People That Wish Bush Was Not President (PTWBWNP)

For those of you who do not work with NIH or NSF grants, there is new lingo in the science world: MSM - also known as Men who Sleep with Men - which is the result of homophobic legislators screening grant applications that use the term "gay" or "homosexual." Basically the "LOL" of scientists for the benefit of a conservative congress. Why? Because Republican congressman have their employees sift through the CRISP database (the public database of approved government grants) looking for grants that have "contentious wording." They take these grants (usually meant for AIDS research or some other important scientific exploration) and figure out how to use it against the population it is trying to protect (e.g. showing what grants should not be getting money so they can cut back on science spending).

Apparently terms like "gay" or "homosexual" are politically controversial. But the same could be argued about Bush and Dick... excuse me, George and Cheney. Science should not be overseen by a partisan government, because science itself is objective. When scientists have to start acronyming (my word) their research proposals to appease the biases of politicians, than someday all science will have to be acronymed, to the point where "religion" will simply be known as "R" and "intelligence" will be known as "PTWBWNP"