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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2005-04-12

"[...] today's Republican Party - increasingly dominated by people who believe truth should be determined by revelation, not research - doesn't respect science, or scholarship in general. It shouldn't be surprising that scholars have returned the favor by losing respect for the Republican Party." -- Paul Krugman, 2005-04-05 (thanks to [livejournal.com profile] enegim for pointing out the column)

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posted by [identity profile] vvalkyri.livejournal.com at 01:41pm on 2005-04-12
Another friend posted a huge set of links in response to that; he's friends only but maybe I can score the links.
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posted by [identity profile] vvalkyri.livejournal.com at 01:47pm on 2005-04-12
Ah, here we go. Wasn't in response to that, but was detailing a number of times when large numbers of people in any given field have had something to say about this administration.

Many of your readers have seen this before; it's originally from BobHarris.com:

59 former U.S. diplomats from the last six administrations -- Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush the Slightly Saner, and Clinton -- have signed an open letter condemning the nomination of John Bolton, a man who is on record
condemning the United Nations, as America's new UN ambassador.

We can add this to previous, similar open letters from:

49 U.S. generals and admirals, criticizing Bush's emphasis on missile defense

650 foreign affairs experts, insisting Bush's Iraq war will only create more terrorism

60 top scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, tired of Bush's constant distortion of science

169 leading economists, explaining why Bush's economic policies cannot work long-term

36 leading pediatricians, condemning the Bush record on child care

300 groups including people from 56 countries, criticizing Bush's stance on UN HIV-control policy

9 major human rights groups, condemning Bush's record on torture

10 former CIA staffers, demanding a full Congressional investigation of the Plame leak

and so on. Over and over, people with direct knowledge and experience are appalled whenever Bush touches their world.

I remain convinced that no one on Earth can possibly be this consistently, nonsensically incompetent regarding virtually every issue by accident.

This isn't a government. It's Dada performance art.
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posted by [identity profile] merde.livejournal.com at 05:35pm on 2005-04-12
oooh, that's a really good one.
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