Senator Snowe on Stem Cell Research
Hope for millions is a recurring theme when discussing solutions and their timetables. Apparently, Senator Snowe is taking this opportunity to praise herself and/or her colleagues for passing stem cell legislation that has a low probability of becoming law without the votes to override the President’s veto pen. But hey, if you are going to get criticized for being pathetically ineffective, you might as well take the opportunity to pat yourself on the back to even it out some.
Hope for Millions Found in Stem Cell Bill
April 11th, 2007
This legislation provides a great hope to millions of Americans — and quite frankly, their families and caregivers — who suffer from a multitude of devastating diseases that have shown such great promise of being alleviated or cured through advanced stem cell research.
By Maine GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe
Senator Snowe is so bipartisan she has even taken to using a favorite four letter word of the Democrats. That would be the word ‘hope’. The Dems love that word. When you absolutely, positively are doing nothing for your constituents, sell them on the word hope. It makes one sound so humane and caring.
With the ability to patent nearly everything including discoveries from the genome project, by the time any stem cell research results are ready for prime time, the only way Big Pharma will ever allow a cure to be distributed is if they own the patent. That way the drug that was rendered obsolete by the cure from stem cell research will allow them to continue ripping off the public and deciding who gets cure and who does not. And don’t even think for a New York minute that this is a wild conspiracy theory.
The idea that we could use our own cells to create a cure for what ails us is a magnificent proposition. Whether stem cell research is that holy grail or brass ring of medicine is unknown. When before in history has this country raged over a debate on something they don’t even know for sure is possible? The theoretical promise of stem cell research is a good thing. Like many topics the facts may be elusive making informed comment difficult. But like nearly everything else in the public sphere, much of the population is polarized on this issue as well. Perhaps we need more valid objective data to settle the dispute. But Senator Snowe, please, enough with the ‘H’ word.
Stanford Matthews
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