It seems as if the new English Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is currently looking to be incredibly short lived in his post. Today he revealed he was going to disregard the advise of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, set up specifically for the role of classifying drugs and their risks on society.
So if Gordon Brown is going to disregard the advice of those who actually know about the subject (Rather like Tony Blair in the recent wars we have entered) Why are we paying hundreds of thousands to keep these bodies in existence?
Now don’t get me wrong, I like the people in charge to have strog opinions and convictions. I think its a good thing that we have people with a strong sense that tehy are doing the right thing in charge. However I do think these people should look at information presented to tehm and base their stance according to that.
This year I will be voting conservative.
I quite liked Scott Adams take on the current presidential candidates in the US. In it he reports how every presidential candidate is backing Ethanol in fuel. However every major scientific group is pointing out that Ethanol, which cannot be piped, so needs to be flown or driven to destination, is responsible for massive rainforest destruction (Since 20% of american farms now use their farms for feul production more rainforest is being cut down to accomodate), and gives out as much pollution as normal gasoline per distance travelled is actually not such a good idea.
If you are voting in people who are that ignorant how in gods name do you expect them to make informed decisions on important issues?
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