What has struck me recently is that the same tactics that were used by the U.S. tobacco industry decades ago are being used by the Bush administration now. "Not enough science", "Too hard to predict", "We'll do our own studies because we can't trust you ivory-tower academicians". Here's the latest installment: "Modeling isn't science" Wash Post The Competitive Enterprise Institute has no problem with modeling when it supports their contention that environmental protection is bad for the economy. But when it points out the likely consequences of no environmental protection - THEN it's unreliable.

That's the analytical me talking. My gut is saying "BUNCHA TWO-FACED GREEDY ASSHOLES!" There, I'm glad I got that off my chest.