Comments on: Foolish Planetariums

By: O apoio da ciência a Barack Obama « Ars Physica

O apoio da ciência a Barack Obama « Ars Physica — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:01:43 +0000

[...] esse suporte. John McCain e Sarah Palin já fizeram comentários criticando gastos com ciência e educação. Já Obama defende publicamente maior gastos nessas áreas. O partido Republicano, nos últimos 8 [...]

By: Virgil Hill

Virgil Hill — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:00:41 +0000

This is late I know but just to further clarify; this is no ordinary “overhead projector” and the $3M was “seed” money in a sense. The actual cost of replacing the 40 y.o. equipment is $10-15M, the remainder was to be raised by local private sector contributions. Essentially the money was meant to be an indicator of the federal gov’t interest in promoting scientific education and inquiry.

By: Inte vilken OH-projektor som helst « Studenten & universum

Inte vilken OH-projektor som helst « Studenten & universum — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:36:56 +0000

[...] statliga pengar för “planetariums and other foolishness”, ett uttalande som har retat upp [...]

By: McCain versus the Universe « The Musings of Chris Samuel

McCain versus the Universe « The Musings of Chris Samuel — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:22:56 +0000

[...] is all down to his repeated denigration of a request for US$3M federal funding from the Adler Planetarium in Chicago (which has [...]

By: John Edge

John Edge — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:41:20 +0000

Link to Michael Tomasky blog piece

By: John Edge

John Edge — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:33:44 +0000

Posting by Michael Tomasky of The Guardian looking at earmarks in general, and Planetariums in particular.

Nice to see science and politics lining up so well!!

By: That Darn Overhead Projector! | Cosmic Variance

That Darn Overhead Projector! | Cosmic Variance — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:55:48 +0000

[...] CV readers already know of John McCain’s past griping about planetariums. Well, apparently that planetarium is really stuck in his craw, because he brought it up again in [...]

By: Stacy Horn » Blog Archive » With McCain We Would Continue to Fall Behind

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:35:37 +0000

[...] the Cosmic Variance [...]

By: Summers

Summers — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:29:27 +0000

Another important thing to keep in mind is that a large percentage of the earmark money that Obama has procured has gone to children’s hospitals, health clinics, etc. The website that McCain keeps sending people to lists all the earmarks granted in 2006 (or maybe 2007) and the first one with Obama’s name on it is a million dollars to replace aging equipment in the Chicago Children’s Hospital. Another one was to invest in mobile health clinics that could help service rural areas in Illinois, where the people were far away from the nearest hospitals. Not exactly a pet project to help inner-city Chicago.

So even if you have something against planetaria for some reason and cherry-pick this one earmark he got, you can’t say that all the earmark spending he received for his constituents was wasteful. Unless you have something against sick children.

By: maninalift

maninalift — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:45:50 +0000

Seems like the your “over-head projector” has been in the news again (most recent presidential debate).

McCain’s right you know, it’s the planetariums that have crippled the American, nay, the world economy.