08 Feb 2006
NASA Public-Affairs Appointee Resigns in Disgrace

If my readers are sometimes puzzled over why a "paleo-libertarian" like me would've pulled the handle for Kerry last November, I offer the following as justification. (Note especially this link from the article on Slashdot.)

The Religious Right, and their puppet in the White House, not only appoint still-wet-behind-the-ears incompetent political hacks to important Administration jobs, they will seemingly stop at nothing in their attempt to eviscerate science. In this particular case, the two trends merged.

The sooner they're out of power, the better: the other side may not be much better, but they sure as Hel can't be any worse.

George C. Deutsch, who tried to muzzle top NASA climate scientist James Hansen and ordered NASA web designers to add the word 'theory' to every mention of the Big Bang, has resigned. The New York Times reports that NASA declines to discuss the reasons for his resignation, but that it came the same day that Texas A&M University, from which Deutsch claimed on his resume to have graduated, revealed that he had attended the university but did not complete his degree.

(link) [Slashdot]

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