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The See Through President

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Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Here is what President Barack Obama has posted about Transparency and Open Government on the White House web site:

“Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

“SUBJECT:      Transparency and Open Government

“My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government.  We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.”

Link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment

It must be evident to anyone who is honest with themself that President Barack Obama has zero credibility when it comes to government transparency.

The Obama administration still has not revealed why the decision was made not adequately protect ambassador Chris Stevens and the American consulate in Benghazi even though additional security had been requested. Eight months later and still waiting…

We still don’t know who in the State Department altered the Benghazi talking points given to Susan Rice, which were clearly altered to misinform the American people about why the murder of four Americans was allowed to take place. Instead we are still getting dismissals of questions about Benghazi like the one by President Obama’s Press Secretary Jay Carney who said recently that the murder of Americans at Benghazi “happened a long time ago.”

Despite repeated requests the White House is still refusing to release emails that may show how the administration wanted to change the Benghazi attack “talking points.” Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry is making the rounds proclaiming that this administration will “leave no stone unturned” in the Benghazi affair. Proof that John Kerry is a political hack with no self-respect.

Then there is the Fast and Furious gun walking case that resulted in the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. When Congress requested information from the Obama Administration about the program, President Obama invoked Executive Privilege and U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder became the first sitting member of the Cabinet of the United States to be held in Contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate. Is this what President Obama means by transparency and open government?

(Update, May 16th) Yesterday the White House released a limited batch of 94 pages of emails related to the Benghazi affair. It is a small gesture at best because these emails were sent several days after the murders at Benghazi. The administration is only selectively releasing information in order to appear as though they are cooperating. The cover up continues…

Hollywood’s Crony Capitalists

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Yesterday I wrote that the entertainment industry is full of greedy business people who have more money than they can possibly need. Most of them, rich Liberals, continually try to escape paying their fair share of taxes when it comes to funding our cash strapped state and Federal governments.

Fat cat movie moguls like Harvey Weinstein, Oliver Stone and Matt Damon were just cut another sweet deal with the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. This budget agreement contained an extension of the current law that allows them to escape paying up to 15 million dollars in taxes per production if produced here in the U.S. rather than on foreign soil. Proof that it pays very well to have friends in high places in Washington.

These clever allies of the Liberal Democrats in Congress claim that these rich tax breaks are needed to bring film production back to the United States. Why, I ask, would those Hollywood fat cats outsource their film production to foreign lands in the first place? How unpatriotic. Is all they care about their bottom line? Are they no different than greedy Wall Street Bankers or other American corporations that send American jobs overseas?

I remember when John Kerry was running for president in 2004 he scolded American businesses that sent jobs overseas, calling them “Benedict Arnold companies.” I guess he was also talking about his friends in Hollywood, but forgot to include them in his criticism. The wealthy and well-connected people in the entertainment industry get special protection from their friends in Congress while many Americans are lucky if they can scrounge up a few dollars to see a movie. No wonder I don’t go to the movies much anymore.

Brutus