# ANWR -- Down in Flames, Baby! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 19, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anwr-down-in-flames-baby/104530 "2002-04-19T15:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 73
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anwr-down-in-flames-baby/104530/73 "2002-04-22T22:04:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by catsix \* > \*\*Well, **musicguy** , I’d at least have given them a chance to prove something with a study. > > Instead of just being blindly dismissive of anything they could possibly observe and test, that is. > > Unless of course it’s your habit to ignore someone as a scientist because as we all know, if you disagree with someone’s politics, then damnit, there’s no way they could actually have scientific integrity around them. It’s not possible that though their opinion differs from yours, they are capable of employing actual scientists to carry out actual research for the purpose of discovering fact. > > :rolleyes: \*\* Oh, please. If you will read the cite I provided concerning ANWR and the USGS report, it clearly states that the Bush Administration got a very scientific report, dismissed it, then “ordered the same scientists to come up with another set of conclusions”. That is not scientific integrity. In this post… > [@](#): > > Bill Clinton lowered the legal level of arsenic in water to a point so far below what naturally occurs in water (and what is safe for human consumption) that it was rediculous to even try to purify water to that point. > > So he left it to Bush to raise the legal level to something more reasonably in line with both public healt AND the expense of water treatment. You seem to suggest that Clinton realized he made a mistake and left it for Bush to fix. That is not accurate at all. Rather, Bush realized his mistake and decided to implement the changes that Clinton imposed. I do give him credit for that. So perhaps its not all about partisanship with me. Can you say the same? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anwr-down-in-flames-baby/104530)._