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To: Road Walker who wrote (342790)	7/11/2007 10:15:48 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574500

Another case of Bush's mafia-like behavior.... Former Surgeon General Says He Was Muzzled Article Tools Sponsored By By REUTERS Published: July 10, 2007 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first U.S. surgeon general appointed by President George W. Bush accused the administration on Tuesday of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research. "Anything that doesn't fit into the political appointees' ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried," Dr. Richard Carmona, who served as the nation's top doctor from 2002 until 2006, told a House of Representatives committee. "The problem with this approach is that in public health, as in a democracy, there is nothing worse than ignoring science, or marginalizing the voice of science for reasons driven by changing political winds. The job of surgeon general is to be the doctor of the nation, not the doctor of a political party," Carmona added. Carmona said Bush administration political appointees censored his speeches and kept him from talking out publicly about certain issues, including the science on embryonic stem cell research, contraceptives and his misgivings about the administration's embrace of "abstinence-only" sex education. nytimes.com

To: Road Walker who wrote (342790)	7/11/2007 11:26:04 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574500

Yeah, that guy is living my current dream. If we all did that, we could probably quit importing oil. I'm just intrigued by the resilience of millions of individual power producers all across America. As a computer guy, it's analogous to the mainframe/terminal model of computing compared to the network/distributed model of computing. In the old mainframe model, when the mainframe went down, ALL the terminals were dead. In the distributed model, only the computer that goes down is dead. It's just a much more reliable model of power production. A terrorist could take down a power plant, but he couldn't take down 100,000. The government should subsidize and do everything possible to encourage us all to follow that guy's example.