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Wednesday, February 08, 2006
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"He's only a bit player," ...says an observer about George C. Deutsch, a "presidential appointee at NASA who told public affairs workers to limit reporters' access to a top climate scientist [because he said non-standard stuff about global warming and all] and told a Web designer to add the word 'theory' at every mention of the Big Bang," as the New York Times reports this morning. Deutsch is only a bit player in the "broader issue of political control of scientific information." And that's true. But for a bit player Deutsch has gotten -- had gotten -- remarkably far in life. How many 24-year-old presidential appointees do you know? A Bush campaign worker, he landed an important job in public affairs at NASA and was beginning to have an outsize influence on science policy in this country. But he has had to resign because he lied on his resume. He attended Texas A&M but didn't graduate. He said on his resume that he graduated. Despite her disgust with his efforts to control the flow of information, UD has a certain admiration for this young man in a hurry. He didn't need to graduate, and he knew it. He was too busy getting somewhere. His only mistake was lying about it. Thanks to David for the link. |