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EZRA LEVANT: NASA boss ignores world?s big polluters to pick on little ol? Canada. James Han?

By Glenn Reynolds

EZRA LEVANT: NASA boss ignores world?s big polluters to pick on little ol? Canada.

James Hansen, the head of one of President Barack Obama?s NASA labs, came to Canada last week to tell us not to allow a French company called Total to proceed with its Canadian oilsands project.

Even for Obama, that?s quite a foreign policy accomplishment: Interfering with two allies at once. NASA used to be about exploring space ? that?s what the S stands for. But NASA?s new boss, Charles Bolden, recently told Al Jazeera TV that Obama has given him new marching orders: Inspire children to learn math, expand international relationships. ?Perhaps foremost. he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math and engineering.?

I guess that?s what happens when a ?community organizer? becomes president.

But when you think about it, Hansen is following Obama?s instructions perfectly: The Saudis probably do ?feel good? that NASA is trying to shut down their Canadian oil competitors.

Ouch.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 13, 2010 (boomark / email).