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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."
Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research [...] creating human-animal hybrids
Bush wants to be the last of his species?
Trolling is a art,
Mr. Bush, you're breaking my balls here. You're breaking my balls...
If this signature is witty enough, maybe somebody will like me.
Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit... creating human-animal hybrids
I suspect that Bush is pissed because this all hits just a little too close to home.
When you have nothing left to burn you must set yourself on fire
creating human-animal hybrids
Wiretaps, schwiretaps, HE'S GOING TO BAN FURRIES.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
The President said "egregious"? I don't buy it...
I like to place meaningful quotes in my sig, so people will know that I know what meaningful quotes are.
You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means.
I like to place meaningful quotes in my sig, so people will know that I know what meaningful quotes are.
My friend, I was in the food service industry for over four years of my young adult life. It has been ingrained into me to be able to tolerate some of the worst forms of human communication.
... well, I'd rather not go through with that again ...
To those who think they break me through mere text, I welcome their assault. To those who have a glass of merlot and a full plate of prime rib to throw into my chest
My work here is dung.
I'm all for genetically modifying humnity. The human race is so pathetic that we need to improve ourselves anyway we can.
That's exactly how I feel about GM corn. Fucking stupid corn.
Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research [...] creating human-animal hybrids
he's only worried about EGREGIOUS abuses of human-animal hybrids, and i believe an egregious is half egret, half religious person (egre-gious)
so i support the president's narrow, case-specifc take on this issue, it makes sense, because we don't want a bible-thumping skinny bird strutting around now do we?
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
You mean all these years I've been spreading embryos on toast, I've been eating people?
Trolling is a art,
A bummer that Africa never gets a turn.
Obviously God does not want us to mess with genes or embryos. Even though I have no religous documentation to back this up, it's what I think, so let's just go with it, okay?
PS: That whole "THOU SHALT NOT KILL" thing doesn't apply to fighting for natural resources or the march of freedom. Uh, because that's also what I think. Ain't it amazing how often God agrees with me?
However, I don't ever remember them heckling a Democrat President.
Funny, I could've sworn Tom DeLay shouted out "Who's under the podium, Bill!?" during the 2000 State of the Union address...
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
No. Of course not. Do not be ridiculous.
Sincerely,
John Soylent
President, Soylent Green Corporation.