Re: [Phys-l] The Republican "war on science" has moved to the UK.

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In a message dated 11/3/2009 1:13:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
bernardcleyet@redshift.com writes:

I just  discovered I'm a Johnny come lately ...    for example The IP   
posted on phys-l in '05:

Excerpt:

haven't read the  book yet, but I would not call the author Chris C.
Mooney an  extremist.  He definitely has a point of view, but he backs it
up with  plenty of evidence.

Here is a review:

> From Publishers  Weekly
Starred Review. Does the Bush administration ignore or deny  mainstream
research to please its conservative base? Have business groups  and
certain religious lobbies helped it do so? Does Bush-era treatment  of
scientists differ from that of Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Reagan?  Has
a Republican Congress passed laws designed to disable clean air  and
water efforts, and has it dismantled safeguards, such as  the
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, meant to give  legislators
unbiased advice? Mooney's passionate, thoroughly researched  volume
answers these questions with an urgent "yes." A former American  Prospect
writer who is making hi .....


Clearly Mooney raises  some serious issues about government science
policy

Dr. Mark H.  Shapiro
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
California State University,  Fullerton

https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/archives/2005/09_2005/msg00045.html

previous  in thread:

The subject line is absurd. The is no more a Republican  "War" on
science then there is a Democratic "war" to turn the  country
socialist. These are positions taken by extremists on both  sides
and we must guard against ALL of this nonsense.
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   You might note that both the socialist nonsense and the  attack on 
science have the same source, extremists in the Republican party. The  current 
GOP is a little short on Eisenhower types these days. The point here is  that 
it's accurate to call it a Republican war on science because sane moderate  
Republicans have gone the way of the Dodo bird. Even the so called moderate  
Republicans when evaluated in terms of the GOP 20 years ago are quite right 
 wing. A similar thing has happened in the Democratic party which has moved 
 sharply to the right. The shift from Cheney to Obama has been seamless and 
very  little has changed in fundamental policies though the rhetoric is 
different. But  while the Democrats don't make war on science they are just as 
prone to ignore  it to keep their corporate masters happy.
 
   Bob Zannelli 
 
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I was amused that your link led to a radio station from  the
People's Republic of Berkely   :-)

Bob at  PC


Oh, It was I who originated that  thread!


bc




On 2009, Nov 02, , at 15:05, Bernard  Cleyet wrote:

> I stole the subject (above) from the book by Chris  Mooney.
>
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republican_War_on_Science

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