act like an ostrich and die

US Earth-Observing Satellites In Jeopardy
Terra Daily - by Staff Writers - Washington DC (SPX) May 02, 2007
As U.S. policy-makers prepare for hearings later this week on space-science and climate-change research, the world's largest general science society has warned that budget cuts are threatening U.S. satellites essential for weather forecasting, hurricane warning, studies of global climate change and more.
Cutbacks and reallocations within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are "already causing harm" to Earth-observing satellites, and "will become rapidly worse unless the Congress and the Administration take prompt action to reverse the recent trends," the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) cautioned.

"The network of satellites upon which the United States and the world have relied for indispensable observations of Earth from space is in jeopardy," the AAAS Board of Directors concluded in a consensus statement. "Declines will result in major gaps in the continuity and quality of the data gathered about the Earth from space.”

US Earth-Observing Satellites In Jeopardy
Terra Daily - by Staff Writers - Washington DC (SPX) May 02, 2007
As U.S. policy-makers prepare for hearings later this week on space-science and climate-change research, the world's largest general science society has warned that budget cuts are threatening U.S. satellites essential for weather forecasting, hurricane warning, studies of global climate change and more.
Cutbacks and reallocations within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are "already causing harm" to Earth-observing satellites, and "will become rapidly worse unless the Congress and the Administration take prompt action to reverse the recent trends," the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) cautioned.
"The network of satellites upon which the United States and the world have relied for indispensable observations of Earth from space is in jeopardy," the AAAS Board of Directors concluded in a consensus statement. "Declines will result in major gaps in the continuity and quality of the data gathered about the Earth from space.

What “we” don’t know may kill us…?

It should not be surprising that the Bush administration chooses to reduce money for weather forecasting, hurricane warning and study of global climate changes.

After all Bush does not believe that climate change is “real.” And to financially support these activities will take funding away from this pet project prolonging the war in Iraq and if possible eliminating funds for his preemptive strike on Iran.

And, besides, Hurricane Katrina cleaned up an area of the county which Bush and his minions have for years felt needed cleansing.

Or was that “ethnic” cleansing…?

Whatever now there is an area of the county which Bush can “make-over” into the image of America, he and his supporter$ feel more appropriately represent$ their image of America.

Better yet, why not “privatize” this form of $urveillance then the results can be manipulated to present the picture Bush and his minions really want.

And all we need do is obediently continue to act as ostriches.