MANUFACTURED DOUBT

While the Bushites and their corporate sponsors solemnly assert that governmental actions should be based on "the best science available," what they really mean is the best science they can twist to support their position.

They have become especially expert at deploying a PR tactic that professor David Michaels has recently dubbed, "manufactured doubt." By creating even a small uncertainty about a particular scientific reality, industry can defeat public policies that would protect We the People from corporate profiteering.  Read article

USING COUNTERTERRORISM UNITS TO SPY ON YOU

If you want to see federal police power run amok, sneak a peek at the FBI's counterterrorism task forces.

These top-secret spy units were set up after 9/11 to identify, monitor and root out cells of America's most dangerous enemies. It turns out, however, that the FBI's idea of "enemies" includes you and me!

Instead of devoting all of their energies and resources to uncovering al Qaeda cells within our midst, the government's gumshoes have been busy focusing on Greenpeace, the ACLU, anti-war protestors, demonstrators at the Republican National Convention, and other Americans whose only "act of terrorism" has been to speak out against some of George W's policies.   Read article

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