Desiring Machine

I have avoided being snarky about Palin as much as possible. I have tried to take her seriously, and give her credit even when it is not due. But this snark about fruit flies is over the top, beyond the pale. And really betrays ignorance that is no longer funny and rather quite frightening.

What is so unnerving about the statement is not so much the idea that she wants to repeal a specific earmark, but rather the dismissive nature of her tone and the self righteous indignation she conveys about a subject she knows so little about. It shows just how arbitrary and capricious she would be as a political leader.

I just wish she would actually learn about the things she belittles. She just might learn how important fruit flies are to helping us to understand the inner workings of “all of god’s children”.

Hell if she wasn’t such a reactionary she might even learn how the fruit fly is playing a critical role in helping us develop medical therapies that hold promise for people afflicted with Down syndrome and other horrendous diseases.