Screaming Penguin

I would like to borrow the words of Sean at CV:

That’s right. George “Let’s teach intelligent design� Bush. George “Let’s censor climate scientists� Bush. George “Let’s watch while particle physics withers away� Bush. George “Let’s slash funding for basic research� Bush. George “Let’s politicize the scientific decision-making process and suppress results we don’t like� Bush. George “Let’s divert research funding to my Moon-Mars boondoggle� Bush. George “Most anti-science President ever� Bush.

I understand that, after staking his claim as the Science President, Bush will present himself with a coffee mug that says “World’s Greatest Leader, Ever.� And a pony.

I would also point out that about 50% of his points on his anti-cloning rant are DANGEROUSLY inhibitive. Think about it: no animal-human hybrid? There goes research into growing human organs in porcine hosts. An end to all cloning research, including tissue?

I have to admit, some of the language he used in that section of the SOTU bears a large crossover with the lexicon I would dream of hearing a president use. I, however, don't put any more faith in this administration to actually follow through with it than I do in his manned space program. Moreover, he never manages to offer inspiration. Energy and biotech research is critical for our future, but we need not just bucks, but Buck Rogers -- to borrow a phrase from the past. We need to inspire our young men and women to enter science and technology fields. Unfortunately, we have a president so disinterested and unknowledgable in these matters, that no one could really hope him to be able to inspire others to drive our nation forward.

Kennedy set a million sliderules aflame with dreams of the future. Bush rattled off a list of contradictions, unmatched with serious commitment.