Policy as Arcade Game (Bush agenda v. environmental science)

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Posted on Mon, Jul. 07, 2003
Editorial | Bam!
Policy as arcade game: When science crosses Bush agenda, it takes a beating.

President Bush is playing Whack-a-Mole with scientific reports that he doesn't like:

Uncomfortable facts about global warming pop up in an environmental report card. Whack!

Yellowstone National Park staffers tell a world treasures watchdog that the park is in trouble. Whack!

The Environmental Protection Agency discovers a senator's clean air bill is more effective than the President's. Whack!

But the moles are popping up faster than the Bush team can beat them back. Information is leaking out. A pattern of deception is emerging.

Despite their constant talk about "sound science," Bush administration officials keep manipulating or suppressing scientific information for political reasons. This censorship limits the ability of Congress and the American people to make informed public-policy choices. It needs to stop.

much more --

Another long detailed editorial from the Philadelphia Inquirer, which has a new editor and is becoming much more outspoken.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/6247075.htm

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1. "Whack-A-Mole Science" ROFLMAO!!

That's absolutely perfect!!