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Science Returns To America
Oliver Willis — Another reason we voted for Barack Obama. When President Obama lifts restrictions on funding for human embryonic stem cell research today, he will also issue a presidential memorandum aimed at insulating scientific decisions across the federal government from political influence, officials said yesterday. ‘The president believes that it’s particularly important to sign this memorandum so that we can put science and technology back at the heart of pursuing a broad range of national goals,’ Melody C. Barnes, director of Obama’s ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — Weekend's over! Back to work, pundits! WaPo: Memo [to accompany stem cell action] to be issued Monday will protect scientific decisions from political influence, officials say. Reaction from Reuters: "Hallelujah! This marks the end of a long and repressive chapter in scientific history. It's the stem cell 'emancipation proclamation'," said Dr. Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology in Massachusetts. "I really hope this is the end of this political football game," agreed ...

How to test if science is free from politics
TigerHawk — With great fanfare, President Obama has issued a "presidential memorandum aimed at insulating scientific decisions across the federal government from political influence." There will be, of course, an acid test of the honesty in the application of President Obama's new directive: Whether scientists who question the prevailing dogma regarding anthropogenic climate change and who propose to test its key findings can get federal money to do their work. If not, you will know that this directive is just politicizing science in the opposite direction. 0 Comments: ...

WASHINGTON POST: Obama Aims to Insulate Science from Politics. Hmm. That’s not how it’s worked so…
Instapundit — WASHINGTON POST: Obama Aims to Insulate Science from Politics. Hmm. That’s not how it’s worked so far. . . . ...

Obama signing stem cell order on day dedicated to science
Daily Kos — ... The Washington Post has more details on the scope of the memorandum, which administration officials claim will be "aimed at insulating scientific decisions across the federal government from political influence": ...

"Obama Aims to Shield Science from Politics"
The Corner on National Review Online — Monday, March 09, 2009 [image] "Obama Aims to Shield Science from Politics" [Ramesh Ponnuru] That's the Washington Post 's tendentious stem-cell headline. All restrictions on subsidized human experimentation can be viewed as "political interference" in science. Thankfully, Obama isn't trying to lift all such restrictions just the ones his base is clamoring to get rid of. 03/09 10:25 AM

Obama Puts U.S. Back Into The Scientific Community-- Reactionaries Like Eric Cantor Bray In Horror
DownWithTyranny! — Bush couldn't-- quite literally-- watch TV and chew a pretzel at the same time. But he isn't living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue any longer. And the mess he and his foul regime left behind may take as long to clean up as it took to create. Fortunately we have an elected president-- responsible to the American people who elected him, not the special interests-- living at that address now, one who can do many things at the same time. And his team is made up of public servants not of self-servers operating at the expense of the public. Clearly, President Obama's #1 priority-- as he's always said it would be and as his actions have shown it is-- is the economy, the area Bush and ...

Obama Lift’s Ban On Taxpayer Funded Stem-Cell Research…MSM Cheer
Flopping Aces — You know the MSM has the back of our President when they put a headline up like the following: Obama Aims to Shield Science From Politics Really? So is he going to get rid of ALL restrictions on human experimentation? Would not any restrictions be considered “political interference” in science? The short answer….nope….he will not get rid of all restrictions when it comes to human experimentation. He is going to shield science from the interference his base wants him to get rid of only. That of stem-cell experimentation: President Barack Obama on Monday cleared the way for a ...

Obama aims to shield science from politics?
Patterico's Pontifications — [Posted by Karl] Please, pull the other one. As Andy Levy notes: Obi-wan: Only the Sith believe in absolutes. The Sith are EVIL. Obama-wan: Science shouldn’t be guided by ideology. Cloning is WRONG. Not just wrong, but “dangerous, profoundly wrong,” according to Pres. Obama.  James Lileks has another example: Ah, if only the best place for storing embryonic stem cells was Yucca Flat. Scientific consensus on nuclear waste disposal does not seem to have affected ...

Blinding us with science
Political Animal — BLINDING US WITH SCIENCE.... As expected, President Obama today reversed Bush-era restrictions on stem-cell research, but that's not all he did today. While hosting a White House ceremony to announce the change, the president also explained a new memorandum addressing scientific integrity itself. "Promoting science isn't just about providing resources, it is also about protecting free and open inquiry," Obama said. "It is about letting scientists like those here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it's inconvenient especially when it's inconvenient. It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or ...

Obama's stem-cell research order means the Republican Dark Ages are finally over
Crooks and Liars — Download | Play    Download | Play The War on Science is finally over. Science won. The key to Obama's executive order lifting limits on federal funding for stem-cell research, which he signed this morning: This Order is an important step in advancing the cause of science in America. But let’s be clear: promoting science isn’t just about providing resources – it is also about protecting free and open inquiry. It is about letting scientists like those here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it’s ...

The science president
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings WaPo: When President Obama lifts restrictions on funding for human embryonic stem cell research today, he will also issue a presidential memorandum aimed at insulating scientific decisions across the federal government from political influence, officials said yesterday. "The president believes that it's particularly important to sign this memorandum so that we can put science and technology back at the heart of pursuing a broad range of national goals," Melody C. Barnes, director of Obama's Domestic Policy Council, told reporters ...

Obama Displays His Value System
Stones Cry Out — ... The Washington Post headlined their article, "Obama Aims to Shield Science From Politics".  It not only touches on the signing of the EO, but notes how this value system will affect us going forward.  A memorandum was issued along with this signing. ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Obama Putting Politics Over Science
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Over at Powerline, John Hinderaker has a report on how the Obama EPA has sought to quash a report that reveals how minimal human involvement in "global warming" is. Obviously, it's harder to raise taxes and energy prices on Americans with cap-and-trade if people realize that it's all to try to solve a "problem" that humans haven't caused and can't really fix. For all the lefties who routinely lick their chops over the hypocrisy of Republicans getting caught in sex scandals, here's a real example of hypocrisy. Didn't the Obama administration high-mindedly announce its intention of no longer allowing politics to interfere with science? At least that's how the President's friends in the media ...