Re: Obama names more scientists

"Perplexed in Peoria" <jimmenegay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:Hpa3l.14980$ZP4.3716@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Four more appointments, including the head of the White House
science office.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93297331

No Steves, and in fact no names I recognize. But I am impressed
enough with the biographical info I have found.

I haven't much cared for GWB since he lied to me about WMD.
Nor did I like most of his environment related policies.
I will give him credit, though, for what he has done regarding
AIDS in Africa and the protection of large swatches of the ocean.
And I regard the charge of a "War on Science" as just election-year
rhetoric.


the Bush administration's distain for science is definitely *not*
simply election year rhetoric...it's the real deal, and Bush, his
appointees, and his supporters have been vigorously pursuing it
since day one


[ the latest news ]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2008/12/15/washington/AP-Endangered-Species.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/12/report_interior_office_meddled.html

summary:
Julie A. MacDonald, former deputy assistant secretary for fish and
wildlife and parks, was a senior Bush political appointee until her
resignation in May 2007. according to an investigative report by
the inspector general of the interior deparment, MacDonald
-o- "did pervasive harm to the department's morale and integrity";
-o- "may have risked the well-being of species with her agenda";
-o- "broke federal rules and should face punishment"; and
-o- "censored science"
(all quotes above are from the NY Times article)


[ selected shorts ]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/08/tech/main1109280.shtml

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96743579

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/19/science/19poli.html

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E7D91431F93BA3575BC0A9659C8B63

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2004/02/62339

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/17/60minutes/main1415985.shtml

http://oversight.house.gov/features/politics_and_science/index.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/08/AR2005110801211.html
Kansas Education Board First to Back 'Intelligent Design'
<QUOTE http://tinyurl.com/8w87z>
"This is a great day for education. This is one of the best things
that we can do. This absolutely teaches more about science," said
Steve E. Abrams, the Kansas board chairman who shepherded the
conservative Republican majority that overruled a 26-member science
committee and turned aside the National Academy of Sciences and the
National Science Teachers Association.
</QUOTE>


[ the whole enchilada ]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=science+interference+government&as_epq=&as_oq=bush+republican&as_eq=&num=100&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images


[ just for fun ]

<QUOTE http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/lastword/story/0,13228,1564377,00.html>
Life is too complex for evolution to explain, say supporters of
intelligent design. Yet they insist market forces will suffice for
the economy, writes John Allen Paulos
</QUOTE>



But I have to say that the attention to science and scientists
that we have seen so far from Obama is definitely a welcome change.

hear hear!!



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