The death of the Hubble telescope is yet another example of the Bush administration's commitments to furthering Science and and Research. They've managed to cripple biomedical research by banning further collection of foetal stem cell lines, and with the loss of Hubble they have set back the progress of astrophysics commensurately.
What will they think of next? Perhaps they'll try to legislatively decree that pi equals 3.0. Maybe they'll decree that all fossils are fraudulently devised artifacts derived from bones of domestic animals. Maybe they'll make genetically engineered "glo-fish" illegal in all fifty states. It will be interesting to sit back and watch it all unfold. And wait for we the people to realize that not only does the emperor have no clothes, he has no brain.
