From the BBC:
US President-elect Barack Obama will seek to reverse Bush administration policies when he enters office on 20 January, his transition chief has said.
John Podesta said executive orders by President George W Bush on issues such as stem cell research and oil drilling were at odds with Mr Obama's views.
Plans to pass a raft of last-minute regulations are also being watched. ...
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From the BBC:
US President-elect Barack Obama will seek to reverse Bush administration policies when he enters office on 20 January, his transition chief has said.
John Podesta said executive orders by President George W Bush on issues such as stem cell research and oil drilling were at odds with…
While the talk about symbolism is important, a president actually has to do stuff. I've been hoping that somewhere there are a bunch of smart people figuring how to unfuck all the stuff that Little Lord Pontchartrain has fucked up using the power of the Executive Branch (here's one example)--hell…
This is change I can believe in. Gerberding has been awful. Not only has morale dropped on her watch (something that I observed anecdotally, and is backed up by these reports), but she also didn't stand up for the science when that science was politically incorrect.
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Words of wisdom are pouring from the pages of America's punditocracy, and many embrace a common theme: dare to be bold, Mr. President-elect.
From E. J. Dionne of the Washington Post:
The president-elect is hearing that his greatest mistake would be something called "overreach." Democrats in…
Okay, there is one thing that really bothers me about much of this "Bush is anti-science" stuff, people often cite Bush's philosophy of anti-science with his views on Stem Cell research.
The problem is, whether or not to support Stem Cell Research is more of a moral question then a science question.
(Not saying knowledge about the field is irrelevant though, knowing an embryo has no nervous system,hence no brain, is rather important)
Whether or not to support Stem Cell Research is more of a moral question then a science question, especially when the science is unproven.
I am a traveller from the year 2011! How is that pro-science president of yours doing.. You know, the one who trashed NASA and dumped any future space program... USA... Once a shining beacon to all of the free world... Now being reduced to a third world tin-pot republic under the guise of "PROGRESSIVISM"...
I hope it would have brought a good change regarding science polices..