"Words fail me."
Scientists on welfare.
Like everything else, let them pay their own way
I want a Government Grant that will allow me to %itchslap every dumb butt scientist who comes up with stuff like this.
What do you think my odds are of getting approved? Would it help if I said “but it’s for the children!”
Eisenhower’s Farewell speech. Everyone knows about the “military industrial complex part”. They never seem to remind us of the other part, “The Government/university research complex”
“kin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades.
In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been over shadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.”
A few years ago I was watching a show about seals in Hawaii. The narrator mentioned that the man studying the seals was being supported by a grant from a university.
I thought wouldn’t it be nice to spend my days being payed to count seals in Hawaii. I would wear board shorts and sunglasses and ride around in a Zodiac. I would draw pictures of seals. I would give them cutesy little names. All on somebody else’s dime.
Wouldn’t life be sweet?
#%@& a duck on your own time, doc!
Why that's the case is a different story and I doubt the researcher quite figured it out.
After all, if a Duck Sister didn't like Coyote she could just FLY AWAY 'cause she's a Duck.
See, I picked that knowledge up for less than $5.00
It's my take that the most bizarre animal behavior is on display every day, free of charge, in governments around the world. No need to pester the ducks. BTW, who knows for sure it's duck rape? Maybe they just like it rough. Who are we to judge?
“Brennan’s research examines duck rape and how females’ genitalia have evolved to prevent insemination because the male ducks’ penises spiral counterclockwise while females’ vaginas spiral clockwise.”
Even if it’s consensual they must have to drink a lot of wine first to make that setup work.
"Words fail me."
Most of these scientists make welfare mothers look like pikers.
But of course what Obama cuts are funds for air traffic controllers and tours of the White House.
Overheard on “drake’s list:” Well-hung Mallard looking for a left-hand thread ...