This quote on CNN’s earthquake/tsunami coverage tonight from Jeffrey Sachs, an economist, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people:
“The Republicans are cutting the science and the warning systems that protect us from this kind of disaster … they’re making terrible decisions, this should be a wakup call to Congress to stop being so anti-scientific, to stop neglecting these powerful forces of nature.”
Make no mistake, the same type of shortsighted nonsense is brewing in Michigan’s legislature, fueled by the anti-government wing of same political party that once was home to proud conservation heroes like Teddy Roosevelt and Bill Milliken.
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