The dumbest thing Bush has done

[AKcurly]

was to fire this woman.  http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040318/ap_on_sc/fired_bioethicist_1

Geez, you have to wonder if he's playing with a full deck.

curly

[FUNKED1]

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[AKcurly]

Originally posted by FUNKED1
cry
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You ever lose a relative to cancer, funky?  

curly

[BUG_EAF322]

Buying weapons is more important ofcourse

[Sandman]

Originally posted by AKcurly
The dumbest thing Bush has done

Is it really possible to just pick one?

[Mini D]

LOL! Did they accuse the white house of firing someone for political reasons?  ROTFLMAO!

MiniD

[AKIron]

Sounds like her politics were interfering with her ability to contribute:

"One member of the committee, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Blackburn failed to attend a number of council meetings after disagreeing with other members on policy."

[FUNKED1]

Originally posted by AKcurly
You ever lose a relative to cancer, funky?  

curly

No, cancer is so rare that I have never had any friends or relatives die from it.  

However, I am glad that this woman can return to her important cancer research instead of wasting her time as a tool for the DNC.  This may actually be one of the best things chimpy has done.

[AKcurly]

Originally posted by FUNKED1
No, cancer is so rare that I have never had any friends or relatives die from it.  

However, I am glad that this woman can return to her important cancer research instead of wasting her time as a tool for the DNC.  This may actually be one of the best things chimpy has done.

Gee Funky, I'll bet she did that.  Too bad she can't use certain cell lines in her work now.  Ole GB in his obvious wisdom made that illegal too.

curly

[lazs2]

hmm... seems she was hired for two years and her term was over... not only that but as funky points out... she was more concerned with politics than her job... seems that now she can go back to her work.   Who got hurt here?

lazs

[texace]

Just liberals, I guess...

[AKcurly]

Originally posted by lazs2
hmm... seems she was hired for two years and her term was over... not only that but as funky points out... she was more concerned with politics than her job... seems that now she can go back to her work.   Who got hurt here?

lazs

Who got hurt?  Any member of John Q. Public who has a genetic predisposition to cancer or exposure to carcinogenic material.

Blackburn is an active and brilliant individual doing ground-breaking research.  Who better to advise politicians who are unfamiliar with the area?  

I would imagine Blackburn saw the office as a mixed blessing.  On the one hand, it gave her the opportunity to provide information; on the other hand, it took time away from research.

So far as Blackburn's career, yeah, being dismissed is a big plus -- she'll have more time to devote to research.  But it's a big minus for us since it means the politicians will be more clueless than usual (hard to imagine.)

curly

[Pongo]

I cant believe that anyone is supprised that a president that doenst allow public dissent would not allow disent in his administration.

[AKcurly]

Originally posted by Pongo
I cant believe that anyone is supprised that a president that doenst allow public dissent would not allow disent in his administration.

Good point, Pongo.  I remember being 5 or 6 and figuring out that I was mortal.  Guess the current admin is still working on that one.

curly

[midnight Target]

I gotta ask.. Do you really think that the President's Council on Bioethics had anything to do with that idiotic decision regarding Stem Cells?

That was right-wing-anti-abortion-Jerry Falwell-700 Club nonsense and no member of that council could have done watermelon about it.