Whether or not you approve of cloning in any way, you may be eating its product.
While most cloned livestock will be used for super-breeding, every cow eventually ends up on the chopping block and in our stomachs, and the FDA says it’s a-okay. In fact, they are not even planning to label cloned meet as such.
Too bad for people who have moral issues with genetic engineering.
Indeed, the man has some “star quality.” He’s attractive, charismatic and has a pull-himself-up-by-his-bootstraps story. He definitely added some substance to Kerry’s campaign. What he could anyway. I thought he did a good job in the vice-presidential debate. But then, the match was hardly equal. Meathead Cheney versus an uber-successful trial lawyer.
What about his competition this time? The only for sure we have is Democratic Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. Who is he anyway? I’m almost from Iowa and I have no idea. I should probably check him out. But regardless, he pales in comparison to the basic name power of the other potential players. Edwards may end up running against his former mate Kerry. Kerry has got to know that Edwards carried the only real charisma in his former campaign. How will he react to going up against him? Of course, Kerry has more experience. And how about Dean? Does anyone know the likelihood of him stepping to the plate again? Still everyone is holding their breath for Hillary and Barack. Will America succumb to Edwards’ pretty face before ballsing up to a first? Are we ready for a female or African-American major contender? Everyone knows that’s the real question.
Here are Edwards’ early pressure points.
- Guaranteeing health care for every single American.
- Strengthening our middle class and ending the shame of poverty.
- Leading the fight against global warming.
- Getting America and the world to break our addiction to oil.
I realize that I have been utterly lacking in blogdomness. My apologies. And this is not an exciting entry, but it’s a beginning or a re-beginning or something.
I just wanted to say that I am actually quite lucky to be allergic to peanuts during seasons like this. There are loads of cookies and chocolates in the breakroom and around the house, but I can eat very little of it. While this may seem a bit depressing, it is exceedingly positive for my waistline.
I have, however, recently found a new weakness. The new cherry Hershey Kisses are amazing. They’re all chocolatey-cherryee with fluffy cherry fluff inside. It tastes like a chocolate-covered cherry bon bon. I’m not a real chocolate fiend and hardly ever eat Kisses, but these are yum enough for me to share.
Excerpts from a CNN story today. Could Gates be a good guy?
(CNN) — The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved President Bush’s nomination of Robert Gates to be defense secretary Tuesday and sent it to the full Senate for approval, the committee’s outgoing chairman said.
Testifying before the committee for hours, he told members the United States was not winning the war in Iraq and that the U.S. course there “over the next year or two” would shape the entire Middle East.
Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, who will chair the Senate Armed Services Committee when the new Congress convenes in January, asked Gates if he thought the U.S. was winning the war, to which the nominee succinctly replied, “No, sir.”
Later, he clarified his remark, saying the United States wasn’t losing either and that his comment pertained to Iraq as a whole, not just as a military endeavor.
Gates also told Republcian Sen. John McCain of Arizona the “status quo isn’t acceptable” and that the United States invaded Iraq without enough troops.
The nominee said he suspects that in hindsight the Bush administration would have handled some decisions differently, “and I think one of those is that there clearly were insufficient troops in Iraq after the initial invasion to establish control over the country.”
The nominee also told the committee that he was “open to new ideas” regarding policy in Iraq and that “all options are on the table.” In closing, Warner told Gates “to be fearless — I repeat — fearless” in giving advice to the president.
Levin added that Gates faces “the monumental challenge of picking up the pieces from broken policies and mistaken priorities in the past few years.”
Gates has shown signs that he is willing to voice unpopular opinions to the administration. In addition to his criticism of the Iraq war’s handling, Gates also has pledged to improve the Pentagon’s postwar planning.
