Human Genome Project
July 2nd, 2008You know, the Human Genome Project proves that we are all far more alike than different, with a 90+% margin of similarity, too. That’s the first thing I thought of when I read the news this evening. Barack Obama has pledged five hundred million dollars in faith-based initiatives, which I am not at all opposed to and welcome as these sorts of programs provide purpose to people who might otherwise have no hope, and I do not believe that faith-based aid, equally (or near-equally) dispersed amongst different sects, is not a violation of the First Amendment. I just wonder if “Bush-is-a-Theocrat” Democrats will be as furious with this move from Obama as they would be if Bush were the one responsible. There was a good Obama article in the Wall Street Journal today that argues that the Illinois Senator is running for Bush’s third term and it’s definitely worth looking at. If nothing else, it demonstrates that even two people completely different from one another from several perspectives have common ground and plenty of it. Of course, the scientists proved that awhile ago.
I have been a little short with this blog in the last few days, and that is a direct result of this trip I am taking through the west coast. I will be using it in the next few days to blog my travels across the West Coast as I am driving with one of my closest friends from Los Angeles to San Diego to LA again then back to San Francisco, Eureka, Eugene, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, with other stops along the way. I’ll be writing shortly about the first night out, soon, and I will occasionally drop a political note in as well. It’s just incredibly time-consuming and I am sure that I’ll be rather tired every night, from the travels.