Why is Bush against science?

Question

I do applaud Bush for his economic choices. Why is he against science? Science: Global Warming, Stem Cell research, funding higher education instead of Iraq, Environmental protection. Even his NASA agenda takes funding away from important projects. I think Bush is very short sighted and is just a servant to business. What do you think? Its ironic that some CEO's are now rebuking him for the same reasons.

Although Bill Clinton was a flawed President, he was not short sighted. Many of his acts were meant to pay dividends to future generations not just cater to business. Bush seems to only care about the here and now.

Answer 1

This country has an environmental plan. How is he stopping that? We are funding Stem Cell research so I don't understand your complaint in that department, Why should we fund higher education? Since when is that a right? What do you propose we do about global warming? Since when can a Politician do a thing about the earth warming? You have your opinion and I have mine. We do not agree.

Answer 2

Economic choices? Compare the surplus that he inherited to the deficit he has run since.

Political expediency rules. Somewhere in Al Gore's book An Inconvenient Truth he says, '[paraphrase] how do you get a man to understand the problem of global warming when he thinks that his pay packet depends on not understanding it.'

Science is tricky stuff for most people. Their perception of it comes from the media, which rarely presents the information correctly. How many times have your seen contradictory health science reports; first something kills you then it is essential for life. From this one might get the impression that science doesn't have a clue and that the crystal lady at the market is really onto something.

Margaret Thatcher was a scientist (chemist). I don't know if this helped British science during her reign as Prime Minister.

The countries that do best in tough times are those with a solid research & development base.

If scientists, economists, engineers, doctors, teachers etc. comprised the committee that ran a country, then you may have decisions based on facts.
Instead you have politicians who may have those types of qualifications, but vote according to quite different principles.

(I just heard a televised debate at the Young Liberals [the Australian conservative party] conference where a speaker against a motion about climate change declared that evidence showed that the Earth was cooling. It was a complete myth, but it won the argument and therefore the vote for his way of thinking.)

Answer 3

nicely, Obama , himself, remains campaigning against Bush so that's no ask your self that any one else is. The Democrats ave no longer something to declare for themselves so as that they spend all their time bypass against what became into. there is heavily some thing incorrect with a occasion that can not arise for their own ideals till they tear down others. And Obama is the appropriate at that of each and all of the m.. this from the guy who mentioned he does no longer do this.

Answer 4

I'm not so sure that President Bush articulates his own thoughts on anything. Oh, sure, he has his own opinions, but I believe he espouses the opinions of others for political reasons.

For example, the stem cell research. Bush is a Christian but he's not a fundamentalist Christian. Yet he espouses the views of the fundamentalists in order to retain them as a voting bloc.

The cuts in NASA funding have predominantly been in the areas of near-object tracking. Here, I think Bush might be imposing his own fatalistic view - that if an asteroid is going to hit the Earth, there isn't a whole lot we can do about it. He does seem to have the Rapture view in the back of his mind (according to various statements he has made in private interviews, as opposed to press conferences).

When Bush speaks of Global Warming, he does so in the voice of the energy industry, which he owes a lot to. They - plus the pharmaceutical and insurance industries - are who he really owes his presidency and ability to spend one and a half entire terms campaigning - the corporations which give him money. I don't know what his personal beliefs are on the subject.

Funding higher education - I think he probably believes that the only people who are worthy are those who can afford it or are scholastically exceptional enough to get scholarships. He comes from privilege and doesn't know what it's like in the real world.

All in all, President Bush does not have the "vision thing", or if he does, he keeps it to himself, preferring to espouse the views of his political base.

Answer 5

your research is flawed bush is the only president to give federal money to fund stem cell research. he just limited it to adult of already existing lines of embryos. Global warming is a natural cycle caused by changes in the suns activity, A report was just released that the polar ice cap on mars is shrinking because of this same activity.

Answer 6

He was a failing Yalee with a "C" average when c was the lowest grade you could get. He is a party boy and coke head who has no concept of tommorrow! Further he has been bankrolled by bean counter businesses that only understand the bottom line TODAY!
I think that pretty well explains his failings!

Answer 7

he's not against science, he's just not for science. the "common good" issues do not benefit George so why should he bother with them. Bush's agenda is "how will GWB be remembered in world history" not" how can I best serve the nation".

Answer 8

Hey, look dude - why would I want to advance science and create a better world when I can destabilize the Middle East instead? Think about it. And what's better education going to lead to - less picture books!!!

Screw science and screw education - I want to be like Leogirl!

Answer 9

Bush is a "Born Again." This means that he believes that the Bible is the sole explanation for many natural phenomena. As such, he does not see any need to further research those areas.

Answer 10

he will leave that up to someone else .. the main problem with "environmentalism" is it promises to bring more restrictions, less liberty, and more taxes to the common people .. hes already made himself hated enough ....