Big Mules Drive Bu$hCo Domestic Policy

"President Bush's proposal to accelerate spending on basic scientific research came after technology industry executives made the case for such a move in a series of meetings with White House officials, executives involved said Wednesday. ..." begins John Markoff's Behind Bush's New Stress on Science, Lobbying by Republican Executives in the New York Times from yesterday. Good ideas perhaps from the SOTU yet the taint of the Big Mules makes me nervous. Of course it seems to take money and power to get access to the Mayberry Machiavellis. Maybe their motives are "pure enough" that good can come even from the "Education President".