Wednesday Wingnut Watch
Like a wreck at the side of the road, America cannot look away from Mt. Rushmoron. You can argue this guy should’ve washed out to sea by now, but he has a knack keeping himself in the news. Since last Wingday, Rush challenged President Obama to an in-studio debate, then delivered a long thank you to his “supporters in time of crisis,” then martyred all over the place as the “last man standing” to fight for America, and also rambled on at length protesting “no, no no, not me, I’m not the head of the Republican party.” Then there’s the Newt Gingrich thing. And the Michael Steele thing. Rush, does it ever stop?
Hey, you’re thinking. Maybe I should be like Rush and host my own conservative talk show. Here you go.
Conservatives are upset about, gee almost everything lately. This week it’s stem cell research. Local wingut Bob Lonsberry:
Yesterday’s executive order on fetal stem-cell research was all about politics and nothing about science. It had nothing at all to do with compassion or curing disease, it was just some cheap thrill in the undying abortion debate.
Fetal stem cells are a surrogate for the abortion issue. There being precious little either side of the abortion debate can fight about right now, fetal stem cells have served as a substitute issue. George W. Bush signed the fetal stem-cell ban to appease folks in the anti-abortion crowd, and Barack H. Obama lifted the ban to appease folks in the pro-abortion crowd.
And yesterday’s cock-a-doodle-dooing about science winning out over politics and philosophy was pure bull crud. Liberal support for fetal stem-cell research is about sticking it to pro-life people. Period. It has nothing to do with science, it has nothing to do with new treatments, it has everything to do with politics.
Amazingly, Bob goes on to say that “in the liberal world, science is the handmaiden of politics.” Never mind all the scientific reports the Bush administration buried or altered to fit their agenda. As you may recall, this type of wingnuttery is not new for Lonsbery.
Oh, and by the way, here’s a what a panel of eminent scientists say about politics interfering with science. If you can’t tell, they are discussing Presidednt B-U-S-H.
There is a growing belief in the scientific and technological communities that the top governmental jobs are becoming more difficult to do well. In some part, this is because of a perception that technical expertise and judgment are not given their due weight in making policy-or, sometimes, in making the appointments themselves.
The panel wishes to emphasize that, in making the following recommendations, it does not imply that politics can or should be removed from the top S&T jobs. S&T appointees should be willing and able to support administration positions. But their basic job is to bring technical knowledge and informed judgment to the policy arena and to foster policies that are defensible on both political and technical grounds.
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