[FRIAM] A moral obligation

[Tom Johnson]

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Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Subject: A moral obligation
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Dear John ,

Every Nobel laureate we've spoken to has said the same thing: the next four
to eight years are critical and the next president has the potential to
determine the future health of all life on earth.

Last Tuesday Bill Gates testified before
Congress<http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=27>saying
that on the economic front, America "is at a crossroads" and will
almost certainly become a second-rate economy without massive attention to
science & engineering in schools and changes in government policies toward
innovation.

These are dire words from people who are normally cautious in language, and
they are just two of the major questions that are getting virtually no
discussion in our electoral process.

So on March 14, we held a high-powered press conference in Philadelphia,
arguing that Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama have a moral
obligation to debate these issues.  It was attended by several TV and radio
crews, print journalists, supporters and some terrific kids from a local
science magnet high school.  After all, they're the ones that are going to
have to live with our failed policies.

Here's the video:

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