Yeah, About that Whole Transparency Thing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_cash_for_clunkers_transparency

So when are the Obama Kool-Aid drinkers going to wake up and realize they were lied to. Once again the man who promised to be the most transparent administration ever is with holding information. The administration is not releasing information about the current sales related to the "Cash for Clunkers" bill even as the Senate is debating another $2 billion for the program. Might this be because this program which touted how it would help jump start the American Automotive Business is actually increasing sales of foreign automakers. Six of the top ten cars sold under this program have been Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai's.

Change to a more Transparent White House

So going back to the campaign days President Obama has been talking about hope and change repeatedly. One of the changes was to make government more transparent for the American citizens. So lets see how that change has worked out so far. Obama promised to put all non-emergency bills on the white house website for citizens to view before he signed them. Well so far he has expanded SCHIP, passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and the Credit Card Bill of Rights bill among others all without meeting the 5 day promise. And now he is blocking access to White House visitor logs. This is a policy stance taken from the Bush administration who said it was no one else's business who was coming to visit him at the White House. The only problem is that a Federal Judge has ruled twice that this information is not private. So much for transparency.