May 26th, 2011
By Dan Miller President Obama has lauded democracy in many of his speeches but has seldom used the word “freedom.” There can be democracy without freedom (sometimes we call it mobocracy), and maybe even freedom without democracy; the words are not synonymous. In many countries, lack of freedom eviscerates even the pretense of democracy. Venezuela […]
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Tags: address, alliance, democracy, freedom, Parliament, transparency, U.K., U.S.
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May 7th, 2011
By Dan Miller There have been many calls for the Obama Administration to release further information about the action in Pakistan and the killing of Osama bin Laden. “Experts” from the U.N. Human Rights Council have requested this and so have others. Following release of a mishmash of information, much of it incorrect, a lid […]
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Tags: bin Laden, finding, killing, order, presidential, release, transparency
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April 20th, 2011
By Dan Miller Although not widely reported, President Obama has finally changed his name to Barrack T. Obama. The “T” is for Transparent, more au courant than the previously used “H” standing for Humble. This happened during an undisclosed ceremony held across the street from the White House shortly after BTO received a major transparency […]
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Tags: DOJ, ethics, lobbyist, Obama, open government, satire, SEIU, transparency
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January 28th, 2010
By Larry Ennis President Obama gave his first State of the Union address last night, effectively beginning his second year in office. The speech wasn’t anything special in my opinion. A little less arrogant but far from humble, Obama in effect offered little but a promise to do better. He mainly tried to get his […]
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Tags: Brown, Democrats, Massachusetts, Obama, SOTU, Tea Party, transparency
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