Comments on: Ex-Aide: Cheney Nixed CDC Report Testimony

Findings On Climate Change's Health Effects Dropped At VP Office's Urging, Former EPA Official Says

[zerato-2009]

Wow health effects from a 1 degree increase would be what more heat stroke?
Posted by cbscrash07

It is apparent you do not know anything about climate cahnge and the effects of climate change are. Perhaps read a book.

[taddles3]

"the White House insisted the changes were made because of reservations raised by White House advisers about the accuracy of the science."


Horse$hit, the deletions were made by Cheney to save his cronies from having to pay for CO2 scrubbers on their power plants. There''s no question about the science from any credible source, just false questions being raised by oil and coal industry.

Must be nice for the power industry to own the VP, too bad all the rest of us are going to pay for their greed in the end.

[martel_v]

The personnel at the White House''s Office of Management and Budget, who censored the director''s report, are apparently much better scientists and researchers than the people who work at the Centers for Disease Control. A person might wonder why Bush cares so little about the work of the CDC that he would appoint people to that agency who know FAR less about their chosen field than his White House bean counters. After all, any undergraduate level paper which was returned to the author with big red X''s on 8 of its 14 pages (the article is wrong about the number of pages submitted) would undoubtedly receive an ''F'', but she hasn''t been fired yet.

Dr. Gerberding has cooperated with the Bush administration plan to get rid of CDC doctors, scientists and researchers who are in their way, simultaneously shifting the budget to reduce pay for those who actually do the work while dramatically increasing pay for appointed management.

This enables the White House to direct a claim of incompetence toward anything one of its own agencies produces, even if the White House staff is directly involved. It creates a ''having your cake and eating it too'' sort of result where it''s always unclear where the greatest fault lies...thereby allowing the White House to get away with just about anything they do while pointing their fingers at others. This is a foolproof method for converting any organization into one which is utterly incompetent and ultimately irrelevant...and THAT is the actual plan.

[Syndicate]

Wow health effects from a 1 degree increase would be what more heat stroke?

[bobnjersey]

[How does Cheney find the time to break so many laws between hunting trips?"]
[Posted by dragonwagon5 at 01:43 PM : Jul 08, 2008]

he gets others to do it for him. it works wonders for your time management issues. and it completely solves that pesky ''responsibility and accountability'' thing that everyone cries so loudly about.

[emelder]

*** Cheney is one of the biggest problems in America today. Not only is he arrogant and self-serving, he has been dishonorable in the way he has conducted his duties as Vice-President. His values dragged down a man who could have been an excellent President (but who ended up being a buffoon due to the poor individuals with whom he surrounded himself. Cheney is a loser!

[element51]

martin9p2....I do so hope that you are right. I guess I have just lost my faith in humanity.

[bobnjersey]

[This list is being censored - my last comment on this was pulled - We are being monitored by the Cheney clan!]
[Posted by watcher269 at 02:48 PM : Jul 08, 2008]

no need to worry ... they''re just changing a few choice words. it will be available shortly.

[Gary Kempf]

"Let''''''''s see..........an extra large orange jump suit with DOC on the back. Perfect!"

Nah...he''''ll pull a "Ken Lay" and croak before he sees a cell.


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Posted by TastePolice at 02:45 PM : Jul 08, 2008
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I would be happy with that, dead or in prison works for me.

[tastepolice]

"Let''''s see..........an extra large orange jump suit with DOC on the back. Perfect!"

Nah...he''ll pull a "Ken Lay" and croak before he sees a cell.

[frankson2]

Let''s see..........an extra large orange jump suit with DOC on the back. Perfect!

[newsjunky5]

It''s nearly impossible to sue a public official. That''s because as public officials they are acting on our behalf and any damage done to us is an unintended consequence.
BUT if it could be shown that Cheney is acting on behalf of big oil for his own enrichment, in the position of a public official, shouldn''t he then be personally liable and subject to lawsuits for damages? If he violated laws doing this, it should be an easier case.

[martin9p2]

Element51, actually I think Bush and Cheney will be remembered in 20 years as the most regressive, oppressive, and dangerous duo ever to hold the office. I do believe that.

[fstop100]

Cheney lied to the American people? I am so surprised.

[zerato-2009]

Where''''s the news here? Come on CBS, give us a real story.

Posted by JSmithCSA

It is strange taht when you have a member of the admin covers up and hides information about a death concern, a republican thinks it is not news. I guess he has heard so many stories about cover ups from this admin, it probabally is old news for him

[element51]

Guys like Cheney always get their way. Neither he or Bush will ever have to answer to anything they have done. In another 20 years or so people will be singing their praises just like they do now about the great Ronnie Raygun. When these two do finally make their final exit they will be given a heros send off and there will be weeks of praise in the media. It''s just one of those things that make you go,"hummmm".

[tastepolice]

"...when asked about his deferments, Cheney reportedly said, "I had other priorities in the ''60s than military service."

What were his "priorities" for starting the War in Iraq?


"Formerly a heavy smoker, Cheney sustained the first of four heart attacks in 1978, at age 37"

THERE''s a definite "con" for the wonders of modern medicine!

[yongamerica]

So Cheney is cold to global warming?
In true likeness of the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, Seth.

[batrhyme]

It will be known as the "Post-Bush Depression" because after they leave office all of the things that they have been lying about will be disclosed. The real depression started in 2001. Take the subprime borrowed money (based on false equity) out of the equation and you will see that we have been in negative growth land for years. The "spin cycle" that is done on global warming is the same process that is used on all "government findings". The Cheney directive - "Do not let the truth be told until "we" are well into retirement."

[docpeter-2009]

Posted by TastePolice at 01:57 PM : Jul 08, 2008, "Rush Limbaugh "decreed that global warming was a fairy tale"

Was that before or after his little stint in "rehab"?"
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