Bush administration seeking to block regulation of workplace toxins By Shannon Jones 28 July 2008 As the Bush administration enters its final six months in office, the US Department of Labor is attempting to push through rule changes aimed at making it more difficult to set new standards for exposure to toxic substances and hazardous chemicals in the workplace. This is part of the Bush administration’s efforts to weaken federal oversight and dismantle regulatory protections on behalf of big business. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/toxi-j28.shtml
Top US scientists blast Bush administration By Jamie Chapman 26 February 2004 In a statement issued February 18, more than 60 highly respected American scientists, including 20 Nobel Prize winners, blasted the Bush administration for suppressing and manipulating scientific evidence in order to promote a predetermined agenda. Entitled “Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policymaking,” the statement charges: “When scientific knowledge has been found to be in conflict with its political goals, the administration has often manipulated the process through which science enters into its decisions.” http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/feb2004/scie-f26.shtml US: White House suppressed climate change testimony By Shannon Jones 10 July 2008 A former official with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has alleged that Vice President Dick Cheney intervened to alter testimony to Congress about the potential health and safety dangers posed by greenhouse gases. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/chen-j10.shtml Scientists report rampant political interference in climate research By Naomi Spencer 5 February 2007 The Bush administration, at the behest of big oil, has systematically meddled with the research of federal scientists into the issue of climate change, according to a January 30 report from the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Government Accountability Project. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/feb2007/clim-f05.shtml Former surgeon general describes Bush administration’s interference on science and health issues By Sandy English 17 July 2007 The former surgeon general, Richard H. Carmona, testified last week before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and described repeated instances of interference by Bush administration officials in the discussion of public health issues. Carmona gave a glimpse into the behavior of an administration that is politically beholden to right-wing Christian fundamentalist organizations and deeply hostile to science. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jul2007/surg-j17.shtml Congressional hearings detail political tampering in US climate research By Naomi Spencer 22 March 2007 Hearings resumed March 19 in the US Congress on charges of political interference in governmental climate research. The evidence and testimony further demonstrate the lengths the Bush administration, at the behest of the oil industry, has gone to suppress scientists’ findings and confuse public opinion of climate change. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/mar2007/clim-m22.shtml Bush administration moves to suppress documents on vaccines By Joanne Laurier 10 December 2002 The Bush administration asked a federal claims court on November 26 to seal documents relating to hundreds of cases of autism allegedly caused by a mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, used in childhood vaccines. The government’s legal action comes on the heels of an insertion into the Homeland Security bill that protects Eli Lilly, the drug company giant that developed thimerosal, from lawsuits involving the additive. The bill removes all liability from the pharmaceutical industry and health officials for the injuries and death resulting from the preservative. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/dec2002/vacc-d10.shtml The Columbia tragedy: NASA, Congress, Bush ignored safety warnings By the Editorial Board 4 February 2003 In the wake of the shuttle explosion, numerous reports have already emerged of advance warnings of impending disaster received by top NASA administrators, congressional committees that oversee the agency, and President Bush himself. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/feb2003/shut-f04.shtml On May 24, 11:40 am, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[email protected]> wrote: > “'everything you told me is technically correct,” is the punch line > yeah? > > I just typed in a search for Bush lies and came up with the following > > In the Bush administration "the negation of truth is systematic. > Dishonest accounting, wilful scientific illiteracy, bowdlerized > federal fact sheets, payola paid to putative journalists, 'news' > networks run by right-wing apparatchiks, think tanks devoted to > propaganda rather than thought, the purging of intelligence gatherers > and experts throughout the bureaucracy whose findings might refute the > party line -- this is the machinery of mendacity...The point here is > not the hypocrisy involved, though that is egregious. The point is the > downgrading of truth and honesty from principles with universal > meaning to partisan weapons to be sheathed or drawn as necessary. No > wonder the Bush administration feels no compunction to honor the truth > or seek it; it conceives truth as a tactic, valuable only insofar as > it is useful against one's enemies." > > http://www.bushwatch.com/bushlies.htm > > On May 23, 8:16 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > An, "Oldie But Goodie"!!! > > > ============ > > > The Republican Fisherman > > A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude > > and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, 'Excuse me, can you > > help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know > > where I am.' > > > The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, 'You're in a hot air > > balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above > > sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 > > > > minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.' > > > She rolled her eyes and said, 'You must be a Republican.' > > > 'I am,' replied the man. 'How did you know?' > > > 'Well,' answered the balloonist, 'everything you told me is technically > > correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still > > lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me.' > > > The man smiled and responded, 'You must be a Democrat.' > > > 'I am,' replied the balloonist. 'How did you know?' > > > 'Well,' said the man, 'you don't know where you are or where you are going. > > You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made > > a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your > > problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, > > but, somehow, now it's my fault.'- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
