more Bushie (non)science

[Jim]

Typical

 

http://www.gristmagazine.com/muck/muck111203.asp?source=daily

[Thinker]

kinda reminds me of this:

http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/11257_scandal.html

 

[chelle]

This makes me sick : puking gremlin: The Army Corps has and always will be IMO a corrupt organization of engineers who are so enamored with building dams that they have no concern for the environment, wildlife, or the people who live on rivers.

 

For more angering info read "Cadillac Desert" It talks about how the waters of the west were tamed and the deserts settled. It also details some of the competitive political wars between the Corps and the Bureau of Reclaimation. The guys running those organizations in the mid 1900s had egos bigger than tanker trucks and had political clout to push their agendas through. Many of the dams built in the west were the result of a "race" between the two organizations.

[Jim]

Always bad to have engineers making calls on ecological science. Very pervasive heavy hand in this administration. I was at a conference on Western Rivers recently where the keynote speaker said that the Bush Administration was the worst ever regarding environmental issues. He got a standing ovation.

[chelle]

Yeah...just look at his nominees for the head of the EPA.

[Thinker]

I saw a presentation at work the other day from one of our geomorphologists that illustrated some of the dangers of straightening and channelizing rivers without a complete understanding of the factors that affect long term change in river configurations. Pretty cool slides of flooding essentially caused by our friends the Corps.

 

Jim, I'd like to talk with you offline sometime but I see you don't accept PMs....send me an email.