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More Accusations of Scientific Abuse by the Bush Administration

Posted by michael on from the piling-on dept.

Saeed al-Sahaf writes "Last week, the Union of Concerned Scientists released new evidence that the Bush Administration continues to suppress and distort scientific knowledge and undermine scientific advisory panels. Of course we're not talking about such subjective issues like stem cell research which Bush objects to on religious grounds. Here we are talking about money. The cases discussed in this story detail incidents of suppression and distortion of scientific knowledge on issues ranging from mountaintop removal strip mining to endangered species such as wild Salmon in the Pacific Northwest."

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  1. Re:Speaking as a scientist by sfjoe · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...my interpretation was colored by my political views ...

    What was the "politicial" interpretation?
    Your subatomic particle data was in favor of gay marriage?

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  2. Re:Ironic by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I don't follow your point. Are only christians allowed to comment on scientific abuse? Or are Wiccans assumed to be anti-science?"

    You Wiccans think you got it bad? It's assumed us Jedi never reproduce!

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  3. Re:Two points by squiggleslash · · Score: 2, Funny
    To be precise there were 48 Nobel laureates who singed that document mentioned in the article.
    Blimey. Did someone record them doing this? Is there a BT of the MP3 of all these scientists singing?
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  4. Re:Speaking as a scientist by jabberjaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently you are unfamilar with President Bush's extensive background in particle physics.