Considering how "Rising Above The Gathering Storm" was accepted here, this probably won't be seen as good news.

Several scientists probably did a double take when President Bush announced a plan to double funding for basic research over the next decade during January's State of the Union address. In recent years, the Oval Office couch had been cold to government scientists suggesting that the President request more funds for research. Instead, a grim trend of neglect for science ensued, culminating last year in the National Institutes of Health choking down their first budget cut since 1970.