Uh, 'Ish' ...you know anything about American Muslims?
I rather doubt you do.
In the meantime, here's a bone for you to chew on:
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White House Stonewall: Day 80
A Daily Review of the White House's Attempts to Keep America From
Learning Their Secrets
Monday, May 13, 2002
The White House Stonewall goes on, as the Bush administration continues
to deny the non-partisan General Accounting Office's request for information on
who the White House Energy Task Force met with while formulating national
energy policy. What are they trying to hide?
The Latest News on the White House Stonewall
Bush Is Trying to Stop Lundquist From Answering NRDC's Questions*
The Bush administration is making new and interesting strides to prevent
any and all parties from hearing who met with the energy task force. Saturday's
Washington Post reported that the Bush administration has now asked a U.S.
District Court to block a deposition request by the Natural Resources Defense
Council, which is seeking to question former-energy task force director Andrew
Lundquist. According to the Washington Post, "The administration asked that
any such depositions be put off until the court rules on the validity of the
environmental group's lawsuit. * 'The proposed deposition of Mr. Lundquist is
wholly inappropriate' because he did not participate in decisions about which
documents to withhold, the Justice Department argued."
Link to story:
washingtonpost.com
Save The Date/Hearing on Energy Task Force Begins on September 18*
The District Court hearing the GAO's case against Dick Cheney has
scheduled the date for oral arguments to begin on September 18. According
to Roll Call, "The oral arguments will come after the two sides exchange a
series of briefs regarding the GAO's request for summary judgement in the
case, which involves the agency's requests for documents detailing the energy
group's work. Cheney is being represented by the Justice Department, while
the GAO's arguments will be made by Carter Phillips or one of his colleagues
at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood." [Roll Call, 5/13/02]
LA Times Criticizes Bush's "Good Science" for Failing the Environment*
An editorial in today's Los Angeles Times criticizes the Bush administration
for quoting "good science" as their reason to not ban snowmobiles from
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. According to the Times, "As the
Bush administration rolled back many of the Clinton administration's efforts to
make the air less likely to cause lung disease, to save the forests from plunder
and otherwise to protect people and the environment, the excuse often was that
the previous decisions weren't based on 'good science.' And if the experts
support the science underlying a Clinton decision? Apparently Secretary of the
Interior Gale A. Norton sees that as an impossibility. * The issue is the National
Park Service rule adopted in 2000 to ban snowmobiles from Yellowstone and
Grand Teton national parks. It's an excellent rule. Snowmobiles are noisy and
polluting. * But the Bush administration reopened the issue at the behest of
snowmobile manufacturers and allied businesses and suggested alternatives to
the ban, including outright repeal. * If this is so that science can be put to the
political test, the Bush administration might note that the snowmobile ban is
widely popular, except with riders and the machines' makers and others who
think it will hurt business. The ban is, in other words, good public policy and
good politics. And good science is still good science."
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