>I only included that article as an example of the folly of looking to >the govt. as a mechanism for "science," as was so loudly crowed here. >Sure, you'll get science, and whole lot of waste and politicizing of >science too.
I think yours is an accurate representation of how Bush ran things. I also see the current administration forthrightly stating that this is not the way things will work in the future. They have taken concrete actions to demonstrate that, like putting renown scientists and engineers in charge of science and technology. They have also announced that stimulus money would not be forthcoming to organizations who had misspent such funds in the past -- they have already published a list of who was being excluded. True to their word. When the government is in the hands of the cons/neocons it does not function well. These misguided/evil people hate the government and they hate the people. They corrupt the government and turn it into a delivery mechanism for furthering private greed. Its putting the fox in charge of the hen house. Your example is not a reason to condemn government, it is an indictment of the cons/neocons. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
