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Silencing Skeptics, Conservatives and Free Speech

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Congressional Democrats and Vatican join White House and Leftist assaults on basic rights

By Paul Driessen – Re-Blogged From http://www.WattsUpWithThat.com

Our scientific method and traditions of free speech and open debate are under assault as never before, by intolerant inquisitors in our media, universities, government agencies, and even Congress and the Vatican.

They threaten our most basic rights and freedoms, our political and scientific processes – and ultimately our continued innovation and invention, energy reliability and affordability, job creation and economic growth, and modern living standards, health and welfare.

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Silencing Skeptics – Financing Alarmists

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Guest opinion by Paul Driessen – Re-Blogged From http://www.WattsUpWithThat.com

Will Congress, media examine government, environmentalist and university alarmist funding?

Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA), other senators and Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) recently sent letters to institutions that employ or support climate change researchers whose work questions claims that Earth and humanity face unprecedented manmade climate change catastrophes.

The letters allege that the targeted researchers may have “conflicts of interest” or may not have fully disclosed corporate funding sources. They say such researchers may have testified before congressional committees, written articles or spoken at conferences, emphasizing the role of natural forces in climate change, or questioning evidence and computer models that emphasize predominantly human causes.

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