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Dr. Alex B. Berezow does a great job of breaking down the issues because as an editor of RealClearScience, he helps authors and bloggers present a balanced political viewpoint on political and scientific issues. His PhD in Microbiology gives him the scientific background to know what is true and what is theory; in regards to science.
In his column for USA Today titled  “GOP might be anti-science, but so are Democrats” he discusses how science has no party lines, and shouldn’t be brought into the political process because when you break it down to the individual level beyond Republican or Democrat, many politicians and “progressives” question science. His column tries to reach out to the intelligent, politically-minded individuals with some background or knowledge of scientific matters.

We say that there is a clear distinction between government and religion, but don’t morals fall into the religion category? Berezow shows how we’ve all been able to poke fun at Rick Perry lately for his comments made about the theory of evolution and his religious views. But many don’t realize that Democrats are no better in their lack of scientific knowledge. I agree with his argument that when science battles politics, science usually loses.   

A good example of this is the article in Science Insider  showing the direct link between 89% of Whole Food stores located in counties that favored Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 and that many in those areas are into natural things and the anti-vaccine movement. And, Berezow states, “Unlike denying evolution, refusing vaccinations can be deadly.” These results that show Democrats themselves are not always science supporters.

Politicians like to meddle in the science realm, without any knowledge of it. Like I’ve said in previous arguments, if you don’t know enough about something, why get involved until you have the proper knowledge or desire to become more informed before making a snap judgment. Since the existence of church and science, it’s been a battle of who’s right and who is wrong, not what is right and what is wrong. Voters and political supporters confuse the politician’s views with the issues because people get involved where they have no business getting involved.

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            There is an article by the New York Times, Many Iraqis Have Second Thoughts as U.S. Exit Nears written by Michael S. Schmidt, published September 10th 2011, which I found really interesting and insightful. The news story is very moving to me because I have a lot of friends that live in Baghdad. They tell me of all the good that has been happening up until about four months ago. A friend of mine told me that one command is planning to destroy hundreds of homes and displace thousands of people to build a no man’s land to surround the Americans last base from attacks.
            The article highlights problems facing Iraqis, mainly that there is still no trust in the local Government infrastructures due to the fear of a corrupt leadership and the strong differences in the religious views of the political majority versus the minority. At first Iraqi citizens didn’t want American there, now they feel that the American troop withdrawal of Iraq would destroy an already fractured nation. It’s a non-biased look into the Iraqi citizen’s point of view and I feel that Americans will have a big decision to make soon in regards to this current issue.