What do you know? In reaction to George Bush’s Neolithic mindset against stem-cell research, not one but two governors have come forward to fund the newborn science – the surprisingly enlightened Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Hollywood state and Rod Blagojevich in the Chicago state.
In fact, in the wake of the stem-cell veto by the Pres, Governor Schwarzenegger immediately lent $150MM from his state’s treasury for grants to stem-cell scientists and vowed that California would lead the way in the science.
“I think with one stroke, the president energized” the program, noted Zach W. Hall, the president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Apparently one of the ways nature balances idiotically backward thinking is that it frequently provokes unintended but salutary consequences.
So now our leading scientific lights in the category can finally trade in their tin cups for test tubes.
It looks as if American ingenuity, including its political component, can play a significant role in realizing the potential of stem-cell research to heal the sick and help the crippled amble again.
Tom Attea, humorist and creator of NewsLaugh.com, has had six shows produced Off-Broadway. Critics have called his writing "delightfully funny," "witty," with "great humor and ebullience" and "good, genuine laughs." |
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