November 20, 2007

Stem Cell Breakthrough!!

It's early Tuesday evening of a weather day that is typical for northeast Ohio. The dogs wanted to go out for a walk at about 5:10; so, we took an hour-long stroll among the fog-enshrouded buildings, people hurrying to their cars and the public transit, enjoying the 60-degree temperature before winter storms descend from up north on Thanksgiving Day, screaming across Lake Erie and dumping massive amounts of snow onto the higher elevations around the city. The Cavaliers play in town tonight; so, there are a lot of suits hanging out in front of a couple of the popular up-scale restaurants, taking their final puffs from cigarettes outlawed in indoor public gathering spots.

Many of those leaving their workplaces behind don't know that two groups of pesky scientists have, according to the Associated Press, "made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells."

Of course, President Bush the Lesser has taken much of the credit, claiming that this particular research was just what he was touting when he vetoed stem cell research bills. With his extensive educational background in the sciences, having watched Sleeper several times, our brainy president could actually foresee this "breakthrough."

I am assuming that President Bush, because of this magical, mystical breakthrough, will now feel that it is ethical to contact Rael, the well-known spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, the world's largest UFO-related organization, and founder of Clonaid, and demand that Rael and his medical team clone a copy of W from W's skin cells, which might just bring about the predicted "complete paradigm shift on our planet."

Or has Bush already caused that to occur?

Posted by Bill at November 20, 2007 07:19 PM
Comments

"having watched sleeper..." Bwahaaaaaaaa, good one!

Posted by: tracy at November 21, 2007 12:13 AM

What I want to know is why hasn't anyone else heard of stem cells in baby teeth?

Posted by: Anji at November 21, 2007 11:10 AM

http://www.bioeden.com/

Posted by: Anji at November 21, 2007 11:12 AM

Speaking of cloning, did they do a Wayne Newton? I just spotted him on Dancing with the Stars, while waiting for the local news to start. (Really.) I thought that guy croaked about 10 years ago.

Posted by: Kyle at November 28, 2007 02:07 AM