Has it been slashed ? or have increases been reduced ?
The only people stiffling real science are the globull fear mongers. All this fear is based on easily manipulated computers models.
Nothing in the article said anything about liberals. Your title modification is yellow journalism at its worst.
You ever take a piglet away from it's mother's teats? Sounds about the same......
We used to have a "CSO". I dubbed him "Chief Science Fiction Officer" - and it stuck...
Both the process and the products of science will improve when the scientists must compete in the marketplace of ideas.
This is code, meant to imply the President Bush and his administration are a bunch of religious zealots who will ramrod right-wing religious polices (anti-abortion, anti-gay-marriage, etc.). It is first and foremost meant to unify and activate the Democrat Party whack-job base. Next intended to fool the masses. IMO, the Bush Admin should counter with a well publicized, pro-science and exploration policy statement.
Translation - NIH et al want more government money to conduct much needed research on the mating habits and arousal patterns of midget, lesbian, native-americans with one blue eye and one green eye.
Should read -- Boy who cried wolf alert. Do liberals think anyone in this country takes them seriously anymore? The gig is up.