[SmoothTalker]

I tend to agree with you that that is an appropriate avenue for federal spending. One thing that really worries me is losing our scientific supremacy. I look at major universities and the graduate science programs and I see more Chinese and Indian kids than Americans. It worries me that such a high percentage of the young scientists we are training are not Americans. Some will stick around surely but many won't and these people will help narrow the gap between us and other countries and may eventually lead to us losing our scientific supremacy.

[freedumb2003]

I tend to agree with you that that is an appropriate avenue for federal spending. One thing that really worries me is losing our scientific supremacy.

Anti-science fundamentalism is doing everything within its power to ensure we do lose that position.

You have only to look at these threads to see willful ignorance in action. Sadly, many of these people have children and are preaching their ignorance to those unfortunate kids.