The Anti-Science of the Bush Administration

New from the administration of El Presidente, who evidently eschews knowledge like the cooties:

"The southwestern regional director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has instructed members of his staff to limit their use of the latest scientific studies on the genetics of endangered plants and animals when deciding how best to preserve and recover them." (NYTimes story today here.)

Don't confuse us with facts, especially new facts.

Can you believe the know-nothingism of this administration? "...all decisions about how to return a species to robust viability must use only the genetic science in place at the time it was put on the endangered species list -- in some cases the 1970's or earlier...."

Advancements in scientific knowledge ... not to be tolerated.

Same goes, obviously, for stem-cell research and new evidence on global warming.