Bush 'bending science to his political needs'

[Manix]

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The Bush administration is guilty of misrepresenting scientific knowledge and misleading the public, a group of America's most senior scientists claimed yesterday.

They said the government had manipulated information to fit its policies on everything from climate change to whether Iraq had been trying to make nuclear weapons.

The open letter from the independent Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) said: "When scientific knowledge has been found to be in conflict with its political goals, the administration has often manipulated the process through which science enters into its decisions.

"This has been done by placing people who are professionally unqualified or who have clear conflicts of interest in official posts and on scientific advisory committees; by disbanding existing advisory committees; by censoring and suppressing reports by the government's own scientists; and by simply not seeking independent scientific advice."

The letter was signed by 60 senior US scientists, including 20 Nobel prize winners, such as the physicists Steven Weinberg and James Cronin and the biologists Eric Kandel and Harold Varmus.




The Guardian

[TahitiNut]

1. How dare they challenge Busholini Revelation?

Our Leader sees into the hearts of mere mortal men. His high priests are infallible and munch on his turds for communion. :eyes:

[pinniped]

3. Busholini LOL!

I didn't read the article yet but I wonder what possible benefit could be gained by allowing the use of that ozone killing pesticide this "rogue" Busholini regime wants to ramp up.

There has to be some kind of health benefit for the general public if these creeps want to use it.:crazy:

[The Traveler]

2. GeorgieBoy is a liar

Denying, manipulating and distorting scientific knowledge is small potatoes for this weasel.

Zappa could have made a great Pres, don't ya think?

[Tom Kitten]

4. Welcome to the USSA..

This is Stalinist Soviet style policy warmed over for the 21st Century Bush America...Ideas must conform to Ideology first and foremost! Science is politically biased to begin with, therefore an effective counter science must be developed and its results must be propagated through the appropiate news channels in order to win public approval, thusly allowing the regime to place their edicts into effect, and at the same time belittling the opposition as appearing biased in their concerns...