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Superbelt · 10-13-2004, 08:59 AM

The Bush side is against Embryonic Stem Cell Research. They gave only a couple dozen out of several hundred thousand lines of existing embryonic stem cells funding and said that's the cut off, no more money. It was a compromise between his religious base and the rational voting segment of america.

For Reeves, that's just the way life is. Often times people don't even KNOW of a cause until it affects either them or people close to them.
I won't fault him for getting to it after his injury. Most americans wouldn't even know about Stem Cell Research if it wasn't for Reeves, Fox and the Reagan family. It may have started off self centered, like all human interests are, but it grew beyond him and he has had a huge impact (and will continue to) in the furtherance of stem cell research.

10-13-2004, 08:59 AM	#28 (permalink)
Superbelt This vexes me. I am terribly vexed. Location: Grantville, Pa	The Bush side is against Embryonic Stem Cell Research. They gave only a couple dozen out of several hundred thousand lines of existing embryonic stem cells funding and said that's the cut off, no more money. It was a compromise between his religious base and the rational voting segment of america. For Reeves, that's just the way life is. Often times people don't even KNOW of a cause until it affects either them or people close to them. I won't fault him for getting to it after his injury. Most americans wouldn't even know about Stem Cell Research if it wasn't for Reeves, Fox and the Reagan family. It may have started off self centered, like all human interests are, but it grew beyond him and he has had a huge impact (and will continue to) in the furtherance of stem cell research.