Change, hope, ethics, and other bullcrap

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

"End the Practice of Writing Legislation Behind Closed Doors: As president, Barack Obama will restore the American people's trust in their government by making government more open and transparent. Obama will work to reform congressional rules to require all legislative sessions, including committee mark-ups and conference committees, to be conducted in public. By making these practices public, the American people will be able to hold their leaders accountable for wasteful spending and lawmakers won't be able to slip favors for lobbyists into bills at the last minute."
From http://change.gov/agenda/ethics_agenda/

But then today we see
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20090211135318.aspx
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30667

Apparently all that change and ethics bullcrap was exactly what it sounded like.

[Manedwolf]

He filled the cabinet with tax cheats and lobbyists. Did you need even more proof?

[Don't care]

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[Viking]

Are we sure that we want to see laws being made?

Sausages and all......it may be ill advised, but necessary.

Hey, if people say how laws REALLY were made...that might be a Good Thing. Good as in "bring out the tar and feathers!"...

[Standing Wolf]

Hey, if people say how laws REALLY were made...that might be a Good Thing. Good as in "bring out the tar and feathers!"

I have a hunch Thomas Jefferson would skip the decorative stuff and grab a musket.

[PTK]

Standing Wolf,

Your one-liners put all others to shame. We really must meet, someday.