Bush must have been taken soma since he got in office...
Thinkprogress:
Shortly after taking office, President Bush announced a policy allowing federal funding of research only on existing stem cell lines, despite the urging of several of his advisers and the scientific community for expanded funding. Bush has nevertheless remained stubborn, twice vetoing legislation that would have lifted the restrictions.
In a new piece in Commentary magazine, Jay Lefkowitz — who advised Bush on stem cells — reveals how the President formulated his 2001 policy. While Bush heard from a variety of groups on both sides of the issue, the turning point appeared to come when Lefkowitz read from Aldous Huxley’s fictional novel, Brave New World, and scared Bush:
A few days later, I brought into the Oval Office my copy of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley’s 1932 anti-utopian novel, and as I read passages aloud imagining a future in which humans would be bred in hatcheries, a chill came over the room.
“We’re tinkering with the boundaries of life here,” Bush said when I finished. “We’re on the edge of a cliff. And if we take a step off the cliff, there’s no going back. Perhaps we should only take one step at a time.”
3 comments:
At first, I thought maybe the Gerbil read the book himself but then I see it was someone else who read it and told him about it.
I guess he hasn't progressed since "My Pet Goat."
So right Mr. Kitty we now know the Gerbil was given a degree in both high school and college. I can hear the World Leaders laughing and this is the reason why Bush doesn't want to meet with the Iran President.
I ready for someone in the Oval office to frisbee the Gerbil "A Clockwork Orange" book. Now, if the Gerbil says that he read that book (which I did), I will know that he's on soma.
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