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February 2nd, 2006

Bush Beginning to Become the President He Needs to Be

Two things filled me with hope in Bush’s State of the Union, both science related. One was his call to wean America off of it’s addiction to foreign oil by developing alternative energy sources (and NOT drilling in Alaska, which was not mentioned), something that is vastly important if it indeed can be accomplished. The Republican reception of the idea was not too positive, nor was current pal Saudi Arabia ecstatic, but the way to pulling this off is by couching the language in the name of scientific research, which Bush has partially done.

Which brings me to the second positive: Bush’s call to increase funding for fundamental research. As someone who values a science education (being a physics major myself), this is a propitious development, and is one of the few good things that has been the product of Republican lobbying. Again, we’ll see if the President’s words translate into action once the budget is released next week. My fingers are crossed.

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