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> Actually, you are all missing the point. The
> fruit fly research in France had NOTHING, ZERO,
> ZILCH to do with medical research. The comparison
> is absurd. The appropriation earmark in question
> was done at the request of one single industry
> located in CA. The research does absolutely
> nothing to improve the lives of most Americans.
> It has everything to do with catering to the
> interests of CA olive farmers. If the olive
> farmers wanted the research done, they should have
> paid for it themselves. Good job at once again
> being intellectually dishonest.
>
> I will give the Democrats credit though, they have
> successfully waged a war on this Administration
> and Republicans over science. The unfounded and
> misrepresented attacks by the left have been taken
> at face value and reported as truths. The fact is
> that this Administration has spendt more on S&T
> R&D than any previous administration (even if you
> take out DoD). If you look at the basic research
> field, this administration has doubled funding for
> it.
OMg...I think you may have done more research on the subject then she did! Congratulations! Now maybe that earmark for olive farmers was wasted..maybe not...maybe it didnt apply to the public in general....maybe it did. Farmers in general arean important constituency in this country..and focusing a little money on those who feed us to solve a problem they deem important is worth serious consideration...at least as much consideration as the earmark for bridges to no where that Palin supported before she didnt...and then she took the money anyway!
I'll take your word on Bush Adm funding....I wish throwing money on any topic was sufficient to say they supported it...but the facts are contrary to that. Here's a couple of examples
http://oversight.house.gov/features/politics_and_science/index.htm
http://www.csicop.org/doubtandabout/sciencewars/
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/19/scientists.bush.ap/
But of course this all part of the left wing plot to make republikans look stupid.