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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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 Posted - 12/05/2004 : 21:02:30
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Yep. Here are the gory details. On the "lighter side" I guess, you can note that the cuts are made against Bush's request!
[quote=article]MORE SCIENCE-BASHING IN WASHINGTON
The U.S. Congress has drastically cut back the budget for the National Science Foundation (NSF), an agency devoted to research in science and technology. In 2002, Congress renewed the legal authority for science programs, and voted to double the budget of the NSF by 2007. The cut came as lawmakers earmarked more money for critical local projects like the Rock n'Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, and the Punxsutawney Weather Museum in Pennsylvania.
The NSF supports the work and training of many mathematicians, physicists, chemists, engineers, computer scientists, biologists and environmental experts. The new budget is $105 million less than it got last year and $272 million less than President Bush requested.
We agree with Representative Vernon J. Ehlers, Republican of Michigan, who is also a former physics professor. He said that the cut was
. . . extremely short-sighted and shows a dangerous disregard for our nation's future. I am astonished that we would make this decision at a time when other nations continue to surpass our students in math and science and consistently increase their funding of basic research. . . . The National Science Foundation supports technological innovation that is crucial to the sustained economic prosperity that America has enjoyed for several decades.
But I'll bet that the "faith-based" projects aren't having budget cuts.[/quote]
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 12/06/2004 : 02:30:53 [Permalink]
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Look at it this way; the Rockers and Rollers will get their very own Hall of Fame in Cleveland. We just got to have that!
I wonder, will the tit heard 'round the world will be in it?
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2004 : 06:02:57 [Permalink]
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Think on the bright side... more market for us, foreigners  |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2004 : 06:24:56 [Permalink]
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Cleveland has had the Rock and Roll Hall of fame for some time now.
http://www.rockhall.com/ |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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