At a meeting about the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 which Bush signed into law on Friday, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), a new member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had a choice observation:
You know…I immediately thought about slicone breast implants and the legal wrangling and the class-action suits off that. And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about slicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. That is what the ultimate science shows…In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier.
Oh--great news! Let me just put in that call to my plastic surgeon while I polish off a pack of cigs, chat on my cell phone, and mainline some bacon…
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Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
