Posthuman Blues

Scientists horrified by Bush's Bad Science

"The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), in a new report, has again expressed its feeling of 'embarrassment and disgust' over the way the Bush administration uses - or misuses - science when making policy decisions. The scientists have found that the administration often ignores the recommendations of advisory panels and 'suppresses, distorts and manipulates' scientific work. In particular, the group is concerned about Bad Science affecting environment, emergency contraception and endangered species policies."

I love the irony. Bush -- a born-again "pro-life" right-winger who converses personally with Jesus -- is ignoring ecological concerns that promise to render Earth unliveable at the same time he hinders attempts at contraception. Evidently we wants today's children to inherit a ravaged, polluted shithouse of a planet.