Generic Synthetic

From Wonkette… Apparently, and try not to be too shocked here, the President’s new favorite science advisor is Michael Crichton. You know, the guy who wrote Congo.

If you are the sort of person who formulates serious opinions on matters scientific based on Michael Chrichton books — besides, say, the theory that dinosaurs are totally scary/awesome — then we’re sorry, but we actually would feel much more secure believing that the guy who drunkenly shot a 78-year-old lawyer in the face last week was really in charge.

Speaking of whom, one of his flunkies was on the Sunday talk shows and claimed that the Veep couldn’t be interviewed by the local sheriff until 18 hours after the shooting “for national security reasons.”