Fw: CLG 4000 scientists, 400 legal scholars...4 calling birds, 48 Nobel Laureates, 27 diplomats,... and a partridge in a pear tree!

June 30, 2004

The defiance of science --More than 4,000 scientists have signed a petition

accusing George Bush of twisting their work to further his political agenda.

Andrew Buncombe investigates the war between the White House and the men in

white coats. " Critics say that the administration has adopted three

strategies to twist facts. The first is to manipulate the membership of

advisory committees, stacking them with people who share its views... The

second strategy is simply to misrepresent the truth... The final strategy,

outlined by Martin McKee and Thomas Novotny in an article in the European

Journal of Public Health , is to block funding for controversial issues. "

400 legal scholars urge Congress to impeach Bush, regime officials Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., appearing Wednesday with law professors who want

Congress to consider impeaching Dictator Bush over the Iraqi prisoner abuse,

declined to endorse the idea himself. The professors presented a letter

signed by more than 400 legal scholars urging members of the House and

Senate to consider impeaching the dictator and any high level regime

officials who approved the Iraqi prisoner abuses.

Nobel Winners Back Kerry, Say Bush Ignores Science Democrat John Kerry

picked up the endorsement on Monday of 48 Nobel Prize-winning scientists who

attacked Dictator Bush for " compromising our future " by shortchanging

scientific research.

Bush Censure by Envoys May Be a First, Historians Say

The statement by 27 former diplomats and military officers on Wednesday

calling for the defeat of U.S. President George W. Bush may be unprecedented

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John Hoaglund, Research Associate

The Pennsylvania State University

Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

2217 Earth-Engineering Sciences

University Park, PA 16802-6813

(814) 865-4792

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