President-elect Obama announced his science and technology team today, while managing to take a less than subtle, passive-aggressive jab at President Bush.
During his weekly YouTube video address, Obama introduced Harvard University environmentalist John P. Holdren as Science Advisor to the office of the President.
Obama pledged to ensure that “facts and evidence are never (again) twisted or obscured by politics or ideology.”
It's nice to again have a President that believes in the possibility that the earth is more than 2008 years old, or that dinosaurs weren't just horses that Jesus rode on.
Quite honestly, I hadn't heard of Holdren before todays announcement. My guess is, however, that his science and technological input regarding energy policy will far transcend "drill baby drill".
This quiet and seemingly innocuous announcement sends a broader message.
And I like it.
20 December, 2008
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