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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 01:25 PM
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Scientists: Bush Distorts Science
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,62339,00.html

The Bush administration has distorted scientific fact leading to policy decisions on the environment, health, biomedical research and nuclear weaponry, a group of about 60 scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Union of Concerned Scientists, an independent organization, also issued a 37-page report, "Scientific Integrity in Policymaking," detailing the accusations. The statement and the report both accuse the Bush administration of distorting and suppressing findings that contradict administration policies, stacking panels with like-minded and underqualified scientists with ties to industry, and eliminating some advisory committees altogether.

The scientists listed various policy issues as being unfairly influenced by the administration, including those concerning climate change, mercury emissions, reproductive health, lead poisoning in children, workplace safety and nuclear weapons. New regulations and laws are necessary to fix the situation, the statement says.

"We found a serious pattern of undermining science by the Bush administration, and it crosses disciplines, whether it's global climate change or reproductive health or mercury in the food chain or forestry -- the list goes on and on," said Kevin Knobloch, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 01:32 PM
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1. Ah, what do those pointy-headed scientists know?
If they were truly smart, they would have gone into Imperial Bootlicking, eh?

And paid Bushevik Propagandist can tell you that's where the money is the Amerikan Empire.

</sarcasm off>
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 01:34 PM
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2. Sick, sick, evil people...
after reading this in the paper this morning, I knew DUers would jump on this. Drip, drip, all the things I've been ranting about for 3 years are now finally making it to the media.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 01:37 PM
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3. I beat all you 'murkins to it
I r00l. U 5uX0rZ. B-)
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Mandate My Ass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:04 PM
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4. "distorting and suppressing findings
that contradict administration policies."

Sounds familiar, hmmm kinda like the way they cooked the "intelligence" to get their war on. I'm so glad congress is getting to the bottom of that breast flashing incident and I'm certain they'll take up these other, more mundane matters when they've safeguarded American citizens from the ongoing and serious threat of partial nudity. :eyes:
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