Why do we accept lies from our government?

Gallup Organization issues unusual 'video rebuttal' to Nasa Administrator
Griffin and his claim of public support for Moon/Mars missions.
.... link below




How many times have we heard Nasa and Griffin claim that
some 3/4ths of the public support sending people back to the
Moon and to Mars?

The poll they quote was commissioned by the
Coalition for Space Exploration, which is a lobbyist
front for the following corporations, among them...
http://www.spacecoalition.com/home.html


ATK Thiokol
The Boeing Company
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Honeywell
Pratt & Whitney
Raytheon


The USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll question the contractor lobbyist
group used follows.


"In January 2004, a new plan or goal for space exploration was announced.
The plan includes a stepping-stone approach to return the space shuttle
to flight, complete assembly of the space station, build a replacement
for the shuttle, go back to the Moon, and then on to Mars and beyond.
If NASA's new budget did not exceed one percent of the federal
budget, to what extent would you support or oppose this new
plan for space exploration?"'
http://www.spacepolitics.com/archives/000597.html


To disagree with this statement, one would have to oppose
ever flying the shuttle again, oppose completing the ISS
oppose a shuttle replacement, support an 'all at once' approach
and support higher Nasa budgets.

It's difficult to imagine a more biased or loaded poll question.

Yet Griffin cites this poll to Congress.


"Recent and very specific public opinion surveys do in fact show a
broad consensus in support of our new goals in space. Assuming
that funding levels for NASA do not exceed one percent of the budget
- and we should be so fortunate - fully three-fourths of the American
people support the goals of the Vision.
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/20...ffins_s_1.html



"Have you stopped beating your wife ...questions"
....Mike Griffin



In an rare rebuttal of Griffin's use of this biased poll, Gallup issued
this video reponse showing the true level of public support
for the Vision.
http://www.galluppoll.com/videoArchive/?ci=17596&pg=

I would have to agree with Griffin's statement in the video
that 'you can get almost any answer you like' with polls
in how they are worded. But it should be clear that it's Nasa
and Griffin that are playing the word game, and
loose with the truth.

To go from 75% support to 40% can't be called a generous
spin, it has to called what it is.

The Big Lie!

By claiming large public support in sworn statements, when
the facts show ..."negative"... public support according to Gallup.

Meanwhile, the Vision to send humans back to the moon and to
mars is going ahead. They're spending as fast as they can to
lock-in this program that Lockheed and other contractors strong-armed
taxpayers and voters into paying for.

A space program to nowhere.

Costing hundreds of billions, and taking decades of precious time
that could be used for far more worthy projects such as
new energy sources and global warming solutions.

Why do we accept this?

In a democracy, we're supposed to tell them what to do.


Jonathan


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