Posted on 01/23/2009 5:20:33 AM PST by MindBender26
First feature block of this morning’s GMA ran story that an embryonic stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury had done well enough in animal trials for it to possibly move on to human testing.
The scientific and medical guests were careful and professional in their analysis of the situation. They warned there were many difficult steps ahead in development, many risks, many possible adverse side effects, etc.
But those reasonable medical cautions weren't about to dampen the gushing Miss Sawyer. She put up animated video of Christopher Reeves walking again (Psst, Diane; He's dead) and groups of others throwing away their canes and wheelchairs to rise and walk, first with halting steps, then with renewed confidence, into the sunlight… to a new dawn of humanity… in God’s grace… and in designer outfits by Adolpho.
(If you're having trouble visualizing what was on GMA, just let yourself remember the Crip Crawl (that's what they call it) on the last Benny Hinn Crusade you saw on TV. Same deal.)
Finally, the Pièce de Résistance. Diana gushed about 8.7 on the open-ended Richter scale and pronounced: "Oh, Oh, Barack Obama has been president for only three days and already we are seeing medical miracles. The lame will walk again...."
It was disgusting. It was as bad as the morning when CBS Early Show hostess and former Miss Phyllis George asked a repentant rapist and his former victim if they wanted to hug and make up... on the air... as we used to say “live to all time zones.”
And this is what 60% of America depends on for news. (The other 40% watch Oprah)
Diane, get it over with. Go down to DC. Get Obama alone somewhere. Do him. Get it out of your system!
Cut to chace = cut to chase
And no, I’m not kidding about the above story. You can’t make this stuff up.
Poor Diane, you’ll have to excuse here, she’s been on a binge the last few days...
Obama has also caused pink elephants to be able to fly. Diane has seen them.
“had done well enough”
I’m not familiar with this clinical benchmark term; it doesn’t sound very scientific.
But it does sound like the Horde of Moeleck will soon get the green light on access to OUR tax dollars and the ability to destroy life, whether it will make “cripples” walk or not.
I believe this story. If I were lame (like Diane), with 0bama closing Gitmo and giving terrorists free reign to attack us again, I’d be getting the hell out of here too! Head some place safe...I dunno...maybe Gitmo...
Mike Nichols hasn’t been able to get it up for 25 years, and Sawyer hasn’t had a toe curling orgasm in 40 years. What a waste of God’s life force..................Morons!
I don’t recall the stem cells used on that woman were embryonic. Can anyone confirm if these were adult stem cells?
If this happened last week, when Bush was president, we would be hearing from PETA people about how mean it is to test animals, and how its all Bush’s fault.
I see the news media is in to self-parody.
Anyone else get their flying unicorn yet?
I’m willing to cut the guy a break, but really, it’s been THREE DAYS!
And they better include the saddle.
Oh, and my gas tank’s near empty. Where do I go to have 0bama fill it?
And don’t forget my mortgage payment. I cancelled all remaining autopayments starting in February.
do you have a link to the story, or is this a vanity?
I am recording this. How far into the 2 hours does she say this? I went back and cannot find it.
Orgasmic dysfunction in women alcoholics is quite common.
Semi-early in either the 7:00 or 7:30 EST blocks.
Could stem cells grow Diane Sawyer a new brain?
Odds are the trials will fail because of cell mutation. Adult stem cells have been much more reliable, but those studies don't get as much funding because they don't put a happy face on abortion. If it's necessary to kill babies to help people walk do we really want people to walk?
“I don’t recall the stem cells used on that woman were embryonic. Can anyone confirm if these were adult stem cells?”
I think you are correct. Some good research needed here.
After only 3 days of extensive testing....
There are a couple of stories. Yesterday one was posted about a woman who had received a stem cell transplant for a major organ (I’ll have to look for it) The other is in today’s headlines about an FDA approved phase 1 (safety study) on Geron’s embryonic stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury. The story didn’t specify but it should say that those are from existing embyonic stem cells.
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