Science on pause

President Bush broke out the veto pen for the first time in his term and struck down federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Funding this research has wide support (upwards of 70%) in this country and will eventually be passed. Bush's veto merely delays the potential progress towards curing many injuries and illnesses. Cold comfort for people that suffer from ailments that could benefit from the knowlegde gained but here we are.

Perhaps other nations' scientific communities not hobbled by American conservative's fear of science will fill in the gap. Does any other industrialized nation still fight over evolution and scientific research as much as the US does?