Day: April 27, 2005

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Too dumb to pound sand in a rat hole

So, why not let ’em pound rocks instead?
 
Paul Jacobs notes, in a recent “Common Sense” newsletter, that Florida legislators are whining that the job’s just too hard to learn within the eight year term limit passed by the people of Florida.  Legislators are insisting they need 12 years to become competent at the job.
 
I say give ’em their 12 years, but let the last four be on a chain gang. (Gee, does the Raiford “State Prison Farm” still have a tough rep?) Either that, or send them to Dr. Tarr and Mr. Fether for job counseling…
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Cool? Or just really cold?

Even if you don’t need a deep freeze for this kind of forced hibernation, it still could be really cold.  Maybe.
 
This Reuters article scratches the surface of what may become a really big story: forced hibernation. Yeh, it’s just been done in mice, and people aren’t mice (for the most part, although many are sheep, some are wolves and a few are snakes ::heh::), but if it can be safely made to work for humans, it opens a Pandora’s box of possibilities, which, being humans, will be full of good intentions marred by unintended consequences.  Think about it: who gets the hibernation offered to (or forced upon!) them, for what reasons and at what costs, both economic and social?
 
This could be one to watch.
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