Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520256263 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gravity Always Holds Me Down Jim Harrigan Now that sounds like a silly assertion. There has been some silliness circulating. Sometimes I find myself on top of a mountain, and on other days I'm at the bottom of a canyon. Sometimes I am riding in an airplane, and other days I riding an elevator. Whether I am high or low does not depend on who is causing it. It does not depend on who is President of the United States. The gravity that holds me to Earth does not vary from day to day, even if it seems to have grown stronger lately. Gravity is as certain and unchanging as time itself.Gravity isn't silly. Gravity is physica. The Destruction of Proper Process This reviewer has worked for the Navy Dept. in Washington, and for businesses, big and small. I am a "conservative liberal" Democrat, so that will color my comments. With that background, I must say that anyone who wishes to get a real understanding of what the Bush administration has done to distort the proper process of government at all levels must read this book. For example, in May of 2008, it was in the news that the administration directed the EPA to take into account the cost to businesses of the regulations which it proposes. This is a clear conflict of interests; it. "The Difference Between Science and Political Policy" according to Frederick S. Goethel. The author starts the book with an analysis of the difference between science and political policy. Of course, science creates facts that are proven through testing and then reviewed for accuracy through peer review. And, political policy is what you do after you know what the science of the issue is. You can adjust public policy based on fact, but you cannot change fact to fit with public policyor can you?In the book, the author demonstrates the Bush administrations total disdain for science and its results. From global warming to Pacific salmon to coal mining and many other
He also tells of scientists being questioned about their political beliefs, voting records and support for presidential policies during interviews for committee appointments. Though he cites recent congressional bills supporting scientific integrity, these are only small flickers of hope in a dark partisan landscape. From Publishers Weekly Reviewing the evidence of how the Bush administration has systematically denied and doctored scientific findings that fail to support its political positions, journalist Shulm
This vitally important exposé shows how the Bush administration has systematically misled Americans on a wide range of scientific issues affecting public health, foreign policy, and the environment by ignoring, suppressing, manipulating, or even distorting scientific research. Bush and the first to comprehensively document his administration's abuses of science. It is the first book to focus exclusively on how this explosive issue has played out during the presidency of George W. . This paperback edition contains a new preface bringing to light the most up-to-date research on these abuses.Undermining Science covers:* The Bush administration’s abuse and misuse of science in areas including stem cell research, AIDS prevention, environmental protection, the Iraq war, the