Oh my god, there are so many examples of times that the Bush administration has quashed real scientific work. For an excellent summary of what is being done people should read Robert Kennedy Jr.'s book "Crimes Against Nature". Chapter 5, "Science Fiction" describes what is happeing in science. I will start watching for NEW examples and post them here.

From the latest issue of "Sierra" magazine:

Fishy Science - Why bother learning anything new if you've already made up your mind? That seems to be the philosophy of Dale Hall, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Southwest regional director, who in January directed staff biologists charged with protecting endangered species not to use any new genetic data discovered since a species was first listed. Critics of the decision include 163 scientists who called on Hall to rescind the policy. In July, President Bush announced he was nominating Hall to head the agency.

eddy out, redboat