Comments on: Ask the White House http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:18:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » European Strategy for Particle Physics http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11296 Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » European Strategy for Particle Physics Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:57:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11296 [...] Back here in the U.S., on Monday the Bush administration is releasing its FY2007 budget proposals. An outline of the DOE budget lists an 8% increase in HEP spending to $775.1 million, as well as full funding for RHIC. The NSF should also see a sizable increase as part of the so-called American Competitiveness Initiative. The folks over at Cosmic Variance are experiencing some cognitive dissonance. [...] [...] Back here in the U.S., on Monday the Bush administration is releasing its FY2007 budget proposals. An outline of the DOE budget lists an 8% increase in HEP spending to $775.1 million, as well as full funding for RHIC. The NSF should also see a sizable increase as part of the so-called American Competitiveness Initiative. The folks over at Cosmic Variance are experiencing some cognitive dissonance. [...]

]]> By: Count Iblis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11295 Count Iblis Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:12:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11295 #32 Wolfgang, that's interesting! It could also be that the Pentagon has already done secret experiments (isn't there a secret particle accelerator in Area 51? :) ) and knows a lot more than most physicists. Perhaps that's why Bush is reluctant to fund some physics projects. :) #32 Wolfgang,
that’s interesting! It could also be that the Pentagon has already done secret experiments (isn’t there a secret particle accelerator in Area 51? :) ) and knows a lot more than most physicists. Perhaps that’s why Bush is reluctant to fund some physics projects. :)

]]> By: Thoughts on science and life » Blog Archive » State of the Union 2006 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11294 Thoughts on science and life » Blog Archive » State of the Union 2006 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:29:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11294 [...] However: what is the clear plan for “victory” in Iraq? Does victory even seem possible? Within ten or twenty years? Is it a sign of victory that car-bombs are exploding almost on a daily basis? That thousands of American soldiers (and an unknown number - orders of magnitude higher - of civiliens and soldiers) have died in Iraq since then invasion? Are the Iraqis really happy about the presence of the Coalition? What is the relation - if any - between Iraq (Saddam Hussein) and bin Laden? Didn’t actually the US support bin Laden during the war between former Soviet Union and Afghanistan? Was the surveillance program, that supposedly has helped prevent terrorist attacts, really legal? How can they avoid wiretapping ordinary Americans? If for example on of my friends in New York accidentally calls al-Qaida instead of his mother? Shouldn’t the Government increase funding for particle physics (which does not seem to be the case according to JoAnne at Cosmic Variance)? Does Bush know where nanotechnology and supercomputing originated from? Are the 10 billion dollars spend since 2001 on developing alternative energy sources worth mentioning? When the cost of the war in Iraq so far is more than 238 billion dollars and counting? When the defense budget for 2006 suggested by Bush is around 439 billion dollars? Are the 85 billion dollars commited to the people of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans then worth mentioning (when it could take decades to rebuild New Orleans)? Are the one billion dollars spend each year on preventing HIV/AIDS (and Tuberculosis, and Malaria)?  [...] [...] However: what is the clear plan for “victory” in Iraq? Does victory even seem possible? Within ten or twenty years? Is it a sign of victory that car-bombs are exploding almost on a daily basis? That thousands of American soldiers (and an unknown number – orders of magnitude higher – of civiliens and soldiers) have died in Iraq since then invasion? Are the Iraqis really happy about the presence of the Coalition? What is the relation – if any – between Iraq (Saddam Hussein) and bin Laden? Didn’t actually the US support bin Laden during the war between former Soviet Union and Afghanistan? Was the surveillance program, that supposedly has helped prevent terrorist attacts, really legal? How can they avoid wiretapping ordinary Americans? If for example on of my friends in New York accidentally calls al-Qaida instead of his mother? Shouldn’t the Government increase funding for particle physics (which does not seem to be the case according to JoAnne at Cosmic Variance)? Does Bush know where nanotechnology and supercomputing originated from? Are the 10 billion dollars spend since 2001 on developing alternative energy sources worth mentioning? When the cost of the war in Iraq so far is more than 238 billion dollars and counting? When the defense budget for 2006 suggested by Bush is around 439 billion dollars? Are the 85 billion dollars commited to the people of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans then worth mentioning (when it could take decades to rebuild New Orleans)? Are the one billion dollars spend each year on preventing HIV/AIDS (and Tuberculosis, and Malaria)?  [...]

]]> By: It’s for Real! | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11293 It’s for Real! | Cosmic Variance Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:56:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11293 [...] It’s been a roller-coaster ride the past couple of days regarding funding for the basic physical sciences. First, on Tuesday night our new self-proclaimed Science President announced a doubling of funds for research in the physical sciences. It was a very welcome announcement, but a tough sell in convincing us all given the Science President’s track record. Then the Science President’s science advisor, Dr. Marburger, held a web-based Q&A session on Wednesday afternoon. Our friends broke through and got answers to our very basic question: `does this new science iniative encompass basic science such a particle physics?’ Alas, the answer was no. [...] [...] It’s been a roller-coaster ride the past couple of days regarding funding for the basic physical sciences. First, on Tuesday night our new self-proclaimed Science President announced a doubling of funds for research in the physical sciences. It was a very welcome announcement, but a tough sell in convincing us all given the Science President’s track record. Then the Science President’s science advisor, Dr. Marburger, held a web-based Q&A session on Wednesday afternoon. Our friends broke through and got answers to our very basic question: `does this new science iniative encompass basic science such a particle physics?’ Alas, the answer was no. [...]

]]> By: PLato http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11292 PLato Fri, 03 Feb 2006 03:39:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11292 Must have been all the positive things said about it:) Must have been all the positive things said about it:)

]]> By: Peter Woit http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11291 Peter Woit Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:49:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11291 Just followed the link mentioned above. It seems to indicate that the proposal will be for a 7% increase for HEP, and full-funding for RHIC. If there's nothing funny going on with the numbers, and this gets through Congress, it will not be a bad year for HEP, unlike the last few. Just followed the link mentioned above. It seems to indicate that the proposal will be for a 7% increase for HEP, and full-funding for RHIC. If there’s nothing funny going on with the numbers, and this gets through Congress, it will not be a bad year for HEP, unlike the last few.

]]> By: Elliot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11290 Elliot Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:42:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11290 Peter, I hope you are more right about this than I am :) Elliot Peter,

I hope you are more right about this than I am :)

Elliot

]]> By: Peter Woit http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11289 Peter Woit Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:36:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11289 Elliot, I agree with you, I quite seriously believe the guy is the worst president this country has ever seen. But, still, no matter how cynical the politics of this are, I suspect that it will lead to a slightly better budget situation for basic physics research, at least for FY2007. We'll see soon. Much of the supposed added funds for research will undoubtedly be tax breaks for people who don't need them, but some may be real money going to worthwhile projects. Elliot,

I agree with you, I quite seriously believe the guy is the worst president this country has ever seen.

But, still, no matter how cynical the politics of this are, I suspect that it will lead to a slightly better budget situation for basic physics research, at least for FY2007. We’ll see soon. Much of the supposed added funds for research will undoubtedly be tax breaks for people who don’t need them, but some may be real money going to worthwhile projects.

]]> By: gbob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11288 gbob Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:00:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11288 oops, here's the link http://www.energy.gov/news/3148.htm oops, here’s the link

http://www.energy.gov/news/3148.htm

]]> By: gbob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11287 gbob Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:00:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/01/ask-the-white-house/#comment-11287 Suggest you look at the link below for the latest on the DOE Office of Science FY07 budget. HEP is not forgotten. Full details will be released Monday. Suggest you look at the link below for the latest on the DOE Office of Science FY07 budget. HEP is not forgotten. Full details will be released Monday.

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