  The other day I was thinking about what an interesting world, or society rather, we live in. That is, a society that has made incredible leaps and bounds in terms of medical advancements, especially with regard to DNA and genetics.
(I find the study of genetics fascinating. Having said that, I also believe that the current corporate-driven uses of biotechnology are potentially harmful and irreversibly damaging to our current ecosystem. Much to my surprise, I've met people who can't seem to understand how I can be pro-genetic research while being against putting insufficiently tested genetically modified organisms into the food supply without labeling, purely for corporate gain. Only a dull mind could conceive of a contradiction there. The long and short of it is, if a consumer has the right to buy and eat genetically modified products, surely I, as a consumer, have the right to not buy and eat genetically modified products.
In any case, I've long ago tired of debating the issue with people who are, in my opinion, susceptible to corporate-sponsored marketing. To those enlightened consumers who are interested in the daily goings on with our agriculture, I recommend signing up to the urlLink Organic Consumers Association's Organic Bytes Newsletter . It's an email newsletter that comes once or twice a month with all the latest news. ) So anyways, here we are, with the ability to look right into a person's DNA, which is quite small, and see things like who was at the crime scene, or what type of physical/personality traits a new baby may have, etc.
And this high powered technology is used for things like.......like making it possible for Maury Pauvich to help one of his female guests determine which of the twelve men is the father of her baby. Thus the title of this blog entry, for which I must thank the incomparable Luke Carter. It's like advanced scientific discovery meets "food goes in here (while pointing at one's mouth)" citizen. I've been keeping a glancing eye on the urlLink 2004 Democratic National Convention and it seems to be going well for them.
The urlLink 9-11 Report has been published and apparently is flying off the bookshelves, making it one of the most popular books right now. Movie reviews: The Bourne Supremacy was excellent. I gave it 4.5 amnesiatic killer spies of of 5. I, Robot was much better than I thought it would be. It earned a respectable 3 buggy robots of the killing kind out of 5. 
