2209 Readers pound on Nancy

Readers of Nancy Pelosi's Wall Street Journal article on research and development thoroughly thrashed her in the letters column yesterday. John Rogitz, Thom McKee, John Wallace and Steve Cardana made these points:

• Pelosi thinks USA has R & D leadership because of federal bureaucrats.
  
• Pelosi thinks spending more money on public education would produce more engineering graduates.
  
• Pelosi is all wrong about who and what country contributed to scientific achievements she notes.
  
• Pelosi thinks our status as a world leader has never been challenged before the Bush administration. Was she OTL during the space race and the battles of fuel efficient automobiles in the 70s and 80s?

Her grasp of history, politics and technology makes you wonder after reading her article if she (or her staff) is a victim product of the public school system.