does. the second thing it does is to try to take us back to a very dark period in the american history, the mccarthy era where congress could punish ordinary americans if they didn t confirm to the hard line views of the ruling party. in this case it would be civil servants who wouldn t confirm to the hard line views of the republican party. these rules could be used to abuse federal workers. it goes back to the so-called home rule in the late 1800s. it s been declared unconstitutional. but that s exactly what could happen. at the department of energy for example from the best climate scientists in the world issue a report on climate change that the new secretary of energy didn t like or that hard liners on the hill don t like, they could simply zero out all the salaries and punish the scientists for issuing a report telling us about the dangers of climate change.
happen. at the department of energy for example from the best climate scientists in the world issue a report on climate change that the new secretary of energy didn t like or that hard liners on the hill don t like, they couldimpl zero out all the salaries and punish the scientists for issuing a report telling us about the dangers of climate change. if respects didn t like the fact that you ve got civil servants working on women s rights, what they could do is identify who s working on them and zero out all their salaries. punish them for their political views. it s an extremely dark putin-esque view of democracy and our democratic values. and it s been changed. the lovett case in 1943 they identified 43 employees they
for years. and from berkeley, california dr. richard multi-cultural teaches physics at uc university. author of the book physics for future presidents. secretary of energy didn t give us much there, doctor. took them 30 seconds to say i don t know anything. why didn t he say that in two seconds? that is a frustrating thing for me as a journalist. i m sure for you as a physics instructor and for the american people. we simply don t know what s happening vis-a-vis the nuclear issue or am i wrong? i think we know a lot about what s happening. i believe the secretary of energy knows a lot. there is always a danger when you are in an official position of trying to be completely candid with what s going on because if you get one fact wrong, people come after you afterwards. i believe we really do know a lot. bill: what was mr. chu holding back, professor, what was mr. chu holding back? if you think he knows more than what he said, which was nothing, what was he holding back in your
for years. and from berkeley, california dr. richard multi-cultural teaches physics at uc university. author of the book physics for future presidents. secretary of energy didn t give us much there, doctor. took them 30 seconds to say i don t know anything. why didn t he say that in two seconds? that is a frustrating thing for me as a journalist. i m sure for you as a physics instructor and for the american people. we simply don t know what s happening vis-a-vis the nuclear issue or am i wrong? i think we know a lot about what s happening. i believe the secretary of energy knows a lot. there is always a danger when you are in an official position of trying to be completely candid with what s going on because if you get one fact wrong, people come after you afterwards. i believe we really do know a lot. bill: what was mr. chu holding back, professor, what was mr. chu holding back? if you think he knows more than what he said, which was nothing, what was he holding back in your
for years. and from berkeley, california dr. richard multi-cultural teaches physics at uc university. author of the book physics for future presidents. secretary of energy didn t give us much there, doctor. took them 30 seconds to say i don t know anything. why didn t he say that in two seconds? that is a frustrating thing for me as a journalist. i m sure for you as a physics instructor and for the american people. we simply don t know what s happening vis-a-vis the nuclear issue or am i wrong? i think we know a lot about what s happening. i believe the secretary of energy knows a lot. there is always a danger when you are in an official position of trying to be completely candid with what s going on because if you get one fact wrong, people come after you afterwards. i believe we really do know a lot. bill: what was mr. chu holding back, professor, what was mr. chu holding back? if you think he knows more than what he said, which was nothing, what was he holding back in your