Comments on: Science and Culture at the White House http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:26:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steven Chu Nominated to be Secretary of Energy | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51539 Steven Chu Nominated to be Secretary of Energy | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:53:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51539 [...] has been nominated to be the next Secretary of Energy in the Obama administration. (Thanks to Elliot in comments.) This post is enormously important for science in general and physics in particular, [...] [...] has been nominated to be the next Secretary of Energy in the Obama administration. (Thanks to Elliot in comments.) This post is enormously important for science in general and physics in particular, [...]

]]> By: Elliot Tarabour http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51522 Elliot Tarabour Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:04:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51522 BREAKING NEWS Chu was just named Energy Secretary !!!! e BREAKING NEWS

Chu was just named Energy Secretary !!!!

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]]> By: Chuck White http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51308 Chuck White Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:22:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51308 Obama MUST screw up. If he doesn't my view of our politics will be irreparably broken, and that is not allowed. :-) Obama MUST screw up. If he doesn’t my view of our politics will be irreparably broken, and that is not allowed. :-)

]]> By: My-Name-is-Kenneth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51291 My-Name-is-Kenneth Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:39:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51291 Someone get rid of the Village Idiot NOW so we can get Obama in the Oval Office ASAP!!!! Forget his ethnicity - I never thought I would see an INTELLIGENT AND AWARE PRESIDENT in my lifetime! I had to live through Nixon and Reagan, please note. Someone get rid of the Village Idiot NOW so we can get Obama in the Oval Office ASAP!!!!

Forget his ethnicity – I never thought I would see an INTELLIGENT AND AWARE PRESIDENT in my lifetime! I had to live through Nixon and Reagan, please note.

]]> By: onymous http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51288 onymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:36:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51288 Ayers is also the writer formerly known only as "Homer". You can tell by all the nautical imagery. Ayers is also the writer formerly known only as “Homer”. You can tell by all the nautical imagery.

]]> By: Elliot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51231 Elliot Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:30:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51231 I think Ayers also wrote "The Great Gatsby" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". e I think Ayers also wrote “The Great Gatsby” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”.

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]]> By: Ian Gibson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51220 Ian Gibson Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:42:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51220 <i>You do know that Dreams from My Father was ghost-written by William Ayers, don’t you?</i> Look, you can't walk on water <i>and</i> write a book at the same time. Be fair! You do know that Dreams from My Father was ghost-written by William Ayers, don’t you?

Look, you can’t walk on water and write a book at the same time. Be fair!

]]> By: hack http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51208 hack Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:22:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51208 You do know that Dreams from My Father was ghost-written by William Ayers, don't you? You do know that Dreams from My Father was ghost-written by William Ayers, don’t you?

]]> By: jackal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51189 jackal Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:55:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51189 You just need more wimps in the department You just need more wimps in the department

]]> By: Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-51155 Sean Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:47:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/12/07/science-and-culture-at-the-white-house/#comment-51155 I was nominated for Secretary of Dark Energy, but it turned out that the whole department was non-interacting. I was nominated for Secretary of Dark Energy, but it turned out that the whole department was non-interacting.

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