Transparency in Government

If y’all been readin’ my stuff for long, y’all know I’m no big fan of our apologist in chief, Obama.

But occasionally, even a blind hog ruttin’ ‘round in the mud finds food, and I have found one thing I can give him credit for.

We all heard him promise that he’d bring a new transparency to government, and by my figurin’, he has.

In fact, he’s managed to get both his best hands to be more transparent, too.

Honest Harry and Nefarious Nancy have really wrapped themselves around the whole idea, as shown by their recent words and actions.

Nancy of California actually came right out and said what she really meant today.

That’s uncommon with politicians, who are normally pretty good at speaking in ways designed to confuse us plain folks.

But today, she became totally transparent.

“I think we would do almost anything if it meant we would pass healthcare for all Americans before the Christmas holidays,” Pelosi told reporters at her weekly news conference.

And it looks like she means it.

She continues to arm twist and buy off her own Democrats in the house, insuring they’ll stay in the fold once whatever bill gets passed come up for reconciliation.

She even proposed a new way to subvert the will of the American people, who ain't much backin' what Congress has tried so far:

“I believe that the bill can be added to the omnibus appropriations bill and passed during the holidays, even between Christmas and New Year's Day” said the nefarious one.

She said that that would require adding an increase in the nation's debt limit, which is well on the way to happening.

“It would be more difficult for my members to vote against the spending bill, even with healthcare and more debt, because it includes funding for their pet projects and money for the military” she said, adding that "most members would be reluctant to be seen as unsupportive of the military".

Harry of Nevada is also fully on board with this new transparency.

On Monday, he told fellow Senators that he would not schedule any Senate sessions this coming weekends, in order to give Senate staffers “a well deserved break from working tirelessly and continuously for the past few months”.

Many thought to be interesting, since as recently as last week, Reid was promising to hold the Senate in non-stop session until his healthcare bill was passed.

‘Course, Nevada’s national embarrassment soon became totally transparent when it was discovered that the real reason he wanted the weekend off was that he had a major, $1,000 a plate fund raiser scheduled in Louisiana on Saturday.

Yep. Ol’ Honest Harry, that pillar of transparency, was nice enough to give all those hard workin’ staffers a weekend off jus’ so he could go to a breakfast and raise a bunch of money for his own re-election campaign (which, if you haven’t been payin’ attention, is goin’ ‘bout as well as a rodeo on a jetliner).

In fact, Honest Harry was so transparent that it shattered his glass house when a few reporters and Republican Senators called him on it.

They got to thinkin’ that maybe Honest Harry wasn’t bein’ quite straight when he claimed the weekend off was for the benefit of others.

Some of ‘em even straight out said that a G note a plate might be affectin’ Honest Harry’s truth tellin'.

So, in a totally transparent move, Harry did what he does best … divert the discussion to the people challenging him!

“I think that this debate has really come to a point that I’ve rarely seen in the Senate — in fact, I've never seen it — to have my friends on the other side of the aisle come to the floor and in some way try to embarrass or denigrate me,” Reid said, ignoring the fact that there is little anyone could do that can embarrass him more than he does to his own self.

“But they should understand, any events I had scheduled this weekend have been canceled.”

Reid went further with this charade by saying he would never admonish a fellow senator for holding a fundraiser.

“I would never, ever intentionally come to the floor and try to talk about somebody having a fundraiser and that's why they’re trying to get out of here,” he said.

About taking the weekend off, Reid added, “I thought it would be appropriate because our party has worked pretty hard here to have a day or two off.”

So, when it comes to his two best hands, Obama has delivered what he promised.

Totally transparent words.

Followed by totally transparent actions.

Sometimes it's prudent to be careful what you wish for, Mr. President.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don't have brains enough to be honest. --- Benjamin Franklin

He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others. --- Horace