Ysterday, a news article from Science reported that President Bush has embarked on a new mission, exclaiming to scientist everywhere, “let’s be friends.”
Among the items in his peace offering:- Boost the NIH budget by $10 billion
- Declaring a “second war on cancer”
- Apologizing for vetoing stem cell bills
- Appointing Al Gore as head of his new conservation initiative
favorite quotes:
“Let’s get these embryos into the hands of scientists who can use them for good.”
“In retrospect, having oil industry lobbyists edit our climate reports was probably a bad idea.”
About cancer – “Let’s finally rid our bodies of this weapon of mass destruction.”
Does anyone else think this is a legitimate change of heart? I feel like it is a political stunt aimed at winning votes for his party in the upcoming election.
I keep expecting to hear him come back today with “april fools”... Or, maybe I am still asleep and this is just one of those crazy dreams that feels all too real.
We need to test him for brain doping. There was a lot of that going round yesterday too.
Look at the dateline of that news report… :)
That’s an April Fool’s joke if I ever saw one. And a great one at that! Thanks for the link.
Awesome April fool’s prank! Oh those nutty editors at Science, what’ll they think of next…
You can tell the quotes aren’t real because “retrospect” is a big word with 3 syllables.
That is a great April Fools joke! I wish I would have seen it yesterday, but I still think I am going to post it in our building for all to enjoy :)
Considering who wrote it, an excellent fairy tale.
Sweet lord, Cath, that’s funny. And true and awful all at the same time.
Bah. I think I’ve mentioned horologically-challenged time zones before. We get all the April Fools stuff out the way and then have to deal with the US waking up.
Mutter, grumble…