Laughin my butt off about Nobel Prize

[ezgoingrl]

Bush fires scientist. Scientist wins Nobel Prize. I thought Karma carried over to your next life, but sometimes I wonder.

[CoffeeCat]

1. Who replaced the fired scientist?

Probably some religious zealot who is leading the charge to get everyone to refer to dinosaurs as "Jesus horses".

[archiemo]

2. Why was he fired? Want to make sure I have my facts straight...

this is too funny.

[Maru Kitteh]

8. That's "she." Why would you assume the scientist was male?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Yay for Elizabeth Blackburn

What a way to restore your reputation and get fully vindicated. A toast to her.

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/05/nobel_prize_for_bush_critic/index.html

[Canuckistanian]

4. Bwahahaha

"A Nobel prize for a Bush critic"
(bolding mine)

After her firing, Blackburn published a strongly worded account of her experiences in the New England Journal of Medicine. Her closing paragraph definitely deserves a prize:

When prominent scientists must fear that descriptions of their research will be misrepresented and misused by their government to advance political ends, something is deeply wrong. Leading scientists are routinely called on to volunteer their expertise to the government, through study sections of the National Institutes of Health and advisory panels of the National Academy of Sciences and as advisers to departments ranging from health and human services to defense. It has been the unspoken attitude of the scientific community that it is our duty to serve our government in this manner, independent of our personal political affiliations and those of the administration in effect at the time. But something has changed. The healthy skepticism of scientists has turned to cynicism. There is a growing sense that scientific research -- which, after all, is defined by the quest for truth -- is being manipulated for political ends. There is evidence that such manipulation is being achieved through the stacking of the membership of advisory bodies and through the delay and misrepresentation of their reports. As a naturalized citizen of the United States, I have an immigrant's love for my country. But our country must not fail us. Scientific advice should and must be protected from the influence of politics. Will the President's Council on Bioethics be up to that challenge?

[MountainLaurel]

11. Incredible

Just a wonderful piece.

[intheflow]

5. John Lennon called it "instant karma."

:)

[bertman]

6. Recommend. Brilliant woman with courage. Great combination.

[Duppers]

7. Folks, our own DUer Inna worked with Liz Blackburn!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6701755

[felinetta]

9. I cheered outloud when I heard Rachel Maddow talked about this. Brilliant.

[malaise]

10. Hilarious

I was cracking up at this last night. :rofl: