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10 Mar 2007 03:38:50 PM |
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Li'l Georgie Bush has got this thing about polar bears, ya see |
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2345429.ece
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Don't mention the polar bears, Bush tells US scientists
By Steve Connor
The Bush Administration has been accused once again of gagging US
government scientists by getting them to agree not to talk about polar
bears, sea ice and climate change during official overseas trips.
A leaked memorandum issued by a regional director of the US Department
of the Interior states that officials within the US Fish and Wildlife
Service will limit their discussions when travelling in countries
bordering the Arctic region because of sensitivities about climate
change.
"This traveller understands the administration's position on climate
change, polar bears and sea ice and will not be speaking on or
responding to these issues," says the memo from the regional director
Richard Hannon to his boss, the director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
It is not the first time that US government officials have been
accused to trying to gag scientists on climate change.
James Hansen, the director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies and a world authority on the climate, complained last year
that public relations officials appointed by the Bush Administration
had tried to limit his access to the media.
The memorandum from Mr Hannon was criticised by the Natural Resources
Defence Council in Washington, which wants the US Department of
Interior to list the polar bear as an endangered species because of
the projected loss of sea ice in the Arctic over the coming century.
"This memo has got to be put into the wider context of what President
Bush has done to stifle debate on global warming over the last six
years," said a council spokesman, Eben Burnham-Snyder.
"The Bush Administration has a long history of restricting scientific
discourse on global warming's impacts and solutions. This continued
restriction hampers our experts' ability to do their job effectively
and aggressively deal with our global warming challenge."
A leaked e-mail from Mr Hannon to his staff warned that any future
overseas trips involving or potentially involving climate change, sea
ice or polar bears will require an official statement on who in the
delegation will be the official spokesman.
_________________________________________________
Apparently chimps and polars bears don't get along.
Harry
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| User: "NosmoKing-" |
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10 Mar 2007 06:43:14 PM |
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Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in
news:6b96v2paj9rsdsg8t091glbn41k90umhhp@4ax.com:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2345429.ece
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Don't mention the polar bears, Bush tells US scientists
By Steve Connor
The Bush Administration has been accused once again of gagging US
government scientists by getting them to agree not to talk about polar
bears, sea ice and climate change during official overseas trips.
A leaked memorandum issued by a regional director of the US Department
of the Interior states that officials within the US Fish and Wildlife
Service will limit their discussions when travelling in countries
bordering the Arctic region because of sensitivities about climate
change.
"This traveller understands the administration's position on climate
change, polar bears and sea ice and will not be speaking on or
responding to these issues," says the memo from the regional director
Richard Hannon to his boss, the director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
It is not the first time that US government officials have been
accused to trying to gag scientists on climate change.
James Hansen, the director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies and a world authority on the climate, complained last year
that public relations officials appointed by the Bush Administration
had tried to limit his access to the media.
The memorandum from Mr Hannon was criticised by the Natural Resources
Defence Council in Washington, which wants the US Department of
Interior to list the polar bear as an endangered species because of
the projected loss of sea ice in the Arctic over the coming century.
"This memo has got to be put into the wider context of what President
Bush has done to stifle debate on global warming over the last six
years," said a council spokesman, Eben Burnham-Snyder.
"The Bush Administration has a long history of restricting scientific
discourse on global warming's impacts and solutions. This continued
restriction hampers our experts' ability to do their job effectively
and aggressively deal with our global warming challenge."
A leaked e-mail from Mr Hannon to his staff warned that any future
overseas trips involving or potentially involving climate change, sea
ice or polar bears will require an official statement on who in the
delegation will be the official spokesman.
_________________________________________________
Apparently chimps and polars bears don't get along.
Harry
This is going to play right into Stephen Colberts hands!
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| User: "Jerry Kraus" |
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| Title: Re: Li'l Georgie Bush has got this thing about polar bears, ya see |
10 Mar 2007 04:05:15 PM |
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On Mar 10, 3:38 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2345429.ece
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Don't mention the polar bears, Bush tells US scientists
By Steve Connor
The Bush Administration has been accused once again of gagging US
government scientists by getting them to agree not to talk about polar
bears, sea ice and climate change during official overseas trips.
A leaked memorandum issued by a regional director of the US Department
of the Interior states that officials within the US Fish and Wildlife
Service will limit their discussions when travelling in countries
bordering the Arctic region because of sensitivities about climate
change.
"This traveller understands the administration's position on climate
change, polar bears and sea ice and will not be speaking on or
responding to these issues," says the memo from the regional director
Richard Hannon to his boss, the director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
It is not the first time that US government officials have been
accused to trying to gag scientists on climate change.
James Hansen, the director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies and a world authority on the climate, complained last year
that public relations officials appointed by the Bush Administration
had tried to limit his access to the media.
The memorandum from Mr Hannon was criticised by the Natural Resources
Defence Council in Washington, which wants the US Department of
Interior to list the polar bear as an endangered species because of
the projected loss of sea ice in the Arctic over the coming century.
"This memo has got to be put into the wider context of what President
Bush has done to stifle debate on global warming over the last six
years," said a council spokesman, Eben Burnham-Snyder.
"The Bush Administration has a long history of restricting scientific
discourse on global warming's impacts and solutions. This continued
restriction hampers our experts' ability to do their job effectively
and aggressively deal with our global warming challenge."
A leaked e-mail from Mr Hannon to his staff warned that any future
overseas trips involving or potentially involving climate change, sea
ice or polar bears will require an official statement on who in the
delegation will be the official spokesman.
_________________________________________________
Apparently chimps and polars bears don't get along.
Harry
Or, maybe global warming is nonsense? Even Bush is right about some
things. Green-Zombie propaganda can be effective even when it's pure
fantasy, at times. Why encourage them?
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| User: "Kevin Alfred Scum" |
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| Title: Re: Li'l Georgie Bush has got this thing about polar bears, ya see |
10 Mar 2007 05:22:49 PM |
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"Jerry Kraus" <jkraus_1999@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1173564315.477194.175080@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 10, 3:38 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2345429.ece
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Don't mention the polar bears, Bush tells US scientists
By Steve Connor
The Bush Administration has been accused once again of gagging US
government scientists by getting them to agree not to talk about polar
bears, sea ice and climate change during official overseas trips.
A leaked memorandum issued by a regional director of the US Department
of the Interior states that officials within the US Fish and Wildlife
Service will limit their discussions when travelling in countries
bordering the Arctic region because of sensitivities about climate
change.
"This traveller understands the administration's position on climate
change, polar bears and sea ice and will not be speaking on or
responding to these issues," says the memo from the regional director
Richard Hannon to his boss, the director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
It is not the first time that US government officials have been
accused to trying to gag scientists on climate change.
James Hansen, the director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies and a world authority on the climate, complained last year
that public relations officials appointed by the Bush Administration
had tried to limit his access to the media.
The memorandum from Mr Hannon was criticised by the Natural Resources
Defence Council in Washington, which wants the US Department of
Interior to list the polar bear as an endangered species because of
the projected loss of sea ice in the Arctic over the coming century.
"This memo has got to be put into the wider context of what President
Bush has done to stifle debate on global warming over the last six
years," said a council spokesman, Eben Burnham-Snyder.
"The Bush Administration has a long history of restricting scientific
discourse on global warming's impacts and solutions. This continued
restriction hampers our experts' ability to do their job effectively
and aggressively deal with our global warming challenge."
A leaked e-mail from Mr Hannon to his staff warned that any future
overseas trips involving or potentially involving climate change, sea
ice or polar bears will require an official statement on who in the
delegation will be the official spokesman.
_________________________________________________
Apparently chimps and polars bears don't get along.
Harry
Or, maybe global warming is nonsense?
More likely, you're an idiot.
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| User: "Lefty" |
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| Title: Re: Li'l Georgie Bush has got this thing about polar bears, ya see |
10 Mar 2007 05:58:26 PM |
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"Jerry Kraus" <jkraus_1999@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1173564315.477194.175080@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 10, 3:38 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2345429.ece
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Don't mention the polar bears, Bush tells US scientists
By Steve Connor
The Bush Administration has been accused once again of gagging US
government scientists by getting them to agree not to talk about polar
bears, sea ice and climate change during official overseas trips.
A leaked memorandum issued by a regional director of the US Department
of the Interior states that officials within the US Fish and Wildlife
Service will limit their discussions when travelling in countries
bordering the Arctic region because of sensitivities about climate
change.
"This traveller understands the administration's position on climate
change, polar bears and sea ice and will not be speaking on or
responding to these issues," says the memo from the regional director
Richard Hannon to his boss, the director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
It is not the first time that US government officials have been
accused to trying to gag scientists on climate change.
James Hansen, the director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies and a world authority on the climate, complained last year
that public relations officials appointed by the Bush Administration
had tried to limit his access to the media.
The memorandum from Mr Hannon was criticised by the Natural Resources
Defence Council in Washington, which wants the US Department of
Interior to list the polar bear as an endangered species because of
the projected loss of sea ice in the Arctic over the coming century.
"This memo has got to be put into the wider context of what President
Bush has done to stifle debate on global warming over the last six
years," said a council spokesman, Eben Burnham-Snyder.
"The Bush Administration has a long history of restricting scientific
discourse on global warming's impacts and solutions. This continued
restriction hampers our experts' ability to do their job effectively
and aggressively deal with our global warming challenge."
A leaked e-mail from Mr Hannon to his staff warned that any future
overseas trips involving or potentially involving climate change, sea
ice or polar bears will require an official statement on who in the
delegation will be the official spokesman.
_________________________________________________
Apparently chimps and polars bears don't get along.
Harry
Or, maybe global warming is nonsense? Even Bush is right about some
things. Green-Zombie propaganda can be effective even when it's pure
fantasy, at times. Why encourage them?
You're supposed to be dressed in a loincloth and feathers when you do the
incantation.
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| User: "Scotius" |
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| Title: Re: Li'l Georgie Bush has got this thing about polar bears, ya see |
13 Mar 2007 12:09:10 PM |
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On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:38:50 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2345429.ece
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Don't mention the polar bears, Bush tells US scientists
By Steve Connor
The Bush Administration has been accused once again of gagging US
government scientists by getting them to agree not to talk about polar
bears, sea ice and climate change during official overseas trips.
A leaked memorandum issued by a regional director of the US Department
of the Interior states that officials within the US Fish and Wildlife
Service will limit their discussions when travelling in countries
bordering the Arctic region because of sensitivities about climate
change.
"This traveller understands the administration's position on climate
change, polar bears and sea ice and will not be speaking on or
responding to these issues," says the memo from the regional director
Richard Hannon to his boss, the director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Of course, Bush would be all behind this, but this doesn't
change that he didn't actually give the order. So sensitive are the
Dems to the need for any potential voters, they're willing to let the
people who distributed this memo get away with no trouble at all? Sad.
Anyway, I'm sure there are inumerable ways in which this is
illegal. That ought to be investigated.
It is not the first time that US government officials have been
accused to trying to gag scientists on climate change.
James Hansen, the director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies and a world authority on the climate, complained last year
that public relations officials appointed by the Bush Administration
had tried to limit his access to the media.
Well, if he shoots them, they won't try it again. Still all in
favor of gun control?
The memorandum from Mr Hannon was criticised by the Natural Resources
Defence Council in Washington, which wants the US Department of
Interior to list the polar bear as an endangered species because of
the projected loss of sea ice in the Arctic over the coming century.
"This memo has got to be put into the wider context of what President
Bush has done to stifle debate on global warming over the last six
years," said a council spokesman, Eben Burnham-Snyder.
"The Bush Administration has a long history of restricting scientific
discourse on global warming's impacts and solutions. This continued
restriction hampers our experts' ability to do their job effectively
and aggressively deal with our global warming challenge."
A leaked e-mail from Mr Hannon to his staff warned that any future
overseas trips involving or potentially involving climate change, sea
ice or polar bears will require an official statement on who in the
delegation will be the official spokesman.
_________________________________________________
Apparently chimps and polars bears don't get along.
Harry
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| User: "Scotius" |
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| Title: Re: Li'l Georgie Bush has got this thing about polar bears, ya see |
13 Mar 2007 11:22:49 AM |
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On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:38:50 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2345429.ece
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Don't mention the polar bears, Bush tells US scientists
No kidding. People will hem and haw if someone says global
warming is a reality, and someone else says "No it's not!". If they
see photos of polar bears drowning though, they'll be ready to shoot
Bush and anyone else who says that nothing needs to be done.
By Steve Connor
The Bush Administration has been accused once again of gagging US
government scientists by getting them to agree not to talk about polar
bears, sea ice and climate change during official overseas trips.
A leaked memorandum issued by a regional director of the US Department
of the Interior states that officials within the US Fish and Wildlife
Service will limit their discussions when travelling in countries
bordering the Arctic region because of sensitivities about climate
change.
"This traveller understands the administration's position on climate
change, polar bears and sea ice and will not be speaking on or
responding to these issues," says the memo from the regional director
Richard Hannon to his boss, the director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
It is not the first time that US government officials have been
accused to trying to gag scientists on climate change.
James Hansen, the director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies and a world authority on the climate, complained last year
that public relations officials appointed by the Bush Administration
had tried to limit his access to the media.
The memorandum from Mr Hannon was criticised by the Natural Resources
Defence Council in Washington, which wants the US Department of
Interior to list the polar bear as an endangered species because of
the projected loss of sea ice in the Arctic over the coming century.
"This memo has got to be put into the wider context of what President
Bush has done to stifle debate on global warming over the last six
years," said a council spokesman, Eben Burnham-Snyder.
"The Bush Administration has a long history of restricting scientific
discourse on global warming's impacts and solutions. This continued
restriction hampers our experts' ability to do their job effectively
and aggressively deal with our global warming challenge."
A leaked e-mail from Mr Hannon to his staff warned that any future
overseas trips involving or potentially involving climate change, sea
ice or polar bears will require an official statement on who in the
delegation will be the official spokesman.
_________________________________________________
Apparently chimps and polars bears don't get along.
Harry
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