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Bob,
With all due respect, it is not insignificant that "lefty-looneys"
simply do not occupy positions of power in the United States and that
their looniness has miniscule if any effect on public policy. The
same cannot begin to be said about "righty wingnuts" of religious and
other persuasions. Their nuttiness has had and continues to have
profoundly negative consequences for our economic well-being, for our
foreign policy, and for our standing in the world.
John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona
On Nov 2, 2009, at 7:21 AM, LaMontagne, Bob wrote:
Please stop this nonsense about the "Republican" war on science. I
have plenty of "lefty-looney" friends who believe in astrology,
ghostly spirits, etc., as well as "religious right" friends who
believe in literal biblical creation. Don't use stupidity on either
side to support your political leanings.
Bob at PC
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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Bernard Cleyet
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 3:15 AM
To: Forum Physics Educators
Cc: Nancy Seese
Subject: [Phys-l] The Republican "war on science" has moved to the UK.
From my British friend in LA.
bc
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-
news/sacked-ndash-for-telling-the-truth-about-drugs-1812255.html
Sacked - for telling the truth about drugs
Government fires top adviser for challenging its hardline policy on
cannabis and ecstasy
By Jeremy Laurance, Health editor
Saturday, 31 October 2009
The Government's drugs tsar was forced to resign last night for
stating his view that cannabis, ecstasy and LSD were less harmful
than the legal drugs tobacco and alcohol.
The Home Secretary Alan Johnson asked Professor David Nutt to resign
as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD),
saying he had "lost confidence" in his ability to give impartial
advice.
But last night Professor Nutt, pictured, who is head of
psychopharmacology at the University of Bristol, retaliated, accusing
the Government of "misleading" the pubic in its messages about drugs
and of "Luddite" tendencies.
He was backed by other senior scientists and politicians.
Colin Blakemore, professor of neuroscience at Oxford University and
former chief executive of the Medical Research Council, said: "The
Government cannot expect the experts who serve on its independent
committees not to voice their concern if the advice they give is
rejected even before it is published. "I worry that the dismissal of
Professor Nutt will discourage academic and clinical experts from
offering their knowledge and time to help the Government in the
future."
Richard Garside, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
at King's College London, where Professor Nutt made his comments,
said: "I'm dismayed that the Home Secretary appears to believe that
political calculation trumps honest and informed scientific opinion.
The message is that, when it comes to the Home Office's relationship
with the research community, honest researchers should be seen but
not heard." He added it was "a bad day for science and for the cause
of evidence-informed policy making".
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