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Scientific Research Encountering More Restrictions
vab writes "MSNBC is running an article
that details how the MIT AI Lab, the birth place of the free software movement, walked away from a $404K study because the government wanted to restrict participation by foreign students. The article talks about further restrictions the US Government is trying to impose in the name of homeland security and how other research institutions are reacting."
why should the US government pay for someone who is not a citizen's education?
The federal government cut off all wellfare payments to rednecks in Oklahoma, because that has been a spawning ground for domestic terrorists in the past.
This is fukcing absurd, people.
Excellent straw man, but you missed some points. On Bill Clinton's watch,
- Al Qaeda bombed the WTC (but failed to collapse it as the wanted to)
- Al Qaeda bombed the USS Cole
- Al Qaeda bombed US embassies
- Al Qaeda sent known terrorists into the US to train for 9/11
This is pretty damning on both the domestic and foreign policy sides.
As for military morale, I was in the Army during Clinton's presidency. He didn't appoint a secretary of the Army for over a year, and he couldn't salute. He apparently didn't care about the big picture or the little details - that didn't help morale.
HOWEVER, this has little to do with Sheila Widnall. Let me know if you have any reason to suspect she's inept.
A side note...have you ever worked for an idiot before? Do you believe it is possible to work for an idiot and still be competent?
this is complete bull shit