M O N D A Y , A U G U S T 1 6 , 2 0 0 4Bush Says Earth Is Flat!by Michael in New York on 8/16/2004 11:09:00 AMWell, no.</p><p> But the man who thinks creationism is a valid scientifictheory and that the jury is still out on evolution continues his assaulton science.</p><p> In the second in a series of articles about this, theWashington Post details dead-of-night regulatory changes thatpoliticize oversight on scientific findings and thus endanger publicsafety.</p><p> How? Bush made it easier for big business to fight regulatorychanges that could cost them money by attacking valid scientificfindings.</p><p> The major example here? A pesticide that "castrates" frogsaccording to numerous independent studies (including one funded bythe industry itself that they suppressed).</p><p> Lengthy and filled withinteresting detail, the article has this neat summary of Bush's attackson good science:"Environmental and consumer groups say the Data Quality Act fitsinto a larger Bush administration agenda.</p><p> In the past six months,more than 4,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel laureates and11 winners of the National Medal of Science, have signed statementsaccusing the administration of politicizing science."The White House's heavy editing of a key global-warming report, itsefforts to emphasize abstinence rather than condoms in the waragainst AIDS and its alleged stacking of scientific advisorycommittees have drawn particular ire.</p><p> But many scientists and publicadvocates believe that far more is at stake with the Data Quality Act."From their perspective, the act is shifting the authority over thenation's science into the politicized environment of the OMB -- achange, they say, that will favor big business." Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Daily KosGoons at Cincinnati "tea party" bullied, intimidatedmedia - WKRC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Cincinnati,reports that in March one of their reporters wasforced to leave a so-called "tea party" protest aftera small ...10 minutes agoThink ProgressSenate Should Ignore Nutty Glenn Beck ConspiracyTheories And Appoint Harold Koh - Our guestblogger is Henry Fernandez, a Senior Fellow at theCenter For American Progress Action Fund.</p><p> AsThinkProgress recently noted, a small number ofc...15 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsZP Heller: Why Dr.</p><p> King Would Break the Silenceon Afghanistan - We must invest in our owneconomic recovery and in fixing Afghanistan'shumanitarian crisis.18 minutes agoFiredoglakeOperation Stonewall Stalls Johnsen and Koh -While we wait for the last ballot count in theFranken-Coleman contest, I thought I'd tie inOperation Stonewall to the Republicans' bizarreand seemingly ...20 minutes agoPaul KrugmanOne more time - Brad DeLong is, rightly, horrifiedat the great Ricardian equivalencemisunderstanding.</p><p> It's one thing to have anargument about whether consumers are perf...J O H N ' S P H OT O S Liberty University OnlineEarn your Bachelor's degree in BusinessAdministration online!www.LibertyOnlineDegrees.comHelp Solve Global WarmingDiscover How You Can Take Action &Demand Change From Your Leaders.www.WeCanSolveIt.orgBuild Own Solar Panel?My Friends Laughed At Me...</p><p> Then I Did It& Now Save $231/Mo!RenewableWindAndSolarEnergy.com AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Bush ...http://www.americablog.com/2004/08/bush-says-earth-is-flat.html 1 of 64/6/09 8:13 PM
