SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE HAVE A NUMBER OF REALLY HIGH-PROFILE
GATHERINGS, DEMONSTRATIONS, MARCHES ON SPECIFIC ISSUES.
WITH THE WOMEN'S MARCH RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF THE
INAUGURATION, FARCE OR FASTING AND HOW MANY SHOULD UP.
THE TEXT A MARCHES.
THERE WERE MARCHES IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE BEING
DETAINED ONCE THE TRAVEL BAN STARTED AND THIS WEEKEND,
WE HAVE ANOTHER.
THIS SATURDAY IS THE MARCH FOR SCIENCE WERE THOUSANDS OF
SCIENTISTS AND THEIR PRO-SCIENCE SUPPORTERS ARE GOING TO BE
MARCHING IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SOME IN OTHER
COUNTRIES AS WELL.
THE MAIN MARCH IN WASHINGTON WILL FEATURE SPEAKERS
INCLUDING MONA HANNAH TIESHA, THE PEDIATRICIAN WHO GREW
BLEW THE WHISTLE ON THE WATER CRISIS IN FLINT.
SCIENCE EDUCATOR BILL KNIGHT AS WAS OF THE HOUSE AND
PERFORMANCE.
IS GOING TO BEGIN WITH A RALLY AT 9
AM EASTERN FOLLOWED BY THE MARCH.
ORGANIZERS EXPECT MORE THAN 500
OTHER MARCHES TO TAKE PLACE ON THE WORLD.
I PULLED SOME OF MY TWITTER FOLLOWERS ABOUT THIS AND THEY
WERE BIG CITIES, SMALL CITIES, CANADA, MEXICO AND IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT THAT THE MOVES THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION SO FAR HAVE BEEN NOT EVEN JUST NORMAL
REPUBLICAN AGGRESSIVELY ANTI-SCIENCE BUT THE AMOUNT
OF THE FUNDING IS BEYOND WHAT I EVEN FEARED WHAT HAPPENS
ARE WE GOING TO GET TO THOSE NUMBERS SHORTLY.
1ST I WANT TO READ A QUOTE FROM RUSH HOLT, HEAD OF THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE WHO IS ABLE TO BE
INVOLVED WITH THE PANEL IN A NEW YORK LAST YEAR SPEAKING OUT IN
SUPPORT OF THE MARCH SAYING SCIENTISTS ARE OFTEN
RETICENT GO PUBLIC ON THIS CASE LEVEL OF ANXIETY BUT THE
STATE OF SCIENCE AND THE PLACE IN A SOCIETY GOVERNMENT
WHETHER THE CONDITIONS WHICH IT CAN THRIVE ARE BEING
ADEQUATELY MAINTAINED AND DEFENDED HAVE LED PEOPLE TO
GO TO THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND WHAT APPEAR TO BE UNUSUALLY
LARGE NUMBERS AN UNUSUALLY GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
AGAIN, SCIENTIST, THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
GOVERNMENT POLICY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR OWN
FUNDING AND WHETHER WHAT THEY LEARN AND REVEAL IS PUT
INTO EFFECT IN TERMS OF POLICY BUT DON'T OFTEN NECESSARILY
GET DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN POLITICS HIMSELF STUCK SO
SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THEY ARE BEING CAREFUL, AT
LEAST OTHER MARCHES BEING PITCHED.
MARCH FOR SIGNS ORGANIZERS HAVE FRIEND THE MARCH IS A
CELEBRATION OF SCIENCE IN A NONPARTISAN OPPORTUNITY TO
DEFEND THE ROLE SCIENCE PLAYS IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY.
THERE'S AN UNDERCURRENT OF SOME PARTISANSHIP BECAUSE BOTH
PARTIES DON'T TREAT SCIENTISTS THE SAME WAY, BUT THEY
DON'T WANT TO TURN PEOPLE OFF.
THE ISSUES THAT THEY INVESTIGATE AND WORK ON WILL BE
DISCUSSING IN THE SMARTS HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL OF US.
I WAS WONDERING WHY THEY BOTHERED ARE THERE ANY
REPUBLICAN SCIENTIST LEFT?
ARE THERE ANY SCIENTISTS LEFT TO ARE STILL REPUBLICANS?
THERE USED TO BE BETTER KNOW THE
PETRO ENGINEERS.
I KNOW SOME REPUBLICAN PETRO ENGINEERS ACTUALLY THAT
IS CURRENTLY RUNNING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DEFENSE
CONTRACTORS HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF SCIENTISTS THAT WORK TO
BUILD THOSE MISSILES.
NO COUPLE OF THEM AND THEY'RE ALL SUPER LIBERAL.
RUSH HOLT WAS A CONGRESSMAN WHO IS ALSO A SCIENTIST AND
NOW HE IS NOT IN CONGRESS AT ALL.
HE WAS A RARE GREAT CONGRESSMAN AND HE ALWAYS
CHAMPION SCIENCE WHILE IN CONGRESS THAT WAS FROM NEW
JERSEY AND APPEARED ON THE YOUNG TURKS MANY TIMES.
HEAR, HEAR TO HIM.
THIS IS WHAT MY DAD HAD BEEN ASKING FOR.
HERE'S WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
DURING THE BUSH YEARS FOR EXAMPLE HE WOULD SAY WHY
DON'T ALL THE PROFESSORS GET OUT THERE AND MARCH?
THEY KNOW HE IS WRONG.
OR HE WOULD THEN SUBSTITUTE IN HISTORIANS, LEGAL SCHOLARS.
ALTHOUGH LAWYERS SHOULD MARCH, RAY?
DAD, HERE YOU GO THAT THEY ARE DOING IT THAT IS A
SCIENTIST GOING WE WILL MARCH.
WHY DID THEY WAIT SO LONG?
IT IS SUPER AND PERTINENT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL CUTS TO THE EPA LIKE A BLANKET 31%.
A HUGE AMOUNT OF THEIR ACTUAL WORKERS BEING CUT THAT 18%
CUT TO THE NIH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENTIRE GRADUATING CLASSES OF GRADUATE
STUDENTS GOING INTO THE SCIENCES AND HAVING EFFECTIVELY UNDER
THE CURRENT PLAN POSSIBLY NO FUNDING TO GO TOWARD THEIR WORK.
THIS IS GOING TO REPORT FACTS THAT AFFECT OBVIOUSLY
CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT'S A BIG ONE BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT.
THE AMOUNT THAT THESE CUTS, THE DAMAGE THAT IT CAN DO TO
TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE GOING FORWARD IT IS DIFFICULT
OVERSTATED.
THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT AT THIS GOING ON IN PEOPLE SHOW
SUPPORT FOR TIME JUST WAITING TO SEE THE RIGHT WING REACTION TO
THIS, THE WAY FOX NEWS AND BREITBART AND DRUDGE WILL
ADDRESS IT.
THEY DESPISE THE SORTS OF PEOPLE, THE
ACADEMICS AND THE SCIENTISTS.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A LEVEL BETRAYAL THAT I THINK IS
GOING TO BE OUT SLOWLY DISCUSSING BUT THESE ARE
PEOPLE WHO WERE LITERALLY FIGHTING NOT JUST FOR THEIR
OWN CAREERS WERE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.
I FIND IT SO INTERESTING THAT THEY FELT THIS WAS NECESSARY TO
DO BECAUSE THIS IS NOT, TO ORGANIZE ON THIS SCALE,
SCIENTISTS ARE TYPICALLY, AND THINKING BACK TO ALL THE
PEOPLE I WORKED WITH DURING THE GULF OIL SPILL THAT WAS
VERY HARD TO GET SCIENTIST TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER
THAN THEIR WORK BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY CARE ABOUT THAT
WHEN YOU DEDICATE YOURSELF TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT IS
REALLY ALL YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON VALUE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE POLITICS OR CIRCUMSTANCES OR CONTROVERSY AROUND IT.
THE FACT THAT THEY'VE ORGANIZE LIKE THIS AND IF THEY SHOW
UP IN THE NUMBERS WE EXPECT THEM TO, IT IS SOMETHING
REMARKABLE.
ITíS SOMETHING WORTH TAKING NOTE OF.
I THINK THE REASON THEY ARE DOING IT IS BECAUSE I THINK
THEIR WORK IS NOW ENDANGERED AND THEY FEEL LIKE THERE IS A
FRONTAL ASSAULT ON SCIENCE AND SO THAT IS WHAT GETS PEOPLE
TO ACTUALLY HIT THE STREETS.
THAT IS WHY WE HAD SO MANY PROTESTS IN VIETNAM BECAUSE OF
UNION PROTEST, YOU MIGHT GO TO VIETNAM AND DIANE IN THIS CASE,
THE VERY FOUNDATION OF SCIENCE IS BEING CHALLENGED AND BY THE
WAY, YOU MIGHT KNOW YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PARTY IF YOU ARE
AGAINST THE GUYS WHO BRING YOU FACTS.
PROFESSORS, THEY ARE ALWAYS TEACHING YOU FACTS.
SCIENTIST, SCIENTIST, WITH THEIR FAX.
READ THEM DOWN.
LITTLE AND OF COURSE THE MEDIA.
I KNOW THE MEDIA IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER TOPIC THESE DAYS
BUT THERE ALSO IN THE BUSINESS OF GIVING YOU FACTS.
THOSE ARE ALL THE THREE THINGS THE REPUBLICAN SCENE WANT
TO TEAR DOWN.
AND THEN THEY NOMINATE AND ELECT SOMEBODY WHO COULD
NOT CARE LESS ABOUT FACTS.
MY FINAL POINT, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE TIME HAS
COMMON THEY HAVE TO COME OUT AS PARTIALLY THE CAREER THING,
IT'S THEIR FUNDING BUT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
PUSHING FOR CUTS TO FUNDING FOR THOSE THINGS FOR ALL TIME
BASICALLY AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST WAS
SPECIFICALLY ON THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WE DON'T
HAVE TIME TO LOSE ON THIS ISSUE.
IF HE GETS HIS WAY ON THE ENVIRONMENT THAN IT IS NOT
JUST THAT THE OIL COMPANIES WENT BRIEFLY, WE LOSE FOR A LITTLE
WHILE, THIS IS AN ISSUE WHERE WERE ALREADY BEHIND THE CURVE.
WE DON'T HAVE FOUR YEARS OR EIGHT YEARS TO WAIT THAT
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG WARNINGS THAT I GAVE WHEN PEOPLE ARE
WILLING TO ROLL THE DICE ON DONALD TRUMP FOR 40 YEARS.
ON CERTAIN ISSUES, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE USED AWAY AND SO THANK GOD
SCIENTISTS ARE WILLING TO RISK THE BEING ATTACKED PUBLICLY AND
THE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL THIS ISSUE WHILE
THERE IS STILL TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT
AND IF YOU THINK I'M OVERLY POLITICIZING IT, THAT'S NOT
FAIR, THERE ARE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN FAVOR OF SCIENCE.
NO, IN THE CASES LYMAN CHANGE AND MANY OTHERS THEY ARE
LITERALLY AGAINST 97% OF THE WORLD SCIENTIST.
THEN YOU MIGHT BE AGAINST SCIENCE.
AND IF YOU VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PUBLICLY AGAINST IT
YOU ARE AGAINST IT BY DEFAULT.