Bush Admin: What You Don't Know Can't Hurt Us
November 24, 2007 2:35 PM Subscribe
Our Secrets List: The Bush War on Govt. Transparency. Over the years, the Bush Administration has "discontinued annual reports, classified normally public data, de-funded studies, quieted underlings, and generally done whatever was necessary to keep bad information under wraps." TPMmuckraker has compiled a list of "disappeared" information.
This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a single link bloggish op ed link to TPM Muchraker which rarely make good links on metafilter. People who want to rend garments or OMGOMGOMG over this can go to TPM Muckraker which is quite a decent blog in its own right, and yet different from MetaFilter. -- jessamyn
Why are the administration allowed to keep so many things secret, when regular people have to rethink just what privacy means.
posted by Balisong at 3:07 PM on November 24, 2007
posted by Balisong at 3:07 PM on November 24, 2007
The link to TPMmuckracker is just their front page.
posted by chips ahoy at 3:18 PM on November 24, 2007
posted by chips ahoy at 3:18 PM on November 24, 2007
This is being doe for our own good so don't complain because you don't know the full picture the way they do.
posted by Postroad at 3:30 PM on November 24, 2007
posted by Postroad at 3:30 PM on November 24, 2007
I for one welcome our new super secretive overlords
posted by Wonderwoman at 4:53 PM on November 24, 2007
posted by Wonderwoman at 4:53 PM on November 24, 2007
Relax everybody, it is all part of the War on Terrorism. Since they hate us for our freedoms, they figure that if they just eliminate our freedoms, they won't hate us anymore.
posted by Mr_Zero at 5:39 PM on November 24, 2007
posted by Mr_Zero at 5:39 PM on November 24, 2007
*something ironic about freedemocracy and the mission being accomplished*
posted by DU at 6:29 PM on November 24, 2007
posted by DU at 6:29 PM on November 24, 2007
you don't say. wake me when he's caught raping and eating children. actually, that wouldn't shock me. maybe if he kept them alive after removing an eyeball, then fucked the socket and gave the brain a "facial". now that... goddamn... sorry 'bout that. but seriously, it would have to be that disgusting and outrageous. this is seriously old news, isn't it? he started right out of the gate with his dad's records, if i'm not mistaken.
posted by andywolf at 6:42 PM on November 24, 2007
posted by andywolf at 6:42 PM on November 24, 2007
you don't say. wake me when he's caught raping and eating children. actually, that wouldn't shock me. maybe if he kept them alive after removing an eyeball, then fucked the socket and gave the brain a "facial". now that... goddamn... sorry 'bout that. but seriously, it would have to be that disgusting and outrageous.
doubt it. civil wars have been fought over less. the american civil war, in fact. while individual americans are outraged, modern americans as a nation no longer have the ability to be outraged. and even in a fake democracy, that doesn't cut it.
posted by mr_book at 6:48 PM on November 24, 2007
doubt it. civil wars have been fought over less. the american civil war, in fact. while individual americans are outraged, modern americans as a nation no longer have the ability to be outraged. and even in a fake democracy, that doesn't cut it.
posted by mr_book at 6:48 PM on November 24, 2007
sure civil wars have been fought over less. but by people that have been pushed beyond the point of reason, for a long time. we're nowhere near the point of being pushed that far. as long as enough people think that a terrorist is right around the corner they'll put up with alot. most of what the admin. has done is fairly esoteric and plenty of people are pissed about it. but, he isn't poisoning kid's toys or something, that's something people can latch onto. it'll be a long time before people get to the point of "taking it to the streets." we've had it too easy, for too long.
posted by andywolf at 7:02 PM on November 24, 2007
posted by andywolf at 7:02 PM on November 24, 2007
So, but, it doesn't really matter....'cos the next administration is going to reverse all this anyway, right?
Right?
*crickets*
Well, we are fat, dumb, and happy. The key to fixing that is to make things worse. Oh, perhaps not actually worse, in the sense that this is worse. But visibly worse, where people feel it. No one's really feeling the effects of this even though it is actually very harmful. I mean bellyfeeling (to borrow from Orwell). Which, really, is where you have to poke most Americans. Something (or a series of somethings) that will get Joe Six Pack off the couch muttering "aw, whatthefu" kind of thing. Something asinine as well as irritating as well as visibly symbolic.
Well, not much time left before the next election, we'll see...
posted by Smedleyman at 7:27 PM on November 24, 2007
Right?
*crickets*
Well, we are fat, dumb, and happy. The key to fixing that is to make things worse. Oh, perhaps not actually worse, in the sense that this is worse. But visibly worse, where people feel it. No one's really feeling the effects of this even though it is actually very harmful. I mean bellyfeeling (to borrow from Orwell). Which, really, is where you have to poke most Americans. Something (or a series of somethings) that will get Joe Six Pack off the couch muttering "aw, whatthefu" kind of thing. Something asinine as well as irritating as well as visibly symbolic.
Well, not much time left before the next election, we'll see...
posted by Smedleyman at 7:27 PM on November 24, 2007
Well, we are fat, dumb, and happy.
Hey! I'm not happy!
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:41 PM on November 24, 2007 [4 favorites]
Hey! I'm not happy!
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:41 PM on November 24, 2007 [4 favorites]
Is there a website or something where I can learn the types of things that would piss off enough Americans in order to affect the types of changes needed to make this country something to be proud of again?
I feel it's my patriotic duty. I have guns, even a loaner or two. Do I get a discount if I get a friend to sign up?
posted by Balisong at 8:34 PM on November 24, 2007
I feel it's my patriotic duty. I have guns, even a loaner or two. Do I get a discount if I get a friend to sign up?
posted by Balisong at 8:34 PM on November 24, 2007
Is there a website or something where I can learn the types of things that would piss off enough Americans in order to affect the types of changes needed to make this country something to be proud of again?
Shut down the shops. From the news footage i saw yesterday, you guys sure love to shop.
posted by twistedonion at 12:48 AM on November 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
Shut down the shops. From the news footage i saw yesterday, you guys sure love to shop.
posted by twistedonion at 12:48 AM on November 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
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