Most Open Administration in History

“Thus far, it seems that no press or blogs have discovered it, but we will be keeping a close watch and may be calling on you if we need a rapid, targeted response. The longer this goes unnoticed, the better our chances of keeping it.”

In the interview, Mr. Blumenauer said, “Lies can go viral if people use them for political purposes.”

ohio county wrote:http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/

The link above is a statement by Obama concerning transparency and openness in government upon his election in 2008.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/politics/26death.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

The link above is to the New York Times reporting that Obama would reinstate by administrative fiat the "death panels" he could not get the U.S. Congress to openly legislate into Obamacare.

An e-mail to supporters from Washington Congressman Earl Blumenthal (D-umbass) continues this transparency initiative:

“Thus far, it seems that no press or blogs have discovered it, but we will be keeping a close watch and may be calling on you if we need a rapid, targeted response. The longer this goes unnoticed, the better our chances of keeping it.”

In the interview, Mr. Blumenauer said, “Lies can go viral if people use them for political purposes.”

Yes, lies can go viral but then so, too, can the truth. Does this validate in any way Sarah Palin's assertion that Obamacare contained provisions for "death panels"? You recall those assertions, don't you? They were removed quietly from Obamacare after having been cursorily denied by Pelosi's leadership team because they could not be passed by the Congress in a transparent and open environment."

Frankly I have no problem with a physician discussing end-of-life care with his or her patient. I do have a problem with the government incentivizing system employees (doctors) to influence patients to accept rationing of healthcare as it becomes more expensive and less worthy of the government's support.

ohio county wrote:I have a lot of problems with the Black Panthers menacing voters at the polling places and I have a lot of problems with the Holder Justice Department failing to prosecute that. Barack Obama was democratically elected by a large majority of white folks. I don't feel threatened racially by his administration. I do feel threatened by his philosophy of government. Arguments over the size and scope of government are not racial, however. If my black brothers and sisters can rejoice in electing a black man, I can certainly understand that. It is no threat to me. Furthermore, the election of George W. Bush who is white as me was not a cause for celebration. Had he been the first white man - maybe.

ohio county wrote:Your first post was that we are being ruled by the black man. I think you introduced the "race" card. Obama is a socialist. I don't care if he's purple.

ohio county wrote:http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2010/12/31/a-union-boss-in-charge-of-procurements-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/

There's a lot of room for corruption and cronyism in this administration. It doesn't matter what color the President is.

ohio county wrote:Your first post was that we are being ruled by the black man. I think you introduced the "race" card. Obama is a socialist. I don't care if he's purple.

Cato wrote:

ohio county wrote:http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2010/12/31/a-union-boss-in-charge-of-procurements-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/

There's a lot of room for corruption and cronyism in this administration. It doesn't matter what color the President is.

There is alot of room of corruption in any administration. Of course when you are talking about an administration and president with the morals of an alley cat, crap tends to happen.

The part that gets me is, if it was a white man in office, no matter his party he would betaken to task, but not so for Obama.

SheikBen wrote:

The media, to be sure, loves them the liberals. It could be Kucinich, Stalin, or Sharpton, and it really wouldn't matter. It's not race. As proof, consider how they go after Clarence Thomas and other black conservatives.

SheikBen wrote:
I'm with Jimmy. I don't care if Obama is purple. He could be a German Evangelical Christian just like me, and ya know what? He would be, in Jimmy's term, just as big of a D-umbass.

SheikBen wrote:Meanwhile when it comes to death panels, liberals don't seem to get what a 4th grader would be able to ascertain in 30 seconds.

Consider the united kingdom, which has a bureaucracy called NICE (and if THAT ain't ironic, nothing is) which stands for somethign along the lines of National Institute for Clinical Excellence. they set a QALY (quality adjusted life year) and accept or reject treatments based on a calculus, somewhat more involved than 5th grade math but not much, that effectively puts a price on one year of human life (adjusted for improvement of quality).

They are called death panels, but if it makes the liberals easier to call them "George W Bush" so that they can hate them too, that's fine.

Stephanie wrote:Cato, do you ever read what you post? Do you ever listen to yourself?

Stephanie wrote:It isn't just this thread, Cato. My husband has a saying, "don't ask questions you don't want to know the answer to".

You come across as a major bigot, and it isn't just race. It's race, ethnicity, and religion.

You blame Obama's race. His race isn't the problem. The problem is he's a socialist evolving into a despot. That's the trouble with Obama.

I am not defined by the color of my skin and neither is our President.

SheikBen wrote:Cato,

I don't doubt that he got more votes than he otherwise would by catering to folks wanting to make history with the first black president. On that, we agree.

I disagree that most blacks are not conservative. I think many blacks have been taken in by hucksters, primarily Democrats, but then again so too have white West Virginians even recently.

Cato wrote:

Stephanie wrote:It isn't just this thread, Cato. My husband has a saying, "don't ask questions you don't want to know the answer to".

You come across as a major bigot, and it isn't just race. It's race, ethnicity, and religion.

You blame Obama's race. His race isn't the problem. The problem is he's a socialist evolving into a despot. That's the trouble with Obama.

I am not defined by the color of my skin and neither is our President.

I am a long ways from a racist. There are blacks I respect. However, I am truthful enough to admit I make some judgements based on color and the preception they present. You on the other hand, like to think you are above that. I'll bet you aren't. I'm willing to bet you that when you walk down the street and see a group of young black men your preception, and maybe even reaction is different than if it was a group of young white men. I'll bet you that you are more on guard when you come across of group of young blacks than when you come across a group of young whites. If you say you aren't, you are a liar. The preception the black race presents is one of victimhood and hatred toward any group that has worked to better themselves. Don't believe me, watch how a majority of blacks are presented in media and how they act. I certainly don't see many complaining about they are pertrayed, so it must be that a majoirty of the black community agrees. It is the same as I have said with muslims, silence speaks volumes.

You state race isn't the problem. You are wrong, race is the problem. Race is what elected the Obama. Shiekben makes the statement that a majority of blacks are conservative. If that is a true statement then the only conclusion one can come to is that the black community is very racist in that they voted for a socialistic boob, against what they beleive and thier best interests, solely because of his color. Martin Luther King's statement that he dreamed of time when a person was judged by their charactor, not their color, certainly fell on deaf ears this time.

Stephanie wrote: You're the one who doesn't see himself clearly when looking in a mirror. You are a bigot. You prejudge people based upon factors like color and religion and sexual orientation. You think you are better than people who don't look, think, and believe like you.

Am I a racist? You bet.