Thoughts on GMOs

Like all new technologies, genetic engineering can do wonders and it can also create horrors. Just like harnessing the atom led to wonderful advances in medicine and power generation, it also led to nuclear weapons. Genetically engineering animals and food crops can be very dangerous. For example, potatoes and corn have been engineered with insect tolerance by expressing cry genes from the bacteria bacillus thuringiensis. Now they SAY that's safe but does anyone know the long term effects on the human body of ingesting that for decades ?? In 2011, Chinese scientists generated dairy cows genetically engineered with genes for human beings to produce milk that would be the same as human breast milk.This could potentially benefit mothers who cannot produce breast milk but want their children to have breast milk rather than formula.  Great but now those cows have HUMAN genes and wouldn't that make bovine diseases easier to cross over to humans ??
This is a complex issue because as the article states, crop yields can be increased as well as make them impervious to disease and insects. Yet, the long term effects on nature as well as humans are NOT known and this area of science needs to be very closely regulated.

Jaguars WR Justin Blackmon's Status

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/22/jaguars-not-hearing-much-from-justin-blackmon/

I think that most people are concerned about Justin Blackmon and feel sorry for him because they have friends and family who have struggled with addiction problems and have seen what it does and the damage it wreaks.
Yes, at the end of the day it is his choice to drink or take a drug and he is responsible and will suffer the consequences. However if you have ever seen a loved one or dear friend literally destroy themselves with drugs or alcohol it will break your heart. Where it is easy for any of us without an addiction to never drink or take a drug again, for addicts it is a daily struggle and it will be for the rest of their lives. If they don't get it under control, their lives will quickly spiral out of control and that journey ends in the morgue or a jail cell. I pray that Justin Blackmon gets himself in a program and decides to deal with his demons before it is too late.

Iraq ... A Mess that the US Government CAUSED

 Islamic militants attacking Iraq

I love the language in the AP report, "Islamic militants" are attacking. Who is this group and where are they getting all of the weapons to fight ??? What happened is Sunnis angry at the Shiite government in Iraq that we put in, supported, and armed went over the border to Syria and fought against the Assad government and the U.S. gave them weapons and training which they then used against the Iraqi government. These weapons originally came from Libya where the U.S. supported and armed the "rebels" to overthrow the Gaddafi government and Libya is now in chaos as well. Between the Bush and Obama administration's INSANE Middle East policies, THEY have caused this mess. What a disaster and as a country we spent TRILLIONS of dollars and THOUSANDS of lives in Iraq for what ??  "Weapons of mass destruction" that never existed ??

The People Have Spoken !!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/11/cantor-primary-loss-shocks-capitol-hill-could-put-immigration-debate-on-hold/

Cantor getting kicked out made me very happy. Why did he lose the primary ?? Because he was too "busy and important" to meet with his constituents because he's a "wheeler dealer" in DC and votes the way the special interests who support him want. He's a major part of the problem and I'm glad he's out. Now if everyone would kick every incumbent out and only those who were in touch with the needs and wants of their  constituents were elected, then our government would be a million times better.

Bear on Vacation

On a lighter note, this bear must be on vacation. This picture was taken by a homeowner in Daytona Beach Florida.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-black-bear-takes-break-rests-hammock/story?id=23940797