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NASA Science Under Attack
The Bad Astronomer writes "The New York Times is reporting that NASA science is being harassed and even sometimes suppressed by presidential political appointees. The article details how NASA scientists dealing with such topics as global warming and the Big Bang are under attack for ideological and religious reasons." The submitter also has a running commentary summarizing a bit of the background of the story on his blog.
"Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play. "
They didn't say it, but they sure act that way.
When your five-year-old has an Imaginary Friend whom they blame for their own wrongdoings -- the I.F. either did it, or made them do it -- then it's time for Mr and Mrs Spank to pay a visit to Bottyville.
So why do we put up with adults having Imaginary Friends, if their Imaginary Friend is called "God" ?
Je fume. Tu fumes. Nous fûmes!
Ay, that's pretty much how it is here.
I've been living and working in USA for almost a decade now and it never ceases to amaze me how brainwashed Americans are when it comes to "left", "socialism", "government" etc. No wonder either when you have one of the most corrupt political systems in the world with 2 parties, right and even more right and both of them consists of spoiled millionair brats without contact with the average americans. You can see it clearly on photo-ops they have with people in real jobs, they look like a fish out of water and they couldn't care less about the person they are posing with or what they do.
The American election system is designed with corruption in mind. Each individual candidate must finance their own campaign and herein lies the problem. You need lots of money to reach an office and you can get that money (and office) if you crawl in bed with corporations. The congress, senate and the White house are the biggest whorehouse in the world, filled with political whores. The politicians couldn't care less about the people who actually elected them, they are owned by the ones who financed them and they show that on a daily basis.
Since the political fauna is very limited in this country, mainly Democrats and Republican, everything is seen binary. The problem is that USA applies this same binary view on the rest of the world when it really is a hexadecimal world. This is one of the reasons why USA is so hated around the world, their simplistic worldview does not coincide with the rest of the world's worldview.
If you mod me down, I *will* introduce you to my sister!
Uh no. He is in the majority of the republicans. They all scream that they believe in logic and science. That is, until it conflicts with their personal belief, religion, or budget. Then that "for the most part", is blown up to be that it represents all Americans except for a very small minority.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
"I can't believe this crap got modded up"
Yep...my mod points expired or I'd hit it with a big TROLL which is all that it was. -5 Idiotic at best.
"Of course it is. Who is more qualified?"
Why is it that the same stupid question gets modded insighful?
THAT'S NOT THE POINT, JACKASS.
The question isn't "who is more qualified" no matter how much you choose to rely on this moronic fallacy.
The question is, why is a researcher who is responsible for RESEARCH discussing POLICY.
Whether he's qualified or not, IT'S NOT HIS FUCKING JOB.
His job is to do the RESEARCH. THAT'S ALL.
God I hate people like you.
How pathetic are you that you follow me from topic to topic and waste all your mod points at once modding me down?
That your life is so pathetic and empty that you have to FOLLOW ME FROM POST TO POST in order to comment as an AC!
How con your life be so empty and meaningless, yet you've still not killed yourself?
How pathetic are you that you follow me from topic to topic and waste all your mod points at once modding me down?
Bush's educational agenda seems clear, kill anything that conflicts with his world view. Science seems to conflict with his idea of ID so it has to go. His idea about supporting Education seems to be more tax cuts to rich corporations for R&D. Never mind that the corps have to move their R&D overseas because there will no longer be any new scientists trainned in the US due to Mr Bush's policies. Critcal thought is not a consideration in his administration, as anyone that has conflicting opinions is kicked out of his administration. Hence schools will follow the same guidelines, not critical thought no scientific analysis and he wonders why we have lost the technical edge to Japan and Korea.
No. It makes you "irrational".