Thanks for the info about the human-animal hybrid thing. It does sound a little creepy, but it sounds like the scientific community is aware of the ethical issues, as is the government. I’m quite sure that we won’t have to worry about any “humanzees” roaming around anytime soon. I definitely think there needs to be a close watch on the ethical considerations surrounding stem cell and cloning issues. However, an outright ban because of bizarre centaur-like creatures running around, which is what I thought Bush was talking about.

My wife had the same comment.

“we need to make sure we don’t have any human-animal hybrids.

WHAT?????????? ”

Stuff along these lines:

Genetic Mingling Mixes Human, Animal Cells

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=715561

“The University of Nevada-Reno researcher talks matter-of-factly about his plans to euthanize one of the pregnant sheep in a nearby lab. He can’t wait to examine the effects of the human cells he had injected into the fetus’ brain about two months ago.”

Kinda creepy, no?

I probably am projecting and doing some wishful thinking. I still think it was the height of tackiness. Maybe it is what the applause exposed that I find so revolting — a kind of hardline, blind love for a failing system of government redistribution. No doubt the Dems consider it a grand victory. Just from a professional prespective — it really demeaned the Dems in my eyes.

I hope that even those people who oppose privatization of social security would not gloat over the defeat of a legitimate reform proposal.

By the way, when am I or any my friends or, in fact, anyone I know going to be part of one of these polls. Am I just incredible unlucky, am I on some black list of people not to poll?

When you say “I thought it was childish and I’d bet that most middle-class taxpaying voters did too” I can only assume that you think most middle class taxpayers supported the President’s plan. I’d be interested to know why you say that, since every poll indicated that it was a dog with the public. I think you might be projecting just a little.

we need to make sure we don’t have any human-animal hybrids

Rove to George W. … “No more adlibbing!”

At best, the worst pres. since HH. And ‘basically competent’;from that you draw ‘darn near close to complimentary’.

Don’t you know sarcasm when you read it? :)

Actually, as rabid as most commentaries have been on George W., this one is complimentary in comparison.

I didn’t want to be pushing that point too hard though and having Justin take me to task :)

This speech can become a pretty silly show.

Oh, and I forgot about his call to ban stem cell research and cloning in all of its forms because, among other things, we need to make sure we don’t have any human-animal hybrids.

I caught that too. God, I hope somebody, somewhere, is really working on this before it gets banned. That would be so COOL :)

On the funding for alternative forms of energy…
Why should the government fund this? There’s clearly demand, and the first company to come out with a VIABLE alternative will make plenty of money. They aren’t waiting for the government to incentivize them, (but they’ll take the money if it’s offered).

WHAT??????????

I thought it was hilarious when all the Dems gave him a standing O when he said they rejected his Social Security crap! YEA!!!!!!

Basically, I was not impressed.

Whether George W. Bush is, at best, the worst president since Herbert Hoover � as a seemingly sizable number of Americans appear to believe �

At best, the worst pres. since HH. And ‘basically competent’;from that you draw ‘darn near close to complimentary’.

If I was doing a review of someone here at work, and said the last 12 people (at least) that did the job before you were better, and you were basically competent. The next words would be that we were sorry we were having to let you go.