CHIMERA....
What is a chimera ? If you check out Wikipedia online it says a chimera is a mythological monster made up of the parts of different creatures/animals. There are other definitions but most of them say pretty much the same.
Thanks to Atom Films I stumbled across the film Chimera made by DAVE'S SCHOOL. The film is based upon a comic strip.Here is the addy for it on youtube. I believe it's the best short film made by any amateur group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1i9H5ToZc

To my surprise, while goggling the word chimera I came across something else, a bill that would prohibit the creation of human chimeras. Here is some of the information about it. The author of the bill is Senator Sam Brownback, a possible republican candidate for President.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:s.659:

and here is the current status of the bill:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.00659:

It was referred to the Senate Judiciary committee.

I don't know what prompted Brownback to write this bill. With all the problems this country had why write a bill like this ?It's not like we're even close , in a scientific sense to doing anything like this. I guess Brownback was trying to come up with something pro-life in his view to get the attention of his conservative supporters. I am pro-life but I don't see any real purpose in taking up the time of our Congress with this legislation.
What do you think ? With the support for embronic stem cell research we are told is out there in the public, should we be concerned about creating new life forms.It's one thing to have research to find a cure for cancer and other diseases but should the research go beyond that ? Should any and all chimeras be banned ? Would you be disturbed by the creation of a dog-cat hybrid for example ? Would you want one as a pet ?