Yet more about the NASA dipwad who tried to silence a scientist.

[Archae]

Seems the dumbshit is a fundy, appointed by...guess who?
Yup.

Not any qualifications except having worked on *'s campaign.

February 04, 2006
The Bush war on science (Part CXIII):
the Big Bang is just an opinion

Posted by Mark Kleiman

I've argued in the past that since most anti-Darwinists don't object to scientific cosmology, which is after all just as contrary to a literal reading of Genesis as is natural selection, their objection to Darwin must have other roots, in particular to the perceived moral implications of the denial that human being are made in the Image of God.

Well, that theory may have some substance to it, but the premise needs work. It turns out that some especially ignorant and bigoted Biblical literalists do want to deny the Big Bang along with natural selection. That isn't surprising, I suppose. What ought to be surprising, but also isn't really surprising by now, is that the Bush Administration has put some of those especially ignorant and bigoted Biblical literalists in positions where they can threaten and boss around actual scientists.

It turns out that George Deutsch, the juvenile Bushoid who told the top climate guy at Goddard that there would be "dire consequences" if he didn't shut up about global warming, also applied his talents for obscurantism and censorship to the origins of the universe:

The Big Bang memo came from Mr. Deutsch, a 24-year-old presidential appointee in the press office at NASA headquarters whose résumé says he was an intern in the "war room" of the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election campaign. A 2003 journalism graduate of Texas A&M, he was also the public-affairs officer who sought more control over Dr. Hansen's public statements.

In October 2005, Mr. Deutsch sent an e-mail message to Flint Wild, a NASA contractor working on a set of Web presentations about Einstein for middle-school students. The message said the word "theory" needed to be added after every mention of the Big Bang.

The Big Bang is "not proven fact; it is opinion," Mr. Deutsch wrote, adding, "It is not NASA's place, nor should it be to make a declaration such as this about the existence of the universe that discounts intelligent design by a creator."

It continued: "This is more than a science issue, it is a religious issue. And I would hate to think that young people would only be getting one-half of this debate from NASA. That would mean we had failed to properly educate the very people who rely on us for factual information the most."

http://www.samefacts.com/archives/religion_and_politics_/2006/02/the_bush_war_on_science_part_cxiii_the_big_bang_is_just_an_opinion.php

[Mr_Spock]

1. Mental elves are in charge at this time.

What a pathetic time we live in.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. Is there no limit??

Is there no limit to the number of right wing jackasses that President Jackass has dispersed throughout our nation?

[electropop]

3. Shouldn't this cretin be picking up the litter after revival meetin's?

Holy crap, this stuff would be considered to silly for fiction.

[xxqqqzme]

4. wait untill they start hiring

falwell's law school grads in justice 'n bob jones grads in EPA or FDA! then we'll see some real action!