The Chamber of Commerce wanted to know what the White House Council on Environmental Quality was up to when it came to “climate change.” So they filed a FOIA request. Should be pretty straight forward, yes? It’s not like there are any national security secrets involved.
But here is what they got in response from the most transparent government ever to grace these United States:
Hat-tip: The Foundry
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I recount a year’s worth of race-mongering in my latest article on Big Government:
Leave a commentBarack Obama came into office with a promise of ushering in a new post-racial era. One year into his term and Chris Matthews has already declared, “Mission Accomplished!” He forgot Obama was black, you see. America is now post-racial! Sadly, the facts tell a very different story. Over the last year, we have witnessed a proliferation of indiscriminate accusations of racism, or a period of what I like to refer to as hyper-racialism.
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I’d do it myself, but the Cato scholars do such a good job I’d rather you just watch this:
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Barack Obama promised to be a game-changer when it comes to polarization (McCain made similar, though less direct, promises). He clearly promised more than he could deliver (which I predicted would be the case at the time), as a new Gallup poll shows.
The trend line here is interesting. It fits with my own theory, that bigger government results in greater polarization. However, it’s possible I was right for the wrong reasons. I readily admit that I cannot rule out other explanations. It’s possible, for instance, that this is a reflection of greater ideological homogenization of the parties thanks to realignment. Southern conservative have shifted from the Democrats to Republicans while Northeastern liberal Republicans have made the reverse trip.
Can you think of any other explanations for the trend?
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In today’s digital world, the liars just can’t expect us to forget anymore.
Update: The House Republican Conference is on the attack:
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Nancy Pelosi and the far left have decided that gaining control of our health care system must be done at any cost. Promises be damned.
Both Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi promised there would be transparency during the health care debate. Pelosi assumed the Speakers role while promising to work at “restoring accountability and openness.” She also promised “ample time” for the public to learn what is in the health care bill. Don’t hold your breath.
The mallet is for bashing heads
At a 2008 debate, Obama said that a potential health care bill would not be negotiated “behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-Span so the American people can see what the choices are.” He lied on all accounts. Democrats are negotiating behind closed doors, will subvert the normal legislative process, and have cut out Republicans. Meanwhile, the CEO of C-Span wrote a letter, thus far to no avail, asking these leaders to live up to their promises by having the process televised.
Faced with this reality, Nancy Pelosi put on her best Baghdad Bob impression and declared, “there has never been a more open process for any legislation.” Au contraire! There has never been a bigger liar serving as Speaker of the House, nor President of the United States.
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In video form:
Still awaiting the declaration that this video is racist. Don’t worry; I’m sure it won’t take long.
Hat-tip: Gay Patriot
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GMAC is the latest entity in which the federal government has taken a majority stake:
The federal government said Wednesday that it will take majority control of troubled auto lender GMAC and provide an additional $3.8 billion in aid to the company, which has been unable to raise from private investors the money it needs to staunch its losses.
Is it just me, or would it not be obviously beneficial to stop and ask just why it is that private investors aren’t willing to give them money? Perhaps there is a lesson we can learn from them that would be of benefit to the taxpayers responsible for producing this $3.8 billion.
The Treasury Department has said for months that GMAC would need more federal money, but the decision to increase the government’s ownership stake came as a surprise, cutting against the grain of the Obama administration’s recent efforts to wind down its bailout of large banks.
Who could they possibly have found that is surprised by yet another foray into the private sector by this interventionist White House? Under what rock must such a person have been living for the last year?
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The unprecedented reach of the radical Obama-Pelosi agenda will have consequences for Democrats in 2010. What kind of consequences? Perhaps there are some clues.
We all know what rats do when they’re stuck on a sinking ship – they dive off. Democrats have already seen 4 House retirements in the last few weeks. Now you can add a defection to the list:
POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican.
…Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care vote and will send a jolt through a Democratic House Caucus that has already been unnerved by the recent retirements of a handful of members who, like Griffith, hail from districts that offer prime pickup opportunities for the GOP in 2010.
The switch represents a coup for House Republican leadership, which had been courting Griffith since he publicly criticized Democratic leadership in the wake of raucous town halls over the summer.
Griffith, who captured the seat in a close 2008 open seat contest, will become the first Republican to hold the historically Democratic, Huntsville-based district. A radiation oncologist who founded a cancer treatment center, Griffith plans to blast the Democratic health care bill as a prime reason for his decision to switch parties—and is expected to cite his medical background as his authority on the subject.
Looks like there might be some hope for a change, after all.
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My latest post on Big Government reports on a recent study on stimulus spending, and ties its findings to the methods of Democratic hero FDR:
Leave a comment…Barack Obama has broken many campaign promises since taking office, but when it comes to the comparisons to Franklin Delano Roosevelt saddled on him by his adorning followers in the media, he has worked hard to live up to the hype. We already knew that both dishonestly campaigned against the excessive spending of their predecessors before breaking the bank on their own watch. Now we also know that President Obama, like FDR, has abused a crisis atmosphere to direct economic relief funds for partisan purposes…
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