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Editorial Policy.. Strictly by the facts
At this web site, we diligently strive for maintaining objectivity and attempt to stay above the fray and avoid the barrage of rhetoric, sound bites and misinformation that frequently gets thrown around from all directions during an election year.
That said, we are not without our opinions and feelings and make no attempt to conceal which candidate we favor. We will point out information that one of the political parties would prefer to prevent from becoming widely known. When we do so, we will provide an independent means of verification so that you, the voter, can verify for yourself the correctness of what is shown.
As an example, from the start of the Bush Administration (1/20/2001) there was no Commissioner heading the US Food and Drug Administration all the way out through November 13, 2002. This represents 663 days. This is not subject to interpretation. This is just a plain fact. You can verify this information from the FDA site at:
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/morechoices/comm1.html
Also, the Bush Administration didn't have a Director of the National Institutes of Health serving during their administration till May 2, 2002. Actually, the vacancy began 1/1/2000 (which means no one was at the helm for 852 days). This represents 467 days without having a director from the start of the Bush Administration. You can verify this from the NIH site at:
http://www.nih.gov/about/almanac/historical/directors.htm
Additionally, there was no Director running the Centers for Disease Control from 4/1/02 through 7/2/02. You can verify this at the US Health and Human Services site at:
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020703a.html
To be fair, there were seconds in command who were serving in an acting capacity. Also, the vacancy of the NIH Director began during the last year of the Clinton Administration. Also, from time to time, there are vacancies of key positions in governmental agencies, though they are usually for Undersecretaries, Deputy Commissioners and Deputy Directors and not the head of an agency.
We stated clearly that these are undistorted historical facts that you can verify from the links to the respective government agencies. It is very important that you be able to verify the facts for yourself. We provide the means so you can objectively draw your own conclusions.
It seems unusual to have this large a vacuum in the health sciences for such a protracted period of time. The wisdom of this totally escapes us. Though this questioning is a statement of opinion, we think you will agree that this kind of questioning is a valid line of inquiry.
Running an agency in auto-pilot mode for an brief duration of time (like a couple of months) might be understandable during the start of a presidential administration, but to allow this to continue well into a second year for several agencies in a single area of concentration (health sciences) really does leave us wondering where the priorities of the current administration really lie. Indeed, for a period of time (from 4/1/2002 - 5/2/2002) there was no one fully in charge of the FDA, NIH, and CDC. As far as we can tell, the condition of these agencies being left unattended was treated by the Bush Administration as a "business as usual" situation rather than an extraordinary circumstance.
As stated earlier, most of this site will not contain any such strongly opinionated views. When we do express them, we won't hold back, and we will always provide a means of independent verification so you can judge for yourself.
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