Sentences with phrase «support political agendas»

ARGO tells us this is another example of NOAA's inexplicable decision to corrupt data to support political agendas.

Sadly, too much of our government is being aligned to support political agendas rather than reality.

«this is another example of NOAA's inexplicable decision to corrupt data to support political agendas.»

Sadly, too much of our government is being aligned to support political agendas....

He also points to other pols using non-profit groups to support political agendas — not only his predecessor in NYC but also the current governor.

Top - down politicization happens when policymakers - all the way up to the president - spin intelligence and investigations to support their political agenda.

His remarks to an assembly at Wakefield High School just outside Washington, which were broadcast and carried online nationally, capped days of criticism, primarily from conservative opponents of the president, who asserted that Mr. Obama might use the address to persuade children to support his political agenda.

When not attacking Diane Ravitch, Perry is often making derogatory, abuse and bullying comments about teachers, teacher unions and anyone who doesn't support his political agenda.

Are you surprised that the largest Charter School operator in America is a Turkish political movement using our tax dollars to bring their people (they call them teachers) into America to support a political agenda in a foreign land?

I know of no other field in which the leading scientists have been involved in unethical behaviour whose upshot was to hide data and present a graph that would support a political agenda.

But let's make sure the research is not simply «agenda driven», i.e. to support a political agenda, such as the implementation of a direct or indirect «carbon tax», but real scientific studies to clear up the many uncertainties regarding the relative importance of natural and anthropogenic attribution of past climate change, for example.

That's the way they roll — if the science is structured to support a political agenda, they would probably publish it.

The UNFCCC / IPCC treaty made it virtually impossible for climate scientists to act impartially if this meant going against the pre-programmed consensus conclusions supporting the political agenda.

Thanks for posting an excellent essay on the dilemma climate scientists face today between being honest and impartial as scientists or supporting a political agenda falsely cloaked (as Mosh and Fuller wrote) as a «noble cause».

But 99 % of these GW skeptics have no intention of learning; they just want to take political jabs at their political opponents, and they latch on to anything they read on the internet which would seem to support their political agenda.

It was corruption of science to support a political agenda.

It was corruption of science to support a political agenda IPCC Climate Science Is Fundamentally Wrong: Carbon Footprint is All Wet http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/29657

Not exact matches

In the end, I have concluded that Johnson & Johnson has a responsibility to remain engaged, not as a way to support any specific political agenda, but as a way to represent the values of Our Credo as crucial public policy is discussed and developed.

«My family and I have not communicated with Steve Bannon in many months and have provided no financial support to his political agenda, nor do we support his recent actions and statements.»

There are already plenty of examples of wealthy individuals attempting to advance their political agendas by supporting unaccountable lobby groups, as was the case with Calgary's infamous Sprawl Cabal «s plans to throw more than $ 1 million behind Preston Manning «s «Municipal Governance Initiative,» and the anonymous donors behind the shady «St. Albert Think Tank.»

«The bishops» blanket opposition appears to the serve the interests of a political agenda, not the needs of the American people,» Salt continued, e-mailing his group's support for the White House to tens of thousands of Catholics nationwide.

Surprisingly, many progressive Reform Rabbis have expressed public support for the Christian Zionists and the Christian right, knowing full well that the Christian right's theological and political agendas are contrary to the Reform Jewish community's longstanding progressive stance on civil liberties and human rights.

They blame the people who use God as a crutch: people who refuse to learn and understand the world (because the God myth is an easier route), and people who have an agenda («I understand God and he happens to support my political and social biases.»)

Worst of all, the tell the faithful what political agenda they should support, even if it against their own consciences.

Is it possible the political right wing pushing the «birther» issue in the US and other fringe agendas, might be pushing the Vatican through various shady channels in order to scare US nuns who support the poor in America, thereby hoping to squeeze a few anti-Obama votes come November?

On the domestic front, China's leaders may recognize that protestantism, with it's myriad of denominations is a malleable tool: the protestant work ethic, submission to «scriptural» authority, apocalyptic programming, and unquestioning support for political and military agendas easily has as much potential to support communism as it does capitalism in the West.

I have noticed lately that the political left, which most supports health care rationing (and which, ironically, yells the loudest about HMO care restrictions), argues disingenuously for the agenda through the time - tested tactic of blatant misdirection.

To me, it seems that progressives are doing the very thing that conservative Christians have been criticized for: pulling verses out of context to say that supporting a political party's agenda is supporting God's agenda.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Their book provides careful and accurate if not cautious recommendations about infants and their caregivers that closely follow more balanced scientific findings and not simply, those that support their own personal philosophies or political agendas, a description accurately applied to more traditional medical authoritative associations.

Breastfeeding on the worldwide agenda: Findings from a landscape analysis on political commitment for programmes to protect, promote and support breastfeeding

And the NOM poll strangely only matches their political agenda, and not any of the other multiple polls that show a clear majority of New Yorkers supporting marriage equality.

There will be little support for a new political agenda based on a participatory process unless local communities understand such processes and receive protection from the state — and people see that the democratic process will indeed bring more benefits and security than before.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has put his stamp on the committee, appointing a succession of four chairs in as many years (the last, David Paterson, resigned last year), using it to run advertisements in support of his government agenda and ensuring some of the more rabble - rousing elements couldn't use it as a platform to contradict his political and policy positions.

The call features the voice of Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, who surprised political observers last week by declaring his strong support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget plans and announced a campaign of callers, mailers and, if money allows, even TV ads to support the Democratic governor's agenda.

On Wednesday, with only four days remaining of this year's legislative session, Cuomo announced a new prong to his ethics reform agenda: an ambitious plan to better regulate the activities of political action committees and limit the impact of shadowy independent expenditures that he says are all too often not actually independent from the candidate they are supporting.

«What hope do you give the people as a political party when the political party itself doesn't support its own agenda?»

In March, he created a political - action committee that will not only monitor the voting records of Albany legislators on good - government issues but also, he hopes, shame them into supporting a reform agenda.

This group of legislators is very pro-tenant and not necessarily known for its enthusiastic support of New York City real estate development... The assumption that each and every political donation is made solely to further a business agenda is unsupported by the facts.»

Shettima described the outcome of the 2015 general election as the watershed in the Nigerian political history and commended Benue people for their continuous support of Northern agenda.

The phenomenon starts during our political campaigns when people and powerful organizations with their own agendas and resources, skew voting.They secretly or openly give big donations and other supports to the political parties with the expectation that, their political cronies will offer them juicy contracts etc when they win political power.With this support, our parties buy votes instead of winning them.

Much of that international support resulted from the attractive political agenda mapped out by the NTC.

«Powerful labor unions and New York City millionaires want to spend your money to support their political candidates and their tax - and - spend agenda.

Jimmy McMillan, the whiskered political showman who became a viral Internet star when he ran for governor of New York in 2010 as a candidate of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, has announced his retirement from the political arena, citing a lack of public support for his agenda.

In organizing the gay and lesbian community in support of the group's political and legislative agenda, Patton traveled around the state extensively.

It must set a programme of political work to support this national agenda.

The political party has to set up a party secretariat in virtually every ward, state, and at the national level, pay staff, promote its brand and its agenda, organize meetings, pay sitting allowances, support candidates, run media advertisements, arrange receptions and entertainment, pay for logistics, buy vehicles, pay for air travels and road transportation, the organization of rallies and campaigns, reserve some tidy sum for lobbying at all levels including the lobbying of the media and other groups in civil society.

However, our campaigning pushed the role of the Bishops onto the political agenda, raising hopes that the Government's plan for reform could be changed and more recently, we supported amendments which would have led to the removal of the Bishops.

Andrew Cuomo's agenda is fiscally prudent and one that all New Yorkers regardless of political affiliation can support.»

It is policy making on the hoof - the agenda «political survival of the Labour party» In only takes two or three Unions to realise that Labour will be out of office for the next few years and that they may as well save the millions of pounds they spend supporting Labour and instead engage in positive dialogue with the Conservatives «for free».