Why I never get my hopes up with politics

[quasigeostrophy]

From CNN.com: What got cut from the stimulus bill

Excerpts

Partially cut:

• $3.5 billion for energy-efficient federal buildings (original bill $7 billion)
  
• $100 million from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (original bill $427 million)
  
• $300 million from federal fleet of hybrid vehicles (original bill $600 million)

Fully eliminated:

• $100 million for National Institute of Standards and Technology
  
• $50 million for NASA
  
• $50 million for aeronautics
  
• $50 million for exploration
  
• $200 million for National Science Foundation
  
• $100 million for science
  
• $165 million for Forest Service capital improvement
  
• $90 million for State and Private Wildlife Fire Management
  
• $2 billion for Health Information Technology Grants
  
• $16 billion for school construction
  
• $3.5 billion for higher education construction

Comments

[floating09.livejournal.com]

Arrrrrgh! That soooo ticks me off!

NSF is how grad students are able to be grad students and make wonderful strides in science.

NOAA! Lets face it ... if we really want a scientific study on global warming that is where that money needed to go. OH! and lets not forget that the satellite that makes predictions for hurricanes (or helps feed into the model) could go down any day now!

sorry this article did make me just now give up a bit of hope

[a1874211.livejournal.com]

Is the $275M for rural STD research in there? I'm hoping to find a way to capitalize on the Amish Clap funding.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Didn't see it on CNN's longer list.

[a1874211.livejournal.com]

PS - I sent you an email - wanted to make sure the addy I'm using is still ok.