Holy Diver

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032107N.shtml

Scientist Accuses White House of "Nazi" Tactics
By Joel Havemann
The Los Angeles Times

Monday 19 March 2007

Washington - A government scientist, under sharp questioning by a federal panel for his outspoken views on global warming, stood by his view today that the Bush administration's information policies smacked of Nazi Germany.

James Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, took particular issue with the administration's rule that a government information officer listen in on his interviews with reporters and its refusal to allow him to be interviewed by National Public Radio.

"This is the United States," Hansen told the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee. "We do have freedom of speech here."

But Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista) said it was reasonable for Hansen's employer to ask him not to state views publicly that contradicted administration policy.

"I am concerned that many scientists are increasingly engaging in political advocacy and that some issues of science have become increasingly partisan as some politicians sense that there is a political gain to be found on issues like stem cells, teaching evolution and climate change," Issa said.

BelichickFan

Not allowing freedom of speech (which isn't happening in this case, but if it were), is a minor irritation compared to the bigger issues of the Nazis. People who keep comparing this administration to that of the Nazis are doing nothing but embarassing themselves.

Now, if Bush would just round up all Democrats and . . . well, never mind.

PressCoverage

yeah, we'll nevermind...

once again, read Italian philosopher Umberto Eco's 14 Tenets of Fascism, and tell me how many don't apply to this current "Faith-based" administration... while I won't call them Nazis, i will gladly point out striking similarities between our slow destruction of open society, and Nazi Germany's swift one...

patsfan13

When you work at a job your employer has the right to set the parameters for talking with the press as a representative of the organization. This happens in most jobs in this country. Besides he has been all over the press for years,

The part of his resume that is bothersome is his taking $250,000 from Heinz Kerry's foundation and campaigning for her Hubby after this gratuity. Why are public employee's getting a quarter million for a partisan advocacy group?

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

wistahpatsfan

Good one!

I don't like the Nazi anaology for anything except for Hirohito, Khan, or Euro-Americans in regards to the Indians. Whenever a comparison is made that is way out of whack with the scale of things, it sounds stupid, like when Saddam or the Iranian President are compared to Hitler. No comparison.

3 to be 4

So the problems behind the way the Bush Administration mishandles itself is due to "faith-based" reasons? Cant be they just are incompetant and corrupt?
Why waste getting a good anti-Christian shot in, right?

Deus Irae

You and I should experience this sort of censorship:

http://www2.islandpacket.com/politic...als_censorship


Seriously, people need to stop taking high level liberals at their word. They lie or distort pretty much every time their lips move.

Fogbuster

Partisan hackery is the only identity they know. Talk about dinosaurs.




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PressCoverage

that's a stretch... i AM a Christian... just not in step with their peculiar take on being a Christian... i see a striking difference in being a real, honest Christian, and being a fanatical fascist Christian...

to answer your other question, yes they ARE also incompetent and corrupt...

Harry Boy

One of liberalisms favorite tactics is to attack viciously, dirty and cruel then if their hated enemy attempts to fight back they run squealing and wimpering to mommy accusing the enemy of being "JUSY LIKE THEM" DIRTY.

This new breed of liberal democrat is very dangerous to America, they aren't interested in you, they have lost all their interest in their favorite passtime (helping the poor) they have forgotten all about 9/11 and protecting the country, they have one thing and one thing only on their rotten little minds that being, DESTROY BUSH, GET BUSH, CRUCIFY BUSH AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY, RUIN HIS LIFE, RUIN HIS DOGS LIFE.

THIS IS A GOOD THING, AMERICA ALWAYS STANDS WITH THE UNDERDOG, GEORGE BUSH IS NOW BECOMING THE UNDERDOG AND THE DEMOCRATS THEMSELVES HAVE CAUSED IT WITH THEIR UNFORGIVING HATRED, THEY WILL NEVER GET OVER THE HUMILIATION OF BEING BEATEN TWICE BY THE MAN THEY CONSIDERED A MORON, THEY LOST TWICE TO THE SAME MORON.

IF A MORON OUTSMARTS YOU WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOU?
This is Gore after the election-------->

This is Kerry after the election------->


This is Bush after both elections----->

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Harry Boy (Genius)

In The Absence Of Law And Order Society Will Surely Destroy Itself