"Can't we all agree that more transparency in the government is a good thing?"
Damn skippy, we can. " It's more important to me that the government itself is 'open'-er than under Bush. And getting open-er." What is your criteria for 'open'-er? It's obviously not the press, because they are complaining that Obama's administration is more secretive than Bush's. Obama's Relationship With Media Getting More Adversarial<http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/06/24/obamas-relationship-with-media-getting-more-adversarial.html> Why reporters are down on President Obama<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36454.html> Obama: No questions at press freedom event<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obama-No-questions-at-press-freedom-event-93945554.html> Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama <http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=50445> White House Denies NYT Access To Kagans Family<http://www.mediaite.com/online/white-house-denies-nyt-access-to-kagans-family/> Elena Kagan White House "Interview" Riles Reporters<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20004724-503544.html> It's obviously not other branches of the government. Senators: Obama admin keeps Congress in dark on intel<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/22/senators-obama-admin-keeps-congress-dark-intel/> Obama agencies invoking secrecy provision more often than under Bush<http://rawstory.com/2010/03/obama-agencies-invoking-secrecy-provision-bush/> Government Secrecy Increases Under Obama Obama DOJ Defies Federal Judge: Despite Ninth Circuit Decision, Lawyers Refuse to Release Document in Wiretapping Case Lieberman's Committee SUBPOENAS Obama Administration Over Fort Hood Shooting, Alleging Cover-Up<http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/mar/govt-secrecy-increases-under-obama> HHS Buries numbers HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had report showing Obamacare would increase insurance costs a week before final votes<http://www.liberalwhoppers.com/2010/04/27/hhs-buries-numbers-hhs-secretary-kathleen-sebelius-had-report-showing-obamacare-would-increase-insurance-costs-a-week-before-obamacare-vote/> It's not with the public. After lawsuit, Obama opens a bit of info on meetings with health care executives - White House still contends it can keep visitor logs secret<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32087532/ns/politics-white_house/> Transparency of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/transparency-of-the-anti_b_343488.html> Obama Sued over Secrecy<http://blogs.abcnews.com/roodfromdc/2009/06/obama-sued-over-secrecy.html> Where is his administration more 'open'? Your request is being processed... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319411 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
