Reply #120: Bush: NASA must not "discount intelligent design by a creator”.

[blueButGlad]

The NY Times reported that it had been given a copy of a government email telling a worker at NASA that all references to the Big Bang must be followed with the word 'theory'. The directive comes from George Deutsch, a 24-year-old ‘presidential appointee’ and former employee of the Bush-Cheney campaign. Mr. Deutsch instructed the NASA contractor that the Big Bang was “not proven fact; it is opinion” and added “It is not NASA's place, nor should it be to make a declaration such as this about the existence of the universe that discounts intelligent design by a creator”. NASA did not deny the authenticity of the emails. The White House did not respond to NY Times’ questions as to why this 24-year-old, lacking a background in science, was overseeing the scientific content of work produced by NASA personnel. Mr. Deutsch would resign the following week after Texas A&M University confirmed that Deutsch was not a graduate, despite a résumé stating that he was.

excerpted from feb 3rd entry of www.poorGeorgesAlmanac.com