Comments on: Obama’s science policy

By: Julia R.

Julia R. — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:44:55 +0000

Our lives, our planet and our surrounding all are a part of science so I’m glad Obama is in the works to prioritize scientific education because our future depends on it. I also think he should make recycling mandatory for all business/organizations and maybe scientists should develop some kind of device that sorts through trash to sort out the recyclables. This is just a thought on the new thechnologies that could be and should be developed.

We can all make a difference too by urging our local school districts to have thorough science curricula. The school where I work was audited because our students performed low on the state test on all parts including science, but it’s not our teachers it’s the curriculum. All the employess were interviewed by the district’s instructional superintendents and I made sure to tell them that we lacked a science curriculum and that we need to enlighten and inspire those young minds to be the future scientists that will make a difference. I’m just so happy Obama is so into science, I hope all goes well with that. Great leaders don’t just talk, they make things happen and Obama is proving well.

By: Monique

Monique — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:38:22 +0000

Our world is changing and growing as well as our technologies. It is important for our country to have the latest and best technologies. Obama has hired a new crew of scientists to research new innovations that will advance America towards a better future by saving money and energy. Obama is committed to science and has invested the largest amount of money in history into scientific research. Scientific education is also being prioritized in order to spark the clean air revolution. Biden and Obama have created the Recovery Act which is the plan to pull our nation out of the recession. In order to achieve goals for new technology and find new innovations, a large investment must be made. Obama has made a historical commitment to science for our country which is very important to the growth and survival of our economy.

By: Spongebob Squarepants

Spongebob Squarepants — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:57:29 +0000

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By: joshua

joshua — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:11:35 +0000

obama will do a good job

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By: bipolar2

bipolar2 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:22:46 +0000

** Science doesn’t “run” anything.**

Large science is totally dependent upon government grants. Its administrators hustle about like scared House candidates scrounging money all the time. There’d be no WWW without defense dollars from DARPA back in the ’60s.

Small-scale university science depends on grants, both US and private. “Pure” research, like God, died a long time ago.

Technology, which at best is trailing edge science, may attract private capital. But, investment capital expects return short-term. Toys like iPods and iPhones may enrich Steve Jobs and Apple stock holders, but they do nothing but serve trivial ends of popular culture. Big Pharma will fund small pharma, because BibP can only market — it can no longer create.

If Galileo were alive today, he’d still starve.

bipolar2

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:58:38 +0000

“Wow! Can I vote for the person who actually composed Obama’s answers?”

A common misperception (encouraged, no doubt, by certain media outlets) is that Obama doesn’t write his own responses and speeches. In fact, he’s one of the presidential candidates we’ve seen in recent years that does:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837368,00.html