Oh-oh. HEADLINE: "Obama sees link between stem-cell work, 'scientific integrity'"

[Bluebear]

We know how the ultra-religious right hates science . . . .

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-03-08-obamastem_N.htm


President Obama will sign an executive order Monday lifting limits on human embryonic stem cell research and will direct federal agencies to "restore scientific integrity" to decision-making, White House aides said Sunday.

Obama's order follows years of wrangling over stem cells and scientific decision-making in the Bush administration.

"Public policy must be guided by sound scientific advice," said Nobel Prize winner Harold Varmus, co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, discussing the order and memorandum Sunday.

Melody Barnes of Obama's Domestic Policy Council added that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will set standards for federal science advisers, insulating them from political interference.

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[Baikonour]

1. The right wing response/lie to this..

Has been that Obama is using this to take attention away from the economy.

As if the massive discoveries that will surely come from lifting these bans won't be greatly stimulating to the economy.

[RoyGBiv]

2. That's pretty much it ...

I have family members that resemble every one of those pics in their outrage.

And one in particular is harassing me about it.

I just smile and move on.

[Bluebear]

3. My sympathy :)

We have someone at work in the same uproar, I hear about it every day.

[Skittles]

4. GO OBAMA!!

:thumbsup: