Is Everyone Constipated?

Post Preponderance, by Pat Darnell

With all due respect -- why would anyone call the financial bailout "The Stimulus Package?" For example in this Letter to Obama "stimulus package" appears a dozen times. Does it mean we are going BROWN before we go GREEN? MooPig wants to know.

Letter to Obama | by • Posted January 26, 2009 05:19 PM | [SOURCE]
Forty-nine American Nobel laureates and other distinguished American scientists call the president's attention to the importance of increasing federal funding for scientific research.

Dear President Obama,
We know that the focus of the stimulus package is on short-term spending over 1-2 years, without long-term commitments of federal money. There are many urgent needs for short-term spending on science, such as infrastructure spending and bridge grants to allow research to continue until longer-term funding proposals are successful.

Funding for science and engineering creates good jobs throughout the local community: Families USA has estimated, for example, that each $1 billion of NIH research grant funding creates over 15,000 jobs with an average wage of $52,000/year and generates $2.21 billion of new business activity, a much better "multiplier" than many other proposed parts of the stimulus package.

Spending on science, engineering and technology will be only a relatively small part of a larger stimulus package, yet it will make a vital contribution to America's future. Increases in science spending provide an excellent stimulus while the economy needs one. But as you must appreciate, to rebuild American science, science spending will need to be sustained even when the economy returns to health. We know it is your goal to restore funding for science to the levels needed to maintain the vigor and leadership of American scientific research. We believe that the forthcoming economic stimulus package provides a remarkable opportunity to initiate this effort immediately, forcefully, and productively.... (read it all HERE)

Respectfully submitted,

Peter Agre, Ph.D.Bruce Alberts, Ph.D.Sidney Altman, Ph.D.Philip W. Anderson, Ph.D.Richard Axel, M.D.Paul Berg, Ph.D.J. Michael Bishop, M.D.Gunter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D.Baruch S. Blumberg, M.D., Ph.D.Michael S. BrownLinda B. Buck, Ph.D.Mario R. CapecchiMartin Chalfie, Ph.D.Stanley N. Cohen, M.D.Elias James Corey, Ph.D.Johann Deisenhofer, Ph.D.Fred H. Gage, Ph.D.Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D.Sheldon Lee Glashow, Ph.D.Roy J. Glauber, Ph.D.Lee Goldman, M.D.Joseph L. Goldstein, M. D.Paul GreengardDavid Gross, Ph.D.Melvin M. Grumbach, M.D.Roger GuilleminogJohn L. Hall, Ph.DH. Robert Horvitz, Ph.DLouis J. IgnarroLee Goldman, M.D.Joseph L. Goldstein, M. D.Paul GreengardDavid Gross, Ph.D.Melvin M. Grumbach, M.D.Roger GuilleminogJohn L. Hall, Ph.DH. Robert Horvitz, Ph.DLouis J. IgnarroEric R. Kandel, M.DDonald Kennedy, Ph.DMarc Kirschner, Ph.D.Roger D. Kornberg, Ph.D.Herbert Kroemer, Ph.D.Robert B. Laughlin, Ph.D.Leon M. Lederman, Ph.D.Richard Lerner, M.D.Roderick MacKinnon, M.D.Joseph B. MartinosCraig C. Mello Ph.D. Kenneth D. Miller, Ph.D.Douglas D. Osheroff, Ph.D.Arno Allan Penzias, Ph.D.Gregory A. Petsko, D. Phil. (Oxon.)William Phillips, Ph.D.H. David Politzer, Ph.D.Stanley Prusiner, M.D.Robert C. Richardson, Ph.D.Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.Oliver Smithies, D. Phil.John D. Stobo, M.D.Horst Stormer, Ph.D.Joseph H. Taylor, Ph.D.Susumu TonegawaRoger Y. Tsien, Ph.D.Daniel C. Tsui, Ph.DP. Roy Vagelos, M.D.Craig Venter, Ph.D.Inder VermaCharles M. Vest, Ph.D.Andrew J. Viterbi, Ph.D.James D. Watson, Ph.D.Steven Weinberg, Ph.D.teven WeinbEric F. Wieschaus, Ph. D.Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D.Frank Wilczek. Ph.D.Charles Yanoksky, Ph.D.
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Previously: Read HERE entire ARTICLE
Saturday, August 16, 2008 | Phil Harris :: Townhall.com Columnist
The Constipation of the United States of America
by Phil Harris

An irregular diet and lots of stress seems like a perfect recipe for constipation. Sometimes, when we get too complicated in treating ailments, there are unforeseen, rebound effects that can be worse than the original symptoms. One can always make a case for using natural remedies whenever possible; leading ultimately to a steady, lasting improvement.

The United States of America is suffering from a severe case of social and political constipation. Liberals, such as Barak Obama and so many of the democrats who are in control of Congress are addicted to invasive remedies.

Stimulate This!!Okay last word: We're going BROWN.... with Obama's Package.