It's finally happened.
I've been sucked into some kind of giant celestial gopher hole to a parallel universe where all sense, logic, and reason are suspended.
Where black is white and up is down and left is right and sweet is sour and nothing / everything is exactly what it seems.
And our tour guide for this trip through the looking glass isn't Alice, but Mr. Malaprop himself, Joe Biden.
You may remember during the campaign rhetoric that the O-man and Ol' Joe said they were going to restore transparency to government, to rid the process of secrecy and backroom deals by having the "most transparent administration in history".
Even Madame Pelosi said she had the most transparent government in history, that everything would be fully transparent, for the voters to see.
We were even going to be able to see it all on C-SPAN and the internet, remember?
(Side note: It's somehow fitting that Madame Pelosi, head of the House, should share title and duties with the senior women of the world's oldest profession. After all, her House is full of whores as well!)
But I digress.
Back to Ol' Joe.
He's meeting again today with Earl DeVaney.
You may not know the name, but he certainly isn't insignificant.
In fact, he may be the most significant influencer of your financial future if the Administration gets its way.
See, DeVaney is the Chairman of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board.
The Recovery Act TRANSPARENCY and Accountability Board.
The Recovery Act TRANSPARENCY and Accountability Board.
That's the group who is supposed to be making sure that all the TARP and stimulus money is being spent wisely, and that you, the taxpayer, isn't being ripped off.
DeVaney's job is to "insure that the government stimulus programs are operated in an ethical and transparent manner, open to the scrutiny of the American people."
Remember that the O-man said that "Nobody gets anything past Ol' Joe" when he put Biden in charge of the program oversights.
Maybe not.
But the Administration keeps on trying to put things past us, the constituents.
See, their transparency approaches that of steel.
Not only isn't it transparent, but it seems to be impervious to attacks like questions and challenges from reporters and the folks at home.
So, it should come as no surprise that Ol' Joe's meeting with Earl DeVaney. the Chairman of the Recovery Act TRANSPARENCY and Accountability Board, is CLOSED to the press and the public.
Ol' Joe has promised transparency.
DeVaney is in charge of transparency, at least in his area of responsibility.
One of them isn't doing their job.
"Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense." --- The Mock Turtle in Through the Looking Glass
"It would be so nice if something made sense for a change." --- Alice in Through the Looking Glass
