This is good news for the rest of the world. History shows that once a society becomes a "nay" sayer it begins to decline. All those areas of research and development now being stopped, underfunded, derided etc by the religious right and therefore the govt of America are forging ahead in other countries which will reap the economic benefits of progress. if America doesn't want it, we'll have it thanks you! America under Bush is undoubtedly going backwards, which is where all religion dominated societies go. Already we can see the future elsewhere.