REPOST: I touched Michelle Obama today... with video

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Sunday September 21, 2008 · 11:26 AM PDT

2008/09/21 · 11:26

And boy was she AMAZING!!! but you know what, she wasn't even the highlight for me. There was a women for Obama rally working on recruiting volunteers at the University of Virginia today and I was there. The thing is, while I now agree with folks that say Michelle is a better speaker than Barack, she was not even the highlight of my day.

I'm reposting by request....

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 5:09 PM PDT

2008/09/17 · 17:09

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Friday September 12, 2008 · 3:53 PM PDT

2008/09/12 · 15:53

I hate to see the misconceptions put out there about my field of study really I do. I would think that someone with a child with down syndrome would try to immerse herself in the information about what is out there for her child. Therefore to see this woman on television saying things like

I don't think we should create an embryo to destroy it for research purposes

it makes me soooo mad.I just want to SCREAM. I'm sorry, but abortion is legal. There are embryos that are being disposed of daily. Why not allow for the harvesting of those stem cells. Why not allow the release of additional stem cell lines. Another common misconception that Palin stated was something to the extent of there are other option.

Some adult cells are plastic, meaning they have the ability to change what they are based on the environment that they are in, but by and large most cells aren't. Embryonic stem cells are the only cells that truly possess the ability to become anything else.

I hope this is long enough to qualify as a diary. Sorry if it's not but I had to put that out there...

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REPOST: I touched Michelle Obama today... with video

I touched Michelle Obama today...

As a scientist, I'm pissed