The commingling of politics with sciences is unfortunately VERY problematic in the research community. Did anyone watch the 60 minutes episode that talked about how the Bush administration has neutered scientist who have done critical research on global warming? VERY interesting video. Here is the link the video is on the right.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1415985.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1415985.shtml
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