White House alters CDC climate testimony

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

White House alters CDC climate testimony By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer
38 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - The White House significantly edited testimony prepared for a Senate hearing on the impact of climate change on health, deleting key portions citing diseases that could flourish in a warmer climate, documents obtained by The Associated Press showed Wednesday.

The White House on Wednesday denied that it had "watered down" the congressional testimony that Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had given the day before to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

But a draft of the testimony submitted for White House review shows that six pages of details about specific disease and other health problems that might flourish if the Earth warms were not delivered at the hearing.

Gerberding on Wednesday downplayed the significance of the changes made in her prepared text saying she never felt she was being censored and that she was free to go beyond her text — and did when testifying. "I was absolutely happy with my testimony in Congress. We finally had a chance to go and say what we though was important," she said at a luncheon appearance in Atlanta.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/global_warming_health

[gateley]

1. The F word

After hearing Naomi Wolf and reading her book, I see so many of the actions of this administration falling right into place on the march toward fascism.
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When it's gotten to the point where we automatically disbelieve statements from the WH, it's not our country anymore.

[lovuian]

2. They have lost all crediblity and in effect

ineffective

its all a delusion of power

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, maddezmom.

[Captain Hilts]

4. Just as they did the environmental report on lower Manhattan. nt

[kestrel91316]

5. If she caved in to pressure to water down her testimony rather than

refuse and resign and spill the beans to the press, Dr. Gerberding needs to surrender her medical license. She has violated her Hippocratic oath to do no harm, and done this country a grave disservice.

[orleans]

6. white house motherfu*kers. dr. julie is probably just glad bush didn't

get blackwater to kill her (i mean, "suicide" her)

[Sam Ervin jret]

7. Science in the "public disinterest"

If you don't care about science education, and why would the President, he obviously did not understand even the most rudimentary teachings in any scientific area of study, you can easily discount science data as unimportant or redundant. When his Crawford ranch is in a tropic zone ( 10 years, maybe less) and he has NO idea what diseases are crawling around his back yard, we can all just sit back. Send him the redacted version of the report. We'll see if he can figure out which creature has mutated into what and has caused what God forsaken rash in what unspeakable place. It will give this whole climate tragedy the one light moment we will need.

[orleans]

11. while i tend to agree with your point i must tell you i firmly believe that

lying sack of shit in the white house has no intention of living in crawford--crawford is just a little song and dance he did to try and convince americans what a down home hick he truly is

he'll sell that ranch in a heartbeat and probably go back to kennebunkport maine where they have their "summer home" or he'll go back to connecticut where he came from. and then he'll kill himself. (just a prediction)

[truthisfreedom]

8. I wanna read it. NOW.

[Lisa]

9. you paid for it. They had better show it to you!

As a scientist -- if anyone messes with my publications for political reasons like this, they better be wearing gloves. I bite.

[KansDem]

10. The final sentence kills me!

The White House has said it has only sought to provide a balanced view of the climate issue.

Balanced view? "Balanced?"

They must think they're talking to children out here...