[NormsRevenge]

The survey 'fishing expedition' was conducted by the Union of Concerned Scientists and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The survey posed 34 questions and was sent to 460 NOAA Fisheries scientists across the country. Responses came back from 124, or 27 percent.

[xcamel]

Um.. you're close.
Union of Concerned Socialist Communist Marxist and Unemployed Scientists, along with
Public Employees for Bigger, Fatter Contracts, Higher Taxes, Stronger Unions and Rarely Environmental Responsibility.

[Condor51]

Uh how's that old saying go? Something like, "figures lie and liars figure" I believe - and this tripe proves it.

1. "58 percent of respondents said they knew of cases where high-level Commerce Department appointees or managers inappropriately altered NOAA Fisheries determinations."

   Sounds bad doesn't it, but that 58% is horse hockey. Out of the 460 NOAA Fisheries scientists across the country only 27 percent responded (124) so that 58% is only 72 people and it's only 15.6% of all the scientists.

2. Then we have, "53 percent said blah, blah, blah". That's only 66 people and only 14% of all scientists.

3. The "13 percent said they knew of cases ... blah, blah" is only 16 stinking people and a whopping 3.5% of all scientists.

4. Last we have "44 percent said NOAA Fisheries .. (whatever). That's 55 people and a lousy 12% of all 460 scientists.

Ergo this survey is utterly meaningless. How can they even publish it when only 27% even responded? They might as well have taken this 'survey' around their dinner table!

[fso301]

who's to say the findings weren't flawed in the first place?

[GOP_1900AD]

More Clinton era hires whining. Should have fired them all during the first term.

[Publius6961]

say they know of cases where scientific findings were altered at the request of commercial interests

Hilarious!
They make it sound like a new phenomenon in cultural politics.

Has any science ever been "altered" at the request of the Bugs and Bunny crowd?
Remember the mountain lion hair scandal? That was out and out fraud!

LOL.