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Online Science Policy Critique Of Kerry And Bush

Posted by timothy on from the which-skull-and-bones-member-would-would-you-like dept.

museumpeace writes "David Appell, one of Techonology Review's bloggers, has posted a quick review of Nature Publishing Group's comparison of candidate positions on Science faulting both for various lame answers. That might save you the trouble of reading all the other coverage at NPG, and the more informative articles published by Science. But if you want a heads-up about which kinds of research will thrive or get the ax in the next four years, you might want to slog through "Kerry and Bush offer their views" . Both publications require registration or payment to access most of their content but the science policy debate is being aired out for free."

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  1. Fisheries Management by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I heard a story about NPR about fisheries management and how it looks like Bush is making some positive steps there. It sounds like he appointed a bunch of oil people to this committee which worried all the environmentalists, but then the guys he put there ended up agreeing with the scientific findings (to the surprise and delight of the environmental folks). Sounds like they are going to put a bunch of stuff that was under a bunch of different jurisdictions into a fisheries management group, that I assume will be putting some good changes into effect. Interesting.

  2. Re:relevance of science by zardinuk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd have to agree with this. Stem cell research, genetic manipulation, and abortion are all part of the same argument. Seems like they both have the same scientific goals, please the likes of the scientific community while reserving a huge portion of the national budget for social and foreign war efforts. Maybe science will be more important in a relatively calm election year.

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  3. Re:Interesting but... by kippy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Since Kerry has pretty much sided with Bush on most of the big issues that matter to me (No Child Left Behind, Use of Force in Iraq, Patriot Act), the only things left for me to vote on are terrorism and science.

    Since I'm a big backer of a manned space program, Bush's stance on that issue actually carries quite a bit of weight with me.

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  4. Why is this even a question? by SewersOfRivendell · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Kerry said that national scientific policy would be based on sound science, not ideology, in his acceptance speech at the DNC. But we know he's a flipflopper, the so-called liberal media tells us so, so he can't be trusted.

    Bush, on the other hand, can run his campaign secure in the knowledge that he has a superb record on science. Christian Science, that is.

    Keep this in mind the when you see the talking heads on CNN or NBC fellate Bush at the debates. The national media is not only biased, it's feeding America's ignorance.