Fun Fact: 6% of Scientists are Republican

[TheDarkestOfAngels]

Apparently, some polls have showed that 55% of scientists are democrats, 32% are independants, and the remainder don't know their affiliation.

This is described in an article by Slate.com

I suppose this should come as no suprise given that Republicans in American Politics have traditionally opposed things like stem cells, climate change, protection of endangered species, and so forth. I can't help but wonder what, specifically, causes this - if it's the "religious right" aspect of republican politics (which pits them against just about every science from the religious aspect) or something else entirely, like the "Fox News" crowd that thinks facts are electable by a majority vote or simply yelling loudly enough.

Still, there is no mistake that the US states that tend to do the worst academically are the red states. (You know who you are.) Though that isn't true for all red states as some do quite well, but I have to wonder...

If we better fund and completely fix our schoolastic issues and start churning out American students with top-five nation ability in math and science, then I'm willing to bet that maybe - just maybe - we can solve all of our problems.

It's a thought, anyways, however utterly random.

EDIT: Speaking of Republicans, they decided to exercise their majority vote and voted 40-57 to block cloture on DADT.
From the impression I got in the article, it seems like the battle isn't quite over and it can still be voted on before the lame-duck session of congress is over. Of course they have nothing against gays serving openly in the military, it's just procedural concerns that stopped them from voting to block the bill. In fact, it's so irrelevant, that they also blocked a defense authorization bill for the first time in nearly half a century.

... but hey... this is totally not because Republicans have anything against gay people. They would just rather have a system in place that makes the people willing to die for America paranoid that they'll get discharged for being accused of being gay instead volunteering his life for the United States Military. But as long as those dirty gays don't sissy up the military I guess...