Politics: Intellectually Dishonest to the Core

I for one am shocked -- shocked! -- to hear that the Bush administration manipulates scientific research and findings to advance its ideology. This is truly a stunning development:

The Bush administration persistently manipulates scientific data to serve its ideology and protect the interests of its political supporters, a report by the minority staff of the House Committee on Government Reform says.

The 40-page report, which was prepared for Representative Henry A. Waxman, the committee's ranking Democrat, accused the administration of compromising the scientific integrity of federal institutions that monitor food and medicine, conduct health research, control disease and protect the environment.