So how does Judd Gregg come out on science and the environment

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now that it looks like he'll be in charge of Commerce, which oversees NOAA? http://www.noaa.gov/

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1. gah!

http://www.ontheissues.org/International/Judd_Gregg_Energy_+_Oil.htm

:banghead:

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4. Rated 17% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence.

Gah is right. :banghead:

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2. Blech.

This is a big "Fuck you" to the base.

[Muttocracy]

3. more..."Risk-takers like Wal-Mart create jobs"

http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Judd_Gregg.htm#Budget_+_Economy

"Risk-takers like Wal-Mart create jobs
Gregg said while Wal-Mart "has a huge effect" on local businesses, market forces should remain a dominant economic factor. He added that the chain would not be successful if local consumers didn't prefer its prices and products. "We should always remain a market-oriented economy that rewards risk-takers," he said, "because the risk-takers create jobs."
Source: NH Senate Debate, in The Union Leader Oct 21, 2004 "

I've had a rotten day and this just put the rotten fruit on top. Sigh.

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5. Judd is as dumb as a stump

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6. What an odd name nt

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7. I know, right? It sounds fake. I keep misreading it as Judge Dredd.

[ecstatic]

9. me too!!! LOL nt

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8. The Dept of Commerce is the parent agency of NOAA.

NOAA was established within the Department of Commerce via the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 by Richard Nixon. It was a conglomeration of three existing agencies: the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Weather Bureau, and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries.

Agencies within NOAA include the National Weather Service, the National Ocean Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and the NOAA Corps, which is a commissioned officer corps of men and women who operate NOAA ships and aircraft, and serve in scientific and administrative posts.

Agencies within those agencies include, under NOS (National Weather Service), the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Office of Coast Survey, Office of National Geodetic Survey, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Office of Response and Restoration and under NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service), the Office of Systems Development, the Office of Satellite Operations, the Office of Satellite Data Processing & Distribution, Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) formerly the Office of Research & Applications, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, GOES-R Program Office, International & Interagency Affairs Office and the Office of Space Commercialization.

NOAA is administrated by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere at the Department of Commerce.

In 2003, Plymouth State University, which offers the only meteorology degree program in the state of New Hampshire, established the Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute (JGMI). The institute conducts projects and partnerships with the National Weather Center, the University of New Hampshire, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Air Force, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Mount Washington Observatory, the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and many other agencies.

In short, any fears that Gregg Judd is going to change anything in regards to NOAA is unfounded.

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10. Facts!

Something tells me people would rather not know these facts. :(