Paige Calls NEA a ‘Terrorist’ Group (washingtonpost.com)
Is the media Deaning Kerry?
Here’s a disturbing observation on Salon:
MediaChannel/Media Tenor says there’s “a virtual network blackout of Democratic candidates’ stances on the political issues that matter most to Americans.” Only 7.4 percent of NBC, CBS and ABC’s nightly news coverage of all the candidates for the 2004 presidential is devoted to their policy positions in general. The opposite is true for coverage of the incumbent. From February 1 through 19, policy statements by President George Bush make up 37.4 percent of all network news statements about the GOP candidate.
Applied Bushspeak
Bush budget screws American astronomy, too
The proposed Bush budget will slash NASA’s space science programs in order to fund Bush’s disengenuous Moon and Mars lunacy.
This Action Alert calls upon AAS members to contact their members of congress to repair the cuts to the Sun-Earth Connection Division (SEC) of the Office of Space Science in the President’s FY 2005 budget submission. (Subsequent Action Alerts will focus on other critical areas: SEU, explorer class missions, etc.)
While the proposed cuts are intended to support the proposed exploration vision set forth by the President, they will severely limit the Division’s ability to support exploration of the moon and Mars. The proposed changes to the SEC are not consistent with NASA’s previous long range plans as described in the Decadal Survey…
...the proposed cuts will limit our ability to make new discoveries about the workings of the Sun-Earth system, at the time when those discoveries are most needed
to support the proposed exploration initiative…
Daily Mislead: Instead of Admitting Economic Truth, Bush Resorts to Statistical Manipulation
You want fries with that?
Bush, attempting to obscure his record as the worst economic steward since Herbert Hoover, has become so desperate that he is exploring ways to manipulate statistics...
http://www.misleader.org/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df02242004.html
C.I.A. Was Given Data on Hijacker Long Before 9/11
In March 1999, German intelligence officials gave the Central Intelligence Agency the first name and telephone number of Marwan al-Shehhi, and asked the Americans to track him…
After the Germans passed the information on to the C.I.A., they did not hear from the Americans about the matter until after Sept. 11, a senior German intelligence official said.
Campaign Begins as Bush Attacks Kerry in Speech
And so the serious distortion and mudslinging begins…
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/politics/campaign/24BUSH.html?th
American Idle National Tour 2004
A humorous spoof in Salon by Joyce McGreevy.
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/mcgreevy/2004/02/24/american_idle/index.html
On what does the White House base its optimism?
Do the math. Using the Fibbin’atcha Principle, add the 1.7 million projected new jobs for 2003 that never materialized, subtract 439,000 jobs lost that same year, then eliminate the year 2003. Multiply the 2004 projection that the average number of jobs will be 2.6 million higher than in 2003 by the number of people willing to believe anything if you say it often enough, then backpedal at a rate equal to the average velocity of two runaway trains heading in opposite directions, and cancel the 8 million unemployed. Factor in the 19th presidential visit to Florida since the 2000 ballot controversy (to the power of 5 Supreme Court justices minus 4), then after inverting the significance of 19,000 actual unemployed in Tampa, assign a greater value to the theoretical “40 more workers” that a factory owner in the same city hopes to add, and extrapolate the least likely outcome in the form of a speech that contains the words “strong” (x4), “upbeat"(x4), and “optimistic” (x7). Carry the one, carry the b.s., and do the hoky-poky as you turn yourself about. Simple, really…
Politics & Science - Investigating the State of Science Under the Bush Administration
Stumbled across this web site instigated by one very angry Rep. Henry Waxman. From the “about” page:
The American people depend upon federal agencies to develop science-based policies that protect the nation�s health and welfare. Recently, however, leading scientific journals have begun to question whether scientific integrity at federal agencies has been sacrificed to further a political and ideological agenda.
At the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the Democratic staff of the Government Reform Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives assessed the treatment of science and scientists by the Bush Administration.
The resulting report—Politics and Science in the Bush Administration—found numerous instances where the Administration has manipulated the scientific process and distorted or suppressed scientific findings. Beneficiaries include important supporters of the President, including social conservatives and powerful industry groups.
This website—[url=http://www.politicsandscience.org]http://www.politicsandscience.org[/url]—is an ongoing record of interference with science by the Bush Administration.
Bush’s sex fantasy
The White House is pouring money into programs that tell teens to just say no to sex. Most experts say the programs don’t work—except to enrich the religious right...
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/24/abstinence/index.html
Arizona Gov. Blasts Bush on Forest Policy
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano on Saturday accused the Bush administration of mismanaging the federal forests, which she said could lead to “megafires” this summer...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/022404G.shtml
A NOC at Bush’s Door
Some interesting info about what kind of CIA agent Valerie Plame was. Quite the nauseating irony.
A week after the Wilson editorial was published, some six journalists along with columnist Robert Novak received telephone calls from two Bush administration officials. The sum and substance of the calls: To inform the journalists that Ambassador Joseph Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA agent...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/022404A.shtml
Not Qualified, Not Truthful, Not Wise
...while George W. Bush may be a religiously sincere man who actually believes he’s trying to do good, he is, in the same incarnation, a make-believe president who has made a mess of almost everything and put the country at risk in many ways, including the risk of economic disorder.
More Provocation
...the opposition to Mr. Pryor’s nomination was well justified by his repeated descriptions of courts and judging in overtly political terms. His willingness to accept a recess appointment only underscores his unfitness.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/022204I.shtml
Forest Service Not Dropping Old Growth Timber Sales
It appears they’re moving forward with old growth logging, which is a big disappointment to us, because they are ignoring public sentiment and ignoring the fact that there are non-controversial ways of creating jobs and producing timber from thinning young stands...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/022204G.shtml