102 - The Science Be Damned: Gag Orders And Censorship Are The Right-Wing Prescription For Your Health

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Jack Clark

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🗓️ 26 July 2007

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Today the focus is on health.I'll tell you how gag orders and censorship seem to be the preferred right-wing prescription for improving the health of the American public.It all relates to recent revelations by Bush's former Surgeon General.Dr. Richard H. Carmona recently testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he felt his duty as surgeon general was to address

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0:00.0	Music
0:20.0	Greetings!
0:21.0	This is Podcast No. 102 of Blast the Right.
0:24.0	I'm Jack Clark from TheRationalRatical.com
0:27.0	www.theRationalRatical.com
0:31.0	Today, the focus is on health.
0:33.0	I'll tell you about how gag orders and censorship
0:36.0	seem to be the preferred right-wing prescription
0:39.0	for improving the health of the American public.
0:42.0	It all relates to recent revelations
0:44.0	by Bush's former surgeon general.
0:46.0	Last week's podcast was on the long side
0:49.0	so this week will be a shorter one.
0:51.0	No need during the summer to burden you with too much to listen to.
0:55.0	Just enough to skewer your friendly local right-winger.
0:59.0	If you do want to hear more,
1:01.0	please check out the live call-and-show
1:03.0	which is also available as a podcast.
1:05.0	Details in my closing comments.
1:08.0	Let's get right into it.
1:10.0	My sources are the New York Times,
1:13.0	the website of the US Surgeon General,
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