Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)At a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that is investigating the Bush administration for strong-arming government scientists into changing their reports on the effects of climate change, Republican congressman, Chris Cannon demonstrated what's more important than getting the facts; Keeping quiet and not telling the truth if it's going to reflect badly on the administration.
And to hell with the Constitution - Rep. Cannon thinks freedom of speech has it's limits and is "subject to and directed by policy"!
We all know most wingnuts feel this way but it's very seldom that you can actually get them to admit it. And, for one their very own representatives, at a Congressional hearing no less, to blurt it out - that's just classic.
GOP lawmaker;'Free speech is subject to policy'And, I'm not the only one using the 'Nazi' analogy to describe these despicable bastards.
"Government scientists, armed with copies of heavily edited reports, charged Monday that the Bush administration and its political appointees had soft-pedaled their findings on climate change.
Democrats probed a lobbyist for the oil industry who was hired by the Bush administration to review climate documents and who, "made hundreds of edits that the lawmakers said minimized the impact of global warming."
For their part, Republicans hammered a NASA director testifying about pressure from the White House, "accusing him of political bias, of politicizing his work and of ignoring uncertainties in climate change science."
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) issued a startling rebuke to the NASA official, disputing his assertion that taxpayer-funded scientists are entitled to speak freely.
"Free speech is not a simple thing and is subject to and directed by policy," Cannon said.
