From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: Tuesday, 2008 April 08 17:26 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:40746] Science Debate invitation declined by Clinton, Obama And someone here said that metrication a "third rail" in U.S. politics? How about science itself? I'm also sad to report that the Web site sciencedebate2008.com has been dissembled. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Clinton and Obama will debate faith but not science Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:38:42 -0500 From: "Shawn Otto - ScienceDebate2008 team" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://mail3.thedatabank.com:80/track?enid=ZW1haWxpZD10cnVzdGVuQGdyYW5kZWNv bS5uZXQmdXNlcmlkPTM1MTIzMzM1NjI1NzMwNjAxNTI2MiZ0eXBlPW9wZW4mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTMz NSZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9MTUyJmRhdGFiYXNlaWQ9QzMzNV9NMTUyX0IxNyZzZXJpYWw9MTE3ODQ1MjQ2 MiZleHRyYT0mJiY=> <http://www.thedatabank.com/smFriend.asp?enid=YWFjd2M9MzUxMjMzMzU2MjU3MzA2MD E1MjYyJmVtYWlsPXRydXN0ZW5AZ3JhbmRlY29tLm5ldA==> Forward this newsletter to a friend <http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=2> Clinton and Obama will debate faith but not science Dear Paul, I am sorry to send two emails in such short succession, but I thought you should know that after declining our invitation to debate science in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton yesterday agreed to attend "The Compassion Forum," a forum of "wide-ranging and probing discussions of policies related to moral issues." CNN will serve as the exclusive broadcaster of the "presidential-candidate forum on faith, values and other current issues" at Messiah College near Harrisburg, Pa., April 13 at 8 p.m. You can read more here <http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6548653.html> . Perhaps among the moral issues discussed should be whether they have a moral obligation to more fully engage on science issues, since the future viability of the planet may hang in the balance, for starters. Is there a larger moral imperative? How about the future economic health of the United States and the prosperity of its families? Science & engineering have driven half our economic growth since WWII, yet but 2010 if trends hold 90% of all scientists and engineers will live in Asia. Then there are the moral questions surrounding the health of our families with stem cell research, genomics, health insurance policy, and medical research. There's biodiversity loss and the health of the oceans and the morality of balancing destruction of species against human needs and expenses, there's population and development and clean energy research, there's food supply and GMO crops and educating children to compete in the new global economy and securing competitive jobs. Science issues are moral issues. I would encourage you to write letters to the editor, emails to the campaigns, and blog postings pointing this out. And if you can, support our <https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/335/donate.asp?formid=donate> ongoing effort to turn this country around. Shawn Lawrence Otto ScienceDebate2008.com <http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=2> Unsubscribe <http://www.thedatabank.com/smSub.asp?aacwc=351233356257306015262> | Privacy <http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=15> Policy <http://www.thedatabank.com> thedatabank, inc. -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Blvd., Apt. 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 US +1(432)528-7724 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
