The Culture of Life in a nutshell

[sabotabby]

Via realcdaae: We don't know how many people—most of them poor and black—died because of Hurricane Katrina. A lot of them died slowly, especially the sick and elderly, because help couldn't get there in time.

Fortunately, the, um, pre-born were rescued. Huzzah for the snowflake babies!

“That is great! I’m going to call all our officers and tell them. They’ll be pretty excited,” said Lt. Eric Bumgarner, one of seven Illinois Conservation Police officers and three Louisiana state troopers who sloshed through floodwaters to remove the embryos. Bumgarner said he has often wondered what happened to the embryos: “One of these embryos could be the next president.”

Arguably, said embryo couldn't do a worse job than the current president did.

Comments

[realcdaae.livejournal.com]

I think they forgot to unfreeze the current president's brain before they gave him the job.

Wait, no, I'm pretty sure that was deliberate.

[fannishnonsense]

Yech. I'd say "nut" shell is about right.

[eyelidlessness.livejournal.com]

Arguably, said embryo couldn't do a worse job than the current president did.

That's why Bush is awesome. He's the worst imaginable. It's going to be a sad day when innocent Americans are forced, once again, to make America weaker and more vulnerable. Until then, we can thank the godsend that is Bush for basically doing our job, as activists and concerned citizens, for us.

some simple mathematics...

[theoldanarchist.livejournal.com]

Not to cast aspersions upon Lt. Bumgarner or anything, but let's examine this for a minute. If memory serves correctly, you have to be at least 35 to run for president. A president serves for 4 years, which means that there would be almost 9 administrations between now (assuming one of these embryos was implanted and the baby was born prior to the next presidential election). So, again assuming that any of these embryos is ever implanted and comes to term, not a single one of them will be the next president.

What an absurd thing to say... As if that was reason to rescue embryos instead of... hrrrmmmm... uuuhhhhh... oh yeah! Already living people!

[5-miles.livejournal.com]

katrina just keeps getting more and more disturbing.

[andreazenith.livejournal.com]

Right now, I really hate people.

This isn't helping. =>.<=

(But educating oneself is good!).
*hugs*
Anj

[esizzle.livejournal.com]

I get the picture of an embryo running in the next election

[symonblack.livejournal.com]

Me too. I see one of those sci-fi support canisters--all green goo and wires and such--with robotic spider legs underneath. Maybe a loudspeaker on top. And a straw boater hat on top of that.
Voila. The next Lincoln.

[misfratz.livejournal.com]

Um. Sorry to be childish, but: Bumgarner bwahahahaha! I suppose the thought processes go well with the name.

Oh. I'm now trying to remember whether 'bum' means 'arse' in America too... Probably not, so there you have both incredibly immature and ridiculous English in one comment.

[lopukhov.livejournal.com]

Looking at the couple, they'd probably call it Katrina.



So last semester, in our intro to epidemiology class homework, there was a question about if we think the Ahmurrcan dept. of health would be prepared/ready in the case of an infectious outbreak like SARS in Hogtown. The black people in my class respond, "L-Mao. Katrina."