I don't know what the UCS is, and I'm NOT talking about the attorney general! YOU brought him up. I"m talking science, and specifically NASA scientists and the past surgeon general.
As for specifics, what exactly do you want? The direct quotes from NASA scientists who have complained about the Bush administrations filtering of their findings? I can give you those if you want.... [Begin quoted text] The Bush administration is trying to stifle scientific evidence of the dangers of global warming in an effort to keep the public uninformed, a NASA scientist said. "In my more than three decades in government, I have never seen anything approaching the degree to which information flow from scientists to the public has been screened and controlled as it is now," James Hansen told a University of Iowa audience. Hansen is director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and has twice briefed a task force headed by Vice President Dick Cheney on global warming. He was also one of the first government scientists tasked with briefing congressional committees on the dangers of global warming, testifying as far back as the 1980s. [End quoted text] You want the specifics from the Surgeon General? Okee dokee..... [Begin quoted text] The first US surgeon general appointed by President Bush accused the administration of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research. "Anything that doesn't fit into the political appointees' ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried," Dr. Richard Carmona, who served as the nation's top doctor from 2002 until 2006, told a House of Representatives committee. "The problem with this approach is that in public health, as in a democracy, there is nothing worse than ignoring science, or marginalizing the voice of science for reasons driven by changing political winds. The job of surgeon general is to be the doctor of the nation, not the doctor of a political party," Carmona added. Carmona said Bush administration political appointees censored his speeches and kept him from talking out publicly about certain issues, including the science on embryonic stem cell research, contraceptives and his misgivings about the administration's embrace of "abstinence-only" sex education. [End of quoted text] Please give me your takes on both of these specific incidents, since you want to deal in specifics. Tell me if you believe both of these men to be lying, and if so, why, and what evidence you have to support that. On the other hand, if you believe the men to be telling the truth, please explain to me why you find this kind of behavior by the administration to be acceptable? I await your response. On 8/8/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need specifics, not vague accusations. Like I said the UCS > complained and there was a response. Do you want to debate the > response? Pick a line item out of 17 and let's do it. To say NASA and > attorney general means nothing. Give me details. > -- Then before, and now once more, I'm bouncin' round the room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
