What would you expect from an administration that so clearly does not respect science?

U.S. scientists were pressured to tailor their writings on global warming to fit the Bush administration's skepticism, in some cases at the behest of a former oil-industry lobbyist, a congressional committee heard on Tuesday.

"Our investigations found high-quality science struggling to get out," Francesca Grifo of the watchdog group Union of Concerned Scientists told members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

A survey by the group found that 150 climate scientists personally experienced political interference in the past five years, for a total of at least 435 incidents.

There is no end to the criminal activity that this administration has undertaken during its tenure in the White House. But perhaps keeping us from responding to this global threat may be the one that ultimately costs Americans and the rest of the world the most dearly.

Even our great grandchildren will find reason to despise George W. Bush and his cronies.