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Protest Bush Administration's Misuse of Science

Target: US Senators and Representatives
Sponsor: Bush GreenWatch, BushGreenwatch.org
  • Signatures: 15,156
  • Goal: 10,000
  • Deadline: 2-25-2005
What do 60 of the world's most influential scientists* have in common?
They all agree that the Bush administration has systematically distorted scientific fact to meet its political goals on issues ranging from military intelligence to health to the environment and more.
* Including 20 Nobel laureates, 19 recipients of the National Medal of Science and two former Republican presidential advisors.

According to these scientists, President Bush and his administration have:
  • deliberately stacked advisory panels with political appointees
  • censored and disregarded government scientists and reports when they conflict with the administration's political goals
  • disbanded scientific panels whose advice conflicted with Bush administration policies.
Even worse, a recent Pentagon report leaked to the British press predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. Thus far, the President has skirted all global attempts to curb the phenomenon and until recently denied that global warming was real.

Help maintain public trust in sound science and its implementation in public policy. Urge your representatives to insist that congressional science committees investigate.

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Number Date Name State Country Your comments for your Senators and Representatives
15,163 4:10 pm PDT, Aug 19 Aaron Litwak Washington United States 'President' Bush is the worst president in this country's history. Everything he touches turns to anti-matter. Everything he says is a lie. Of course, he did say he was going to change the tone in Washington. And he has! For the worse. To the worst.
15,162 2:34 pm PDT, Oct 5 Anonymous Colorado United States  
15,161 5:41 pm PDT, Jul 26 Felicita Luna New York United States  
15,160 7:42 pm PDT, May 23 Lynn Ashworth California United States  
15,159 10:49 am PDT, May 23 Antoinette McGetrick Arizona United States  
15,158 9:44 am PDT, May 23 Frank Yaccino Florida United States  
15,157 9:54 pm PDT, May 22 Vincent Troilo Connecticut United States  
15,156 6:31 pm PDT, May 22 Jennifer Buscema New York United States  
15,155 9:42 am PDT, May 22 megan Bradley Washington United States Bush is the biggest failure this country has ever seen. His actions are disgraceful and he should have been impeached a LONG time ago.
15,154 7:34 am PDT, May 22 Christopher Johnson Virginia United States  
15,153 9:23 pm PDT, May 21 Anonymous California United States  
15,152 5:40 pm PDT, May 21 Walt Howard North Carolina United States  
15,151 2:37 pm PDT, May 21 mariamne wulfsohn California United States  
15,150 2:04 pm PDT, May 21 Raymond Linnastruth California United States  
15,149 2:03 pm PDT, May 20 Nissa Guest California United States  
15,148 10:24 am PDT, May 20 Pamela Light New York United States  
15,147 10:15 am PDT, May 20 Sadie Wilson California United States  
15,146 10:26 pm PDT, May 19 Trond Lovdal Florida United States The congressional science committees has a duty to the American people to carry out investigations into how the the Bush administration has systematically distorted scientific facts to meet its political goals on issues ranging from military intelligence to health to the environment and more. Not to do so would be neglecting the duties our elected representative have to their constituents. Therefore, I urge you to start investigating Bush on his abuse and misuse of sciense.
15,145 11:23 am PDT, May 19 Spencer Hamilton Michigan United States This president is by far the biggest disgrace this country has ever seen in the white house...shameful!!!
15,144 6:23 am PDT, May 19 Tara Elwell California United States  
15,143 1:34 pm PDT, May 18 Charlene Nicholson Kentucky United States  
15,142 11:33 am PDT, May 18 iyanola josephmenard California United States won't somebody stop the madness!! Hopefully the next dictator of our country will care about the earth!
15,141 10:18 am PDT, May 18 Lisa Carroll Florida United States  
15,140 6:27 am PDT, May 18 Jennifer Reed New Jersey United States  
15,139 11:34 pm PDT, May 17 Summer Griffin California United States  
15,138 6:35 am PDT, May 17 Sandy Zisser New York United States  
15,137 9:42 pm PDT, May 16 Stephen Thomason Georgia United States  
15,136 6:27 pm PDT, May 16 Stephanie Sullivan Massachusetts United States The Bush Administration did the wrong thing by avoiding the root of real problems when they should have solved them responsibly. It's time for them to mend the damage and live up to their expectations.
15,135 3:15 pm PDT, May 16 Anonymous Georgia United States  
15,134 12:16 pm PDT, May 16 S. Mahaffey California United States  
15,133 7:16 am PDT, May 16 laura v stubbs South Carolina United States The Bush administration has consistantly shown us that they care nothing for the people of this country, only for thier own political and monetary gain.
15,132 9:07 pm PDT, May 15 kirk hemmens Missouri United States We exprienced a coup in 1964 when John F.Kennedy was assasinated. Please try to pick up the treasure and goals JFK had for our countrty.The path is becoming overgrown.Stop the military Indutrial Complex,big oil and big pharma.
15,131 6:15 pm PDT, May 15 Luke Green California United States  
15,130 8:09 am PDT, May 15 Nick Hatch Illinois United States  
15,129 12:29 am PDT, May 15 Debbie J Pruiett Georgia United States  
15,128 7:55 pm PDT, May 14 joseph kostinko Nevada United States  
15,127 5:12 pm PDT, May 14 David Harwick Illinois United States  
15,126 3:18 pm PDT, May 14 Anonymous Pennsylvania United States  
15,125 12:55 am PDT, May 14 Anonymous Washington United States  
15,124 9:10 pm PDT, May 13 Nicole Dorer Maryland United States  
15,123 7:48 pm PDT, May 13 Joe Spenner Oregon United States They are both extreme and should study the long span of the Earth's existence to see there are occasional swings in the temperature. Why not concentrate of development of the perfect invention; THE MOTIONLESS ELECTROMAGNETIC GENERATOR? We know heat pumps take heat from the air; five American scientist studyied the mathamatics of Nicola Tesla and found several minor errors, which they corrected and found a wonderful method of tapping into the magnetic field of the earth. Type the title in the search box to get a copy of their patent! Energy from bloody-oil has become OBSOLETE!
15,122 3:59 pm PDT, May 13 Anonymous   Malaysia  
15,121 8:02 am PDT, May 13 Anonymous   Australia  
15,120 2:04 pm PDT, May 12 Michelina Kelly New Jersey United States  
15,119 12:42 pm PDT, May 12 Amanda Cromwell Illinois United States  
15,118 7:37 am PDT, May 12 Paul Procter Florida United States  
15,117 7:51 pm PDT, May 11 Elise Hunter South Carolina United States  
15,116 12:53 pm PDT, May 11 Liang Hao Zhao New York United States  
15,115 11:36 pm PDT, May 10 Molly Lang Missouri United States  
15,114 9:55 pm PDT, May 10 Sarah Eubank Virginia United States  
15,113 8:56 pm PDT, May 10 Gary Schneider Missouri United States Some people will do anything for the almighty dollar
15,112 12:05 pm PDT, May 10 Michaela Niermann California United States  
15,111 10:27 am PDT, May 10 Soozin Chandler California United States  
15,110 7:54 am PDT, May 10 Liza Kovac   Canada  
15,109 7:27 am PDT, May 10 Jacqueline Raffle New York United States  
15,108 2:46 pm PDT, May 9 Anatolijus Ivanovas   Lithuania  
15,107 2:24 pm PDT, May 9 Michael Trueblood Arizona United States  
15,106 1:05 pm PDT, May 9 Anonymous Wisconsin United States  
15,105 12:30 pm PDT, May 9 john wade Alabama United States  
15,104 8:35 am PDT, May 9 Lisa Kirschman Pennsylvania United States  
15,103 7:42 pm PDT, May 8 Charlie Dyrsten Colorado United States  
15,102 4:13 pm PDT, May 8 Tiffany Guthrie California United States  
15,101 6:50 am PDT, May 8 Daniel Goldman New York United States  

Protest Bush Administration's Misuse of Science

Dear Senator/Representative:

I am very concerned about the Bush administration’s manipulation of and disregard for science to meet its conservative political agenda.

More than 60 leading scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, 19 recipients of the National Medal of Science and two former Republican presidential advisors, recently issued an open letter stating that this administration has systematically distorted fact to meet its political goals on the environment, health, biomedical research, and nuclear weapons both at home and abroad.

The administration has repeatedly suppressed and censored reports by its own scientists and stacked advisory panels with political appointees. This behavior is not only outrageous – it is dangerous, and threatens not only our environment and health, but our national security and international relations.

President Bush and his administration must restore the integrity of science in the policy-making process. I urge you to take this report and the words of our leading scientists very seriously. Do all that you can to ensure that qualified scientists, not industry insiders, give direction to our nations policies.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to your response.

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