Friday, July 27, 2012

Blinding Us with "Science"

The Centers for Disease Control funds research into the causes of death in the United States, including firearms — or at least it used to. In 1996, after various studies funded by the agency found that guns can be dangerous, the gun lobby mobilized to punish the agency. [More

No, now tell the truth, Alex Sitz-Bath, although I realize that's hard for Salon writers. We, that is, "the gun lobby," appropriately acted defensively to protect ourselves from financing abusive bureaucrats who telegraphed their propaganda agenda and goals for all to see:
Dr. Mark Rosenberg, Director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Control and Prevention (NCIPC) in 1994 told The Washington Post: "We need to revolutionize the way we look at guns, like what we did with cigarettes. Now it [sic] is dirty, deadly, and banned." 
Is there some reason you didn't see fit to mention such an inconvenient truths that doesn't fit your narrative, Alex? Probably the same one that has you identifying yourself as a "political reporter" instead of a Ministry of Truth functionary...?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Millions of people around the world haven't been slaughtered by their various governments but for lack of cigarettes.