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[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by pgrmdave

I have never been more proud of my nation. .

You did good.


http://editorialcartoonists.com/cart...lay.cfm/46984/

Now make sure no-one shoots him.

Science in the United States as Barack Obama is elected President

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Excerpts from the Horizon television documentary The President's Guide to Science, plus comments from Freeman Dyson and Paul Ehrlich.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow...08/2409670.htm

The presidents' guide to science
Whether it is Barack Obama or John McCain who makes it to the White House, the decisions the president of the United States makes can influence the future of humanity for decades.

Science and technology in large part provide the president's immense power - whether to choose to prosecute a war, save millions from disease or launch a mission to Mars.
But like most US presidents - and indeed heads of government around the world - neither candidate has a science education

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7619202.stm