THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Billy Rygar on July 10, 2007, 10:12:03 PM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/washington/11cnd-surgeon.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/washington/11cnd-surgeon.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin)
Dr. Carmona, who served as surgeon general from 2002 to 2006, said White House officials would not allow him to speak or issue reports about stem cells, emergency contraception, sex education, or prison, mental and global health issues because of political concerns.
And administration officials even discouraged him from attending the Special Olympics because, he said, of that charitable organization’s longtime ties to the Kennedy family.
“I was specifically told by a senior person, ‘Why would you want to help those people?’ ” Dr. Carmona said.
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I want my fucking L Word
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I want my fucking L Word
You're a lesbian? That explains a lot. >:(
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Fuck Christianity sucks. No wonder we don't have bloody hoverboards yet.
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I will blame lack of any cool technology on Harry Potter. In 10 years time all these kids wil become wiccans and eragon writers instead of creating the technology we need. Kids need to be fed science fiction so they can go to uni and create the shit what we need instead of dropping out of school and trying to cast spells.
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Yeah, and the there is a serious lack of good science fiction these days. All the crumby fantasy novels and short stories you see around the place have suffocated the industry.
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Yeah, and the there is a serious lack of good science fiction these days. All the crumby fantasy novels and short stories you see around the place have suffocated the industry.
yeah, well, maybe if you don't read there isn't any good new SF.
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duh, you are
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i'm sure if he goes to church and confesses, then God might forgive his terrible sins.
Bush is a Protestant. Only Catholics do confessions. I think.
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This thread is not for coherent discussion!