Mermaids, Centaurs, and Sam Brownback....

[Hieronymus]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0709/Mermaids_Centaurs_and_Sam_Brownback.html?showall



July 13, 2009
Categories: Senate Democrats

Mermaids, Centaurs and Sam Brownback
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) — an ardent anti-abortion activist — is worried that the Obama administration's loosening of restrictions on stem cell research will result in the creation of a new race of bio-engineered "human-animal" hybrid freaks.

Or beautiful mermaids.

The bill — modeled on an inexplicably overlooked effort by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal — would ban the creation of "part-human, part-animal creatures, which are created in laboratories, and blur the line between species."

The legislation, he says, "is limited in scope" and wouldn't limit the use of some animal parts for human use, including porcine pig valves.

Despite giving no concrete examples of what such hybrids would look like (i.e. Spider-Man), he's got 20 co-sponsors including one Dem, Mary Landrieu (D-La.).

"As our nation suffers through the greatest economic decline in a generation and our country's brightest minds are working tirelessly to reverse course, what does Sen. Brownback propose? Banning mermaids," quipped Chris Harris of Media Matters.

[Historic NY]

1. "Spock" is a hybrid.

[Tansy_Gold]

2. "porcine pig valves"??? Isn't that like a little repetitively redundant?

Did they mean porcine heart valves?


Tansy Gold, getting too damn picky and blaming it on the heat

[seabeyond]

3. i'zzzz confused watching stewart, lol. with this one. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Well mermaids are real, as well as werewolves, didn't you know that?

:sarcasm:

And then they complaint of wasting time and money

[KakistocracyHater]

5. you forgot unicorns! With manes the color of sea foam & delicate

cloven feet like goats, the body looking like a horse but with the narwhal's tusk growing from the forehead.

Plus there's that whole government thing with spider dna being implanted into goats that are then milked & the milk is changed into a thread or yarn-they are hoping the STRENGTH of spider silk will transfer.....

[CAG]

6. Is he gonna outlaw Rushbo, then??

[wordpix]

7. gawd, Brownback and Bush, what a pair of imbeciles

Mary Landrieu, supporting Brownback should help you get over your Katrina debacle :sarcasm:

[CAG]

8. The real question would be what would this do to the prospects of getting a liger?

Napoleon Dynamite: "It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic."