Comments on: Stem Cell Research Finally Unleashed! (Follow it via JDRF’s New Twitter) http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Laura http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-266918 Laura Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:23:04 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-266918 To the commenter with the child with type 1...so now you can release your anger???? Hate to tell you but your anger is going to refire when you wake up and realize that a cure is still a long, long way away. Stem cell does not equal a cure. You may need anger management but don't hold your breath waiting for a cure. To the commenter with the child with type 1…so now you can release your anger???? Hate to tell you but your anger is going to refire when you wake up and realize that a cure is still a long, long way away. Stem cell does not equal a cure. You may need anger management but don’t hold your breath waiting for a cure.

]]> By: Nikki http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-266431 Nikki Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:55:54 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-266431 I cannot believe all of these comments!! People are so rude. Amy- Your blog is fantastic...don't let them get to you. BTW- on http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202660/posts someone posted that we only want a cure so we can eat chocolate...oh and you know live normally. Such a perfect, yet, disappointing day. I cannot believe all of these comments!! People are so rude.

Amy- Your blog is fantastic…don’t let them get to you.

BTW- on http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202660/posts someone posted that we only want a cure so we can eat chocolate…oh and you know live normally.

Such a perfect, yet, disappointing day.

]]> By: Paul http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-266370 Paul Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:08:43 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-266370 Man, after reading al of these posts I am really confused. I am a conservative, I guess one that is more to the center, I didn't vote for Obama and I'm for ESC research. Where do I fit in? This past election both candidates were for ESC research so this was going to happen either way. Also a majority of Americans are also for ESC research. Our country is drowning in high health care costs. I think it would be a sound fiscal policy to invest in research that will cure cure diseases rather than treat them. I think Polio is probably the last disease that has been cured. We as a country can't afford these diseases anymore so we have to cure them. Man, after reading al of these posts I am really confused. I am a conservative, I guess one that is more to the center, I didn’t vote for Obama and I’m for ESC research. Where do I fit in? This past election both candidates were for ESC research so this was going to happen either way. Also a majority of Americans are also for ESC research. Our country is drowning in high health care costs. I think it would be a sound fiscal policy to invest in research that will cure cure diseases rather than treat them. I think Polio is probably the last disease that has been cured. We as a country can’t afford these diseases anymore so we have to cure them.

]]> By: lance http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-266161 lance Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:04:32 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-266161 AMY: This may explain the reason you got so many posts. Your article was posted on a Libertarian website: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202660/posts AMY: This may explain the reason you got so many posts. Your article was posted on a Libertarian website:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202660/posts

]]> By: Junior Brooks http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-265957 Junior Brooks Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:26:56 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-265957 Yesterday’s executive order on fetal stem-cell research was all about politics and nothing about science. It had nothing at all to do with compassion or curing disease, it was just some cheap thrill in the undying abortion debate. Fetal stem cells are a surrogate for the abortion issue. There being precious little either side of the abortion debate can fight about right now, fetal stem cells have served as a substitute issue. George W. Bush signed the fetal stem-cell funding limits to appease folks in the anti-abortion crowd, and Barack H. Obama lifted the ban to appease folks in the pro-abortion crowd. And yesterday’s cock-a-doodle-dooing about science winning out over politics and philosophy was pure bull crud. Liberal support for fetal stem-cell research is about sticking it to pro-life people. Period. It has nothing to do with science, it has nothing to do with new treatments, it has everything to do with politics. Save your money and don't donate to JDRF. Yesterday’s executive order on fetal stem-cell research was all about politics and nothing about science. It had nothing at all to do with compassion or curing disease, it was just some cheap thrill in the undying abortion debate.

Fetal stem cells are a surrogate for the abortion issue. There being precious little either side of the abortion debate can fight about right now, fetal stem cells have served as a substitute issue. George W. Bush signed the fetal stem-cell funding limits to appease folks in the anti-abortion crowd, and Barack H. Obama lifted the ban to appease folks in the pro-abortion crowd.

And yesterday’s cock-a-doodle-dooing about science winning out over politics and philosophy was pure bull crud. Liberal support for fetal stem-cell research is about sticking it to pro-life people. Period. It has nothing to do with science, it has nothing to do with new treatments, it has everything to do with politics. Save your money and don’t donate to JDRF.

]]> By: Redmond R http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-265949 Redmond R Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:17:30 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-265949 Amy: Your interview with Larry was weird. Diabetics... read this mornings WSJ for an alternative objective and clearer view of this. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123664280083277765.html Amy: Your interview with Larry was weird. Diabetics… read this mornings WSJ for an alternative objective and clearer view of this. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123664280083277765.html

]]> By: » JDRF on Stem Cell Research Boost: An Interview with Larry Soler - DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-265471 » JDRF on Stem Cell Research Boost: An Interview with Larry Soler - DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:27:24 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-265471 [...] Stem Cell Research Finally Unleashed! (Follow it via JDRF’s New Twitter) [...] [...] Stem Cell Research Finally Unleashed! (Follow it via JDRF’s New Twitter) [...]

]]> By: Nick http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-265370 Nick Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:49:40 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-265370 Lauren: I am a scientist and not a liberal. How can that be? Funny how everyone I know thinks Liberal means "irrational". I guess its a matter of perspective. Good luck to you on your practice. May Obama be a continual source of prayer and inspiration to you. Lauren: I am a scientist and not a liberal. How can that be? Funny how everyone I know thinks Liberal means “irrational”. I guess its a matter of perspective. Good luck to you on your practice. May Obama be a continual source of prayer and inspiration to you.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-265322 Lauren Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:04:19 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-265322 My point is: if conservatives claim to be against stem cell research because human life is sacred and precious, why do they not support policies that contribute to children's well-being AFTER the children are born? An embryo is somehow holy to conservatives, yet they oppose universal health care for children. The hypocrisy is incredible. Oh, and how about those fertility clinics and the embryos that are destroyed there? That poses no problem, but stem cell research does? I am a future physician and a type 1 diabetic myself. My greatest hope is that stem cell research will help people with more devastating conditions than mine -- patients with ALS, spinal cord injuries, and Parkinson's. It's important to move forward and do all we can in these areas of research. As for "Bush Derangement Syndrome," here's my own definition: those who voted for Bush and supported his policies are indeed deranged. If you want to call those of us who believe in science "liberal," that's fine with me. Liberal is another word for "rational." My point is: if conservatives claim to be against stem cell research because human life is sacred and precious, why do they not support policies that contribute to children’s well-being AFTER the children are born? An embryo is somehow holy to conservatives, yet they oppose universal health care for children. The hypocrisy is incredible. Oh, and how about those fertility clinics and the embryos that are destroyed there? That poses no problem, but stem cell research does?

I am a future physician and a type 1 diabetic myself. My greatest hope is that stem cell research will help people with more devastating conditions than mine — patients with ALS, spinal cord injuries, and Parkinson’s. It’s important to move forward and do all we can in these areas of research.

As for “Bush Derangement Syndrome,” here’s my own definition: those who voted for Bush and supported his policies are indeed deranged. If you want to call those of us who believe in science “liberal,” that’s fine with me. Liberal is another word for “rational.”

]]> By: Nick http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/03/stem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-265192 Nick Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:05:59 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=5766#comment-265192 I am making a copy of all these rants so that maybe in a couple of years all of you Obamabots can discuss the cure. I am making a copy of all these rants so that maybe in a couple of years all of you Obamabots can discuss the cure.

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