Want to see a presidential science debate?

[eridani]

Thanks for supporting ScienceDebate2008.

We have some exciting news: yesterday congressmen and scientists Vern Ehlers, R-MI and Rush Holt, D-NJ, agreed to co-chair our steering committee!

We have been making tremendous progress in convincing thousands of others as well. See selected endorsers of our initiative here. http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=7 The list includes Nobel laureates, university presidents, congresspersons, writers, and the leaders of many of America's major scientific organizations.

By working together, we are beginning to raise national awareness about the need for a presidential debate on science and technology policy:

Several of our articles have been syndicated in major news publications around the country http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=7, and

over 80 science and political bloggers have joined our coalition http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=9.

We are beginning discussions with a number of major institutions that have expressed interest in cosponsoring this event. If you are affiliated with an institution that may be interested, please encourage your president to contact us immediately. admin {at} sciencedebate2008.com

We will approach the campaigns with our proposal in the coming months. But first we must continue building public awareness of the need for a debate of this nature, and building our political strength.

That's where you come in. We'd like to offer a few suggestions of how you can help make our debate a reality:

1. If you are in academia, encourage your university president to sign on ASAP (several already have - scan the list for them) http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=7

2. Please encourage all other leaders of American thought, policy, engineering, or science to sign on as well.

3. Plan to attend your precinct caucuses (in states that have caucuses) and present this resolution requiring a presidential debate on science and technology policy - and ask others you know to introduce it at their caucuses as well. http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=13 To see if your state has a caucus, check this list. http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/chrnothp08.html Let us know where and when you introduced it.

Warmest regards,


The team at www.ScienceDebate2008.com

[DCKit]

1. OMFG, that would be deadly funny.

It HAS to happen.

"OK, sane candidates over here and you crazy fucks, on that side. Hey, how about that? They're separated by party. who saw THAT coming?"

Then again, if the Republicans are ONLY going to answer "God" and "The Bible", it really wouldn't be that great. But I'm still waiting for one of those wacky Xians to 'splain to me why God went to all the trouble to turn the crust of the earth into a layer cake and buried all those bones. Good thing for them the Catholic's removed the whole "Earth as the Center of the Universe" thing before the Fundies got hold of a Bible. Oh, and magic underwear.

Maybe we should make it a point to invite Fred Phelps to spice things up too.