Re: Scientists: Big Quake Likely in Calif.


"rick++" <rick303@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Apr 20, 9:43 am, Jo Schaper <jo345sch765a...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
rick++ wrote:

Exactly. Politicos (esp. in an election year) like to claim they are
cutting big government. They see some $300,000 study about Asian
cornborers or such, and think it is fluff, not work that keeps their
ethanol projects on track, and the farmers in Maize City happy enough to
vote for them again.

These cuts pretty started when Newt Gingrich took Congress in 1994.
Anything dealing with environment was targetted - NASA Earth
satellites,
Dept of Commerce NOAA, Bureau Land Management, and of course the
Department of Interior. Congress is still pretty balanced since 2006,
but these cuts are still being porposed and passing.

Thanks for your input, Rick. I have a slightly different take on the science
cuts peculiar to recent Republican administrations (particularly. though not
exclusively, that of the current Bush).

It seems, to me, that the USGS has been hit particularly hard as regards
budget cuts. Though I agree that the negative impact on corporate profits
due to environmental concerns, and other similar factors, figure in, I think
an additional reason might involve the heavy involvement of fundamental,
evangelistic Christian ideology. Clearly, geologists have been in the
forefront of debunking much of the Christian belief system, especially with
regard to age of the Earth, geocentric cosmology, evolution, the fossil
record, and etc.

Just trying to stir up some additional (and, likely, gratuitous)
controversy.

Mike Williams
Arroyo Grande, CA U.S.


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