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On Apr 20, 11:47 am, Billy > wrote:

> The Republican War on Science
> by Chris Mooney
> <http://www.amazon.com/Republican-War...dp/B000WCNU44/
> ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303314335&sr=1-1>
> --
> - Billy
>

Thanks! It says it all...

"The Republican War on Science"

Thomas Jefferson would be appalled. More than two centuries after he
helped to shape a government based on the idea that reason and
technological advancement would propel the new United States into a
glorious future, the political party that now controls that government
has largely turned its back on science. Even as the country and the
planet face both scientifically complex threats and remarkable
technological opportunities, many Republican officeholders reject the
most reliable sources of information and analysis available to guide
the nation. As inconceivable as it would have been to Jefferson--and
as dismaying as it is to growing legions of today's scientists--large
swaths of the government in Washington are now in the hands of people
who don't know what science is. More ominously, some of those in power
may grasp how research works but nonetheless are willing to subvert
science's knowledge and expert opinion for short-term political and
economic gains. That is the thesis of The Republican War on Science,
by Chris Mooney, one of the few journalists in the country who
specialize in the now dangerous intersection of science and politics.
His book is a well-researched, closely argued and amply referenced
indictment of the right wing's assault on science and scientists.
Mooney's chronicle of what he calls "science abuse" begins in the
1970s with Richard Nixon and picks up steam with Ronald Reagan. But
both pale in comparison to the current Bush administration, which in
four years has: * Rejected the scientific consensus on global warming
and suppressed an EPA report supporting that consensus.
* Stacked numerous advisory committees with industry representatives
and members of the religious Right.
* Begun deploying a missile defense system without evidence that it
can work.
* Banned funding for embryonic stem cell research except on a claimed
60 cell lines already in existence, most of which turned out not to
exist.
* Forced the National Cancer Institute to say that abortion may cause
breast cancer, a claim refuted by good studies.
* Ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to remove
information about condom use and efficacy from its Web site. Mooney
explores these and many other examples, including George W. Bush's
support for creationism. In almost every instance, Republican leaders
have branded the scientific mainstream as purveyors of "junk science"
and dubbed an extremist viewpoint--always at the end of the spectrum
favoring big business or the religious Right--"sound science."

http://www.amazon.com/Republican-War...dp/B000WCNU44/