Time to end the Republican war on scienceTim Wheeler
WASHINGTON — “The Republican War on Science,” a best-selling book by Chris Mooney, exposes the multipronged offensive by the Bush-Cheney administration and the Republican Party to twist science to their right-wing agenda..
These modern-day “Know Nothings” rail against climate experts, branding their warnings of global warming as “unproven science.” Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), who has served Big Oil in the House loyally for 11 terms, even threatened a witch-hunt investigation of climate scientists for their subversive report that high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are pushing global temperatures to dangerous new highs.
The Bush-Cheney rejection of science in favor of
brazen falsehood, deception, spin and delusions of global domination are creating a nightmare. More and more people are saying it is time to wake up and face reality. Our first real opportunity is casting our ballots Nov. 7 to end the nightmare.
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/9571/1/332Stiffing the ConstitutionPat Murphy
Unrelated as they may seem, the dismal 23 percent public approval of Congress' performance and the American Bar Association's stinging denunciation of President Bush's flagrant indifference toward law have a lot in common.
The low esteem for lawmakers is the result of congressional spinelessness and the unwillingness of a co-equal branch to stand up to Bush's
brazen bullying.
As for the ABA's stinging reproof of Bush for profligate "signing statements" to disregard laws as alleged infringements on his powers, this stems from the free hand the Bush-Cheney-Rove axis has been given by Milquetoast lawmakers.
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