The first of two articles about how the recession might shape America, possibly for the better.

Feb 25, 2009 00:30

First, time for thinking ahead--science serving society

Wired: The New Deal's Lessons for Now
By Brandon Keim

It's too soon to call the economic crisis a depression, but it's not too early to learn an important lesson from the Great Depression: science is more important than ever.

Of course, giving money to scientists - or, as Sarah Palin famously ( Read more... )

obamanomics, john p. holdren, obama administration, the new new deal

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science is more important than ever nebris February 25 2009, 05:55:06 UTC
This is precisely why The Dominionists need to be tossed under the bus, preferably in the literal sense. They will fight 3/4's of these types of things as 'unHoly' and 'against God's Will.' Shit, these sons-of-bitches want everything to crash and burn so Jebus will take them away to Paradise where they can watch the rest of us burn in Hell Fire at a distance.

~M~

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Re: science is more important than ever darksumomo February 25 2009, 06:23:00 UTC
Hey, I'm with you on that. Remember, I met you on an anti-Dominionist community!

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