Laura runs her mouth about stem-cells

I understand that some people have quasi-legitimate beefs about stem-cell research, but I find most anti-stem cell arguments to be irrelevant, unsophisticated, and positively ignorant of science and the history thereof. Case in point--Laura Bush:

"We don't even know that stem cell research will provide cures for anything — much less that it's very close" to yielding major advances, Bush said.

Good call, Laura. That's why scientists and physicians spend many years and billions of dollars doing research. But the fact of the matter is, stem-cells have some mega potential. And while we dick around about what cell lines scientists can use, people with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's and diabetes et al. are suffering like crazy. And maybe, just maybe, they won't need to suffer come five, ten, twenty, fifty years from now.