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Re: [Phys-l] frizzi

Thanks Bill. I was about to make a similar post - you saved me the trouble.

The present president has taken all the "politically correct" stands on the issues you mention. However, the economy has gone from bad to worse during his tenure.

The important thing (in the short term) in choosing a president is the soundness of his/her ideas on our economy and the appropriate level of national defense preparedness. The rest is just political chatter.

Bob at PC

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bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of William Robertson
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 2:33 PM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] frizzi

As a conservative, the positions of the top three on these science
issues do bother me. Teaching creationism in the classroom is nuts,
and I cringe at Perry's ignorance on the issue, not knowing that
creationism isn't science. I would feel comfortable with skepticism on
AGW, but not a statement that it's all phony. However, these are
issues on which the president has little effect. It's like abortion.
You can have a pro-life president or pro-abortion president and
neither will have any significant effect on the issue. It's pretty
much up to the courts. What happens in the classroom is also something
pretty much out of the hands of the president. He or she can make
recommendations, and the Dept. of education can make recommendations,
but as it stands the states completely control what's in their
curricula. And with AGW, the president doesn't hire and fire members
of NSF, the people controlling a large share of the research funds.

So, while you might have concerns about the president's views on these
subjects, he or she has little effect on them. Better to focus on the
economy and foreign policy.

Bill


On Aug 19, 2011, at 10:28 AM, John Clement wrote:

The big concern is that among the current 3 top runners in the
Republican
sweep stakes 2 of them espouse teaching creationism in science
classes, and
are also anthropogenic global warming deniers. The third admits to
global
warming belief, and probably would not push creationism.

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