Comments on: Press credentials http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/06/press-credentials/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:11:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/06/press-credentials/#comment-996 Anonymous Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:58:42 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=643#comment-996 the bushies are assisted by the unbelievable scale and scope of the difference between what they say/imply they're going to do and what they do. by blacking out all the doors and windows of the executive branch, they've created the equivalent of the overnight release of a 10,000 page document - nobody has time to both figure out what the bureaucracy is <i>supposed</i>  to be doing <i>and</i> discover the actual practice. essentially they've sent plausible deniability all the way down the ladder, creating exponential layers of opacity. by the end of the term, almost regardless of which party controls the congress, they will have accomplished huge chunks of the anti-popular-government crowd's agenda, either in name or in sum.<br/><br/>press passes or not, the major news outlets could care less if the feds are doing the will of the people. a strongly worded argument and a black box turns away most of the eyes, and the rest end up chasing foxes in the woods while the house is being burned down.<br/><br/>people are all hot and bothered about the signing statements, about torture, pick an exposed issue, without wondering, are they doing <i>anything</i> as expected or required? are there any rules on the book they follow with regularity? what hidden changes have they made at the IRS? or agriculture? or education, their sworn enemy?<br/><br/>all this while the clock twirls on the really big stuff. a couple nights ago, al gore went on <i>the daily show</i> and said, "i do think that the situation we're facing is outside the boundaries of what the political system is used to contemplating, and that's part of the problem."<br/><br/>well what IS the political system contemplating. is it something the press is really ready to discover? that an american administration would obey <i>none</i> of the rules that had been negotiated in something like good faith over the years, corrected for corruption and class? <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com/2006/06/press-credentials.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="alohaflower at mindspring dot com">hibiscus</a> the bushies are assisted by the unbelievable scale and scope of the difference between what they say/imply they’re going to do and what they do. by blacking out all the doors and windows of the executive branch, they’ve created the equivalent of the overnight release of a 10,000 page document - nobody has time to both figure out what the bureaucracy is supposed  to be doing and discover the actual practice. essentially they’ve sent plausible deniability all the way down the ladder, creating exponential layers of opacity. by the end of the term, almost regardless of which party controls the congress, they will have accomplished huge chunks of the anti-popular-government crowd’s agenda, either in name or in sum.

press passes or not, the major news outlets could care less if the feds are doing the will of the people. a strongly worded argument and a black box turns away most of the eyes, and the rest end up chasing foxes in the woods while the house is being burned down.

people are all hot and bothered about the signing statements, about torture, pick an exposed issue, without wondering, are they doing anything as expected or required? are there any rules on the book they follow with regularity? what hidden changes have they made at the IRS? or agriculture? or education, their sworn enemy?

all this while the clock twirls on the really big stuff. a couple nights ago, al gore went on the daily show and said, “i do think that the situation we’re facing is outside the boundaries of what the political system is used to contemplating, and that’s part of the problem.”

well what IS the political system contemplating. is it something the press is really ready to discover? that an american administration would obey none of the rules that had been negotiated in something like good faith over the years, corrected for corruption and class? 

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