes to wipe out all the moral objectors to scientific inquiry.....just don't forget that there's a soul inside each of those cells and who pays the bill, the taxpayers of course, hallelujah...







Man that is hard to do, mine isn't anywhere near as entertaining as his
sleepyjeff
05-18-2007, 12:29 PM
...the baby it just wants and wants and will cry when it wants more... It doesn't care what pair it's taking from... it just so happens it's the spirit of California's milk sacks as personified by Whoppie Goldberg that its sucking hard on, and that strikes me as just gross.

Couldn't put it better myself.