The President, The State of the Union, and Genetics

At last night's State of the Union, the president said "Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research, human cloning in all its forms, creating or implanting embryos for experiments, creating human-animal hybrids, and buying, selling or patenting human embryos." Jamie happened onto a link today which humorously and insightfully addresses this bit from the speech. It's worth your time. Relatedly segphault writes "Ars Technica has an interesting look at scientific research and technology proposals included in Bush's State of the Union address."

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Re:Oh, Democrats

[Dausha]

No matter how you slice it, both parties will admit SS is broken. The fact that the Dems applauded when Bush pointed out that they did nothing to contribute to *any* solution only shows the American heartland that Democrats don't care about the problem. It was actually a pedantic display, IMO. Not to say the Republicans are much better. However, I don't ever remember them heckling a Democrat President.