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New Guidelines Open U.S. Data To Challenge
Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, October 1, 2002 | Washington Post Staff Writer

Posted on 10/06/2002 3:28:38 PM PDT by anymouse

Edited on 10/06/2002 3:31:21 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Knowledge may be power in most places, but cold, hard data rule in Washington.

In the arduous process of creating a federal regulation, the bricks and mortar are the data underlying the rule -- the scientific studies, the surveys, the risk assessments, morbidity estimates, the economic analysis. Regulators at federal agencies are the final arbiters in what goes into the mix and whether it's reliable. Challenges to their judgment usually end up in court years after the rule is conceived.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: business; data; globalwarminghoax; globalwhining; government; govwatch; kyotolist; omb
Sounds like a good opportunity to debunk liberal pseudo-science and socialist policies.
1 posted on 10/06/2002 3:28:38 PM PDT by anymouse
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2 posted on 10/06/2002 3:37:11 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: anymouse
Sounds like a good opportunity to debunk liberal pseudo-science and socialist policies.

Are you kidding? Who knows how to make statistics lie like a liberal?

3 posted on 10/06/2002 3:39:31 PM PDT by justsomedude
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To: *Global Warming Hoax; *gov_watch; *Kyoto_list
Ping
4 posted on 10/06/2002 3:47:39 PM PDT by anymouse
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To: justsomedude
The point is that now we can challenge the liberals "statics" before they become defacto law.
5 posted on 10/06/2002 3:49:46 PM PDT by anymouse
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To: anymouse
So if Canada Lynx samples taken from penned and stuffed animals were to form the basis of further takings, what can we say about the Northern Spotted Owl?

BTW - Did you know that the Northern Spotted Owl was made endangered, while its genetic twin the Southern Spotted Owl is doing just fine? The eco-wackos had to make a distinction to shut down logging.

6 posted on 10/06/2002 5:55:27 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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