Head: BOOM

Whenever I think I have things figured out in life I quickly am kicked in the ass in some way to remind me that I don't have a clue.

I was reading about mitochondrial donation this morning and the British debate about it merits, ethics, and potential dangers.

Essentially this procedure takes DNA from a multitude of people, for the most part three as far as I can tell, and create an embryo with that DNA.

This is supposed to help reduce, at the very least, mitochondrial diseases passed on to the fetus.

The opponents claim their opposition is based on safety, ethics, eugenics, bad medicine and religious reasons.

The obvious result of mitrochondrial donations

I'm only going to comment on the religious aspect, for some odd reason besides the lack of time people actually read what I have to write.

My particular issue with people who oppose science on religious grounds is based on the fact that billions of people over the years pray for cures for their family members and friends who are beset with tragic diseases.
All of a sudden a potential cure comes around and many of those same people ignore it and dismiss it as black magic or voodoo or skullcrockery or whatever they decide to call it.

Couldn't that potential cure be God's answer to the prayer? Am I one of the few who see that? I can't be, can I?

On the other hand I find it so ironic that there are those who view science in such a way that it can only be described as a religious following itself.
One thing I hear that always blows my mind is a statement such as, "But that's science. It's scientific fact," when we know that science and scientists are wrong over and over and over again.

Even Steven Hawking, the alleged genius, has proven himself wrong about at least one pretty important theory which helped him rise up the ranks of alleged geniuses.

When can common sense get injected into any of these discussions?
I really need to apply that to "global warming," or "climate change." One minute of a common-sense conversation blows the entire theory of this "settled science."

NEVER in any of the discussions about climate change (and when we say this we are talking about man-made climate change or global warming) does the great fireball in the sky get mentioned.
That is unless someone who is skeptical of the "science" talks about it before quickly being denounced as a charlatan and a freak by the wealth redistributionists who created the hoax from the start.


The whole worry about climate change? That the Earth will be 1 degree warmer by 2050. That is these "scientists" claim the computers models suggest.
These computers, of course, are the same ones that can't tell us within one degree of accuracy what next week's temperatures are going to be.
7 days ago the weather report for my area for yesterday said the temperature was going to be 48 and it was going to rain. It was 31 and snowed 4 inches. That is a 17 DEGREE MISTAKE.

The "scientists," and Al Gore who should be jailed for life for stealing the nearly billion dollars of wealth he has accumulated helping market this fraudulent scheme, want me to believe what will happen in 2050? And then they want to tax me more and regulate the energy companies more so that I have to pay more in energy bills every month to "solve the problem?"

These people need to be out of our lives.

Anyway, so I can see while there are certainly skeptics of mitochondrial donation, if I simply take the weather as a reason for it. But at the same time we do have to realize that science has, of course, saved billions of lives as well.

But is staring at a potential cure and, therefore, a potential answer to one's prayer and ignoring it an affront to God?

I'm not a scientist or a religious person so I can remain objective and make silly commentary off on the side of the battlefield. But I am also pretty happy I am not on either side because the more of this stuff I read, hear and see the more my head swells to the point of potential explosion.

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New NBC News Anchor

The Bryan Williams story makes me shake my head. If I'm in charge of deciding if he stays or goes based on what he did, he goes. It's a no-brainer.

I know for a fact that in 5 minutes I can find a replacement who will do a better job, represent my company better and will cost me less.

There are only 3 major network nightly news shows like this and perhaps, oh I don't know, 5 million people from whom to choose to take that spot so it should go without saying that if he made up a story or embellished a story and reported such a fabrication or embellishment that he gets fired.
Take note NBC. I will read the teleprompter as a news anchor for that show for...I don't know...$250,000 per year?! Think of all of the money that you will save and I won't make up stories.

The fact that its a major news story keeps my head shaking. Every other tv and cable opinion show host makes it a lead story. I get that in their industry its big, but I am pretty sure they are the only ones who really care.

This does bring me back to the situation with athletes who cheat to win. Bryan Williams is no different than them when it comes right down to it.
Just another example of a potential role model who fails at being one.
I think we all need role models but I think that real role models need to be richly rewarded instead of these lying, cheating scumbags who do.

One of my friends is one of the more talented, organized and hard-working people I know. He is broke. It doesn't make sense.
Williams is making 13 million dollars a year. I should say, WAS, because he did get suspended without pay. He is worth a reported 50 million dollars.

Good for him in the sense that anyone should have the ability to earn whatever they can make in this country. I just think it should be done honestly.

I drive a lot of miles every year; less so than about 10 years ago but a lot. Gas prices and tolls are an issue for me. So I have to say this...ANY politician who proposes a gas tax hike or a tax per mile driven should be immediately removed from office.

I know that a couple of cents here and there doesn't really make a big difference in reality. But in perception it does and in politics perception IS reality.

So I don't care in which party such a jackmeat resides. If he or she proposes raising those sorts of taxes they should be pitchforked out of office.

Our country, again, continues to set records for tax income. We have become champions at removing money from people's and company's coffers. It's truly disgusting and what's even worse is that we continue to set new records on overspending. They are all guilty of it, no matter who steps up to say otherwise, because the end result is all that matters.
And this will just get worse, I'm afraid.

This is just a basic rant. I really wish I had something profound to say so that I can inspire a generation today. Alas, I don't. So, it's back to work trying to make a living which politicians will yank out from under me. It's back to trying to figure out why the world is so backwards that liars, cheaters and criminals prosper when my friends who work hard and create amazing things and do nothing but good are broke.

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