Bad Politics = Bad Science = Bad Social Policy.

Wesley Smith describes how the misbegotten $80 billion initiative to promote stem cell research - because, obviously, no one is better informed about the point at which to fund scientific research than 20 million voters who averaged a "C" in high school biology - has diverted attention away from a practical treatment regime with proven results into the swampland of speculative research.

But - hey! - California defied Bush and the burgeoning theocracy! So there!

Suckers!