GullyFoyle wrote:
And tonight’s success reminds us that our preeminence — not just in space, but here on Earth — depends on continuing to invest wisely in the innovation, technology, and basic research that has always made our economy the envy of the world.
– Barak Obama, August 6, 2012
Statement on the landing of Curiosity on Mars
That’s not really irony. Even if he were personally opposed to research funding, a somewhat off-base assertion, that would be hypocrisy, not irony.
