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In response to Tony Mazzaschi's Boston Globe article I, as person who has taken a few oaths of office, including Federal, State and County oaths, I do remember that I was to defend the Constitution of the United States; I do not recall any oath that asked for loyalty to a particular person. If I am missing something, please let me know. Bernie Barber -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ervin McCarthy Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 2:51 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Science fights back To Ray and list: does anyone on the list have knowledge of Dr.Radar or Dr.Morales? I am considering stem cell injection. Any information would be helpful. Ervin ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:35 PM Subject: Science fights back > >From Saturday's Boston Globe. He is a regular columnist. > > Tony Mazzaschi > AAMC > > Science starts to fight back > By Derrick Z. Jackson | March 24, 2007 > > PRESIDENT BUSH'S war on science continues to disintegrate into unstable > elements. > > In a hearing before the Senate, Elias Zerhouni, the director of the > National > Institutes of Health, came out unequivocally for stem cell research. This > was big news. When Zerhouni was appointed by Bush in 2002, some scientists > were concerned about how much the Johns Hopkins researcher who advocated > "unimpeded progress" in stem cell research had compromised himself to get > the job. > > In a New Yorker article in 2004, Stanford stem cell research pioneer Irv > Weissman recounted a meeting with Zerhouni and the NIH's stem cell task > force leader, James Battey. In the meeting, Weissman offered a scenario of > using cell lines from diabetics to fight diabetes. Weissman was told it > could not happen under Bush's current rules. Battey later told The New > Yorker, "We're not policymakers. We inform policymakers. And the policy, > of > course, is not made solely based upon scientific input." > > This week, Zerhouni went against his boss and stood up for scientific > input. > "American science would be better served and the nation would be better > served if we let our scientists have access to more cell lines." He > compared > stem cell research in the 21st century to computers and the information > revolution of the 20th century. "It's basically the software of life that > we're talking about. . . . I think it is important for us not to fight > with > one hand tied behind our back." > > The White House, the one that has been saying it's waiting for "sound > science" for six years, responded like an ostrich. Spokesman Tony Fratto > said Bush has always exercised "careful and thoughtful deliberation" on > stem > cells. Fratto said, "The president has to balance the moral and scientific > considerations of this nation." > > Even if Americans, by as high as a 68 percent to 27 percent difference in > a > 2006 Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, favor expanding federal funding > for > stem cell research. > > In another hearing before the House, Philip Cooney, the former chief of > staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, was grilled as > to > why he made hundreds of edits to climate reports. The edits downplayed the > human role in global warming. Cooney was a lobbyist for the oil industry > (the "climate team leader" at the American Petroleum Institute) before > being > hired by Bush and became a lobbyist for Exxon Mobil after resigning, > following the first reports of his editing in 2005. > > The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by > Democrat > Henry Waxman of California, released scores of those edits this week. In > an > Environmental Protection Agency draft report on the environment, Cooney > deleted: "Climate change has global consequences for human health and the > environment." > > He also deleted a sentence that said, "The National Research Council > concluded that 'Greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere as a > result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and > subsurface > ocean temperatures to rise.' " He substituted in its place, "Some > activities > emit greenhouse gases and other substances that directly or indirectly may > affect the balance of incoming and outgoing radiation, thereby potentially > affecting climate on regional and global scales." > > Anyone fall asleep yet? That was Cooney's purpose. > > Waxman asked Cooney, "Aren't the edits you were making exactly the types > of > changes the Petroleum Institute would have made to these reports?" > > Cooney ultimately responded, "When I came to the White House, my > loyalties -- my sole loyalties -- were to the president and his > administration." Of course, that was really easy for him to say since > Republican causes have received about 80 percent of the $104 million in > political contributions from his pre-Bush and post-Bush industry, the oil > lobby, going back to the 2000 elections, according to the Center for > Responsive Politics. > > Unlike Zerhouni, Cooney is not a scientist. It was Cooney's political job > to > keep one hand tied behind America's back. He was just a Bush bully of > science. With real researchers putting up both their dukes, the bullies > seem > much more like 100-pound weaklings. > > Derrick Z. 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