# First Kyoto, now this?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 27, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-kyoto-now-this/73922 "2001-07-27T02:51:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-kyoto-now-this/73922/2 "2001-07-27T03:09:02Z")

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> The administration’s objections centre around the fear that inspections would compromise the necessary secrecy that surrounds legitimate pharmaceutical companies as they develop new commercial drugs.

No need to dip into the old “Bush is a weenie” bag of argumentation. That quote tells you what you need to know. Bush II is very much in the pockets of the big corporations.

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