1/20/09 = The End Of The War Against Science

The War Against Science

After the euphoria of the triumph over the McCain/Palin ticket has worn off and reality sets in, Obama’s victory is almost like the gift that just keeps on giving!

One of the first great things about Obama’s convincing win on Tuesday — no President McCain and (thankfully) no Vice President Palin.

But what sinks in after the fact is that the best aspects of an impending Obama presidency is the undoing of the myriad of misguided and failed policies of current President George Bush. None of these failed policies is as pronounced or as ready to be undone as the unofficial war on science!!!

It’s no secret that the Bush Administration has waged a war against government scientists where science conflicts with the stated theological ideology of the president as well as the extreme religious right. This has led to severe restrictions of funding for stem cell research, the denial of global warming and numerous conflicts with government agencies like NASA.

No more.

As we speak, a team of lawyers from Obama’s transition team are reviewing a number of Bush’s executive orders and are prepared to immediately overturn any and all orders that have been executed for “overtly political” reasons.

It seems like the last three weeks leading up to election day dragged on and couldn’t go by fast enough. I’ll tell you, I think the next three will drag by even more slowly! January 20, 2009 — the end of our 8 year, “long national nightmare” as blogger SusanG of the Daily Kos called it — can’t come fast enough!!!

.chris{}