Waxman: U.S. Imposes New Limits on Scientists

[Khephra]

Waxman: U.S. Imposes New Limits on Scientists
By REUTERS

Published: June 25, 2004


Filed at 0:31 a.m. ET

snip...........

Rep. Henry Waxman said he has a letter showing that the Health and Human Services Department has imposed new limits on who may speak to the World Health Organization.

Under the new policy, WHO must ask HHS for permission to speak to scientists and must allow HHS to choose who will respond.

``This policy is unprecedented. For the first time political appointees will routinely be able to keep the top experts in their field from responding to WHO requests for guidance on international health issues,'' the California Democrat wrote in a letter to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson.

``This is a raw attempt to exert political control over scientists and scientific evidence in the area of international health,'' Waxman wrote.

``Under the new policy the administration will be able to refuse to provide any experts whenever it wishes to stall international progress on controversial topics.''

more.........

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-aids-scientists.html

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Perhaps it's become more important

to only "allow" US Pharmaceutical companies scientific top drug researchers to provide the talking points for guidance and information. </sarcasm>

[Bandit]

2. I am sure we are all shocked by this

It is getting to the point of becoming ridiculous. They totally feel the only way they can win on anything is total control of information. No more critical thinking allowed. People will be spoon fed any information the Cabal deems necessary and nothing else will be allowed.

[hatrack]

3. Paul Weyrich will screen public health Drs. for "sound scientific views"

The Cato Institute and Tech Central Station will choose which NOAA and NSIDC researchers are allowed to attend climate conferences.

Halliburton and Andarko will supply all needed information on estimates of US oil supplies - no need to get that pesky USGS involved!!

Comrade Lysenko, we proudly welcome you to your new home!!

[jus_the_facts]

4. ...and yet another top scientist who worked in this field in TEXAS dies...

.....mysteriously...scary trend indeed. :tinfoilhat: :shrug:

[SeattleDem]

5. what??? what kind of bullshit is this?

I can't imagine my former colleagues in public health refusing to talk to the WHO unless first approved by Tommy Thompson.

How is HHS going to stop on-going collaborations among people in the WHO and in the US who already have working and professional relationships??

on edit: okay, I read the article. How does Tommy Thompson prevent someone from going to a professional meeting? I completely don't understand this! How can a university-based scientist who is paying is own way to the premiere AIDS meeting in the world be denied attendance by the US government?? I could see if Thompson wasn't allowing government-employed scientists from going, but unaffiliated persons??

[struggle4progress]

6. Another Bushista effort to strangle science with politics. eom

[truthisfreedom]

7. kerry can use this

get it to his people

[Pastiche423]

9. When has kerry used anything

that could be of help to the Democratic Party in his campaign?

Doncha know, all he has to do is sit back and wait for whistle ass to implode. After all, he's entitled.

[HereSince1628]

8. Censoring scientists is like trying to sweep back the ocean...

it'll be a whole lot of waste of money, and the next administration will throw this stupid idea out with the bureaucrat that thought it up.

Tommy T played in the home town of one of the greatest research universities in the midwest, I would have thought he knew better than to accept such a stupid mandate.

[jukes]

10. the rise and fall

of the american empire.


it's going to get much, much worse.






:kick:

[Massacure]

11. If they want to talk that much they will just flee to Europe.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Except for the preoccupation with unification of church/state,

it looks more and more like we're living in the old Soviet Union.
Could this be what Moon was talking about when he said that Stalin had been reborn?

[LastDemocratInSC]

13. The pointy-headed scientists don't know which lies are being pushed ...

... and can't keep the story straight because they are so focused on that damn EVIDENCE thing.

[DeepModem Mom]

14. Now it's more than one outrage a day; it's a ceaseless flood...

of outrage!

[bluedog]

15. didn't hitler

also try to stop science from progressing.there was a group I read of and can't think of the name I believe it started with (L)