A PRESIDENT OF BIG IDEAS -- Reeves

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The creative political types at the White House, a euphemism for Karl Rove, have apparently suggested to President Bush (news - web sites) that now that he has gone to Baghdad, it may be time to go to the moon -- again. I happen to know many people who think that might be a great idea, depending on whether or not our leader has a better exit strategy than he has in Iraq (news - web sites).


"White House Considers 'Big' New Initiatives" was the Washington Post headline Friday on a story attributed to "administration officials." Well, I'm all for whatever they decide. I like big, I like initiative, and I generally resent the short shrift usually given science and technology by big-thinking politicians and political thinkers.


As a pro-science guy -- my college degree is in mechanical engineering -- I am constantly angered by politicians who would holler bloody evil at burners of books of poetry but think nothing of demanding bans on research or innovation into scientific subjects, from space exploration to genetics or evolution.

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