Can I file a FOIA request for a hero tag?

Jibberjabber. I'll be impressed when Obama fires a Cabinet member for letting his department suppress embarrassing information about this administration. Until then, same ol' same ol'.

hero tag needed

Birth certificate?

shirtsbyeric: Birth certificate?

Is a Hawaiian birth certificate a Federal document?

And yet, there are still people claiming that Obama is nothing more than a continuation of Bush.

Manhigh: Can I file a FOIA request for a hero tag?

Ditto

I can write words as well, let's see some action.

How bad have things become when returning government to normal is heroic?

Take it from us, Limeys - get it up front, in writing.

Phil Moskowitz: How bad have things become when returning government to normal is heroic?

Hasn't that been the MO of the right for a while? Lurch 20 spaces rightward, and then howl when we move 15 spaces back. Meanwhile, the center shifts.

BarrRepublican: Take it from us, Limeys - get it up front, in writing.

What do "Limeys" have to do with this?

Shatner's Bassoon: What do "Limeys" have to do with this?

Are we havign gin and tonics this morning? if so sign me up.

DeathByGeekSquad: I can write words as well, let's see some action.

FTFA: New US president Barack Obama has ordered government agencies to release more information

You are aware that the President gives orders, that that's his job, right?

This is entire reason I was for Obama: transparency. Trust, but verify.

\Add my voice to the call for the Hero tag

UniqueCrash5: DeathByGeekSquad: I can write words as well, let's see some action.

FTFA: New US president Barack Obama has ordered government agencies to release more information

You are aware that the President gives orders, that that's his job, right?

This is entire reason I was for Obama: transparency. Trust, but verify.

\Add my voice to the call for the Hero tag

I'm quite aware of what his job entails, and until the system is tested it's only on paper.

Simmer down.

Empty suit.

Or because embarrassing people donate to your library?

Phil Moskowitz: How bad have things become when returning government to normal is heroic?

Really really bad, which says much more about your guy than ours.

NURBS: And yet, there are still people claiming that Obama is nothing more than a continuation of Bush.

Does that mean they like Obama, or they hate Bush?

DeathByGeekSquad: I can write words as well, let's see some action.

What the fark do you think the president does?

What do you want him to do? Jumping jacks? Fly a jet? Clear brush?

Shatner's Bassoon: BarrRepublican: Take it from us, Limeys - get it up front, in writing.

What do "Limeys" have to do with this?

I'm not sure, but I believe scurvy is involved.

If he wants to change the obsession with secrecy and CYA he may need to tour a few office buildings with Taser in hand.

DrJesusPhD: DeathByGeekSquad: I can write words as well, let's see some action.

What the fark do you think the president does?

What do you want him to do? Jumping jacks? Fly a jet? Clear brush?

What the fark do you think I answered to the first person who asked that question? Do you want me to repeat myself everytime someone thinks they've 'got me'?

"Nondisclosure should never be based on an effort to protect the personal interests of Government officials at the expense of those they are supposed to serve. In responding to requests under the FOIA, executive branch agencies should act promptly and in a spirit of cooperation, recognizing that such agencies are servants of the public," he said.

Awesome.

99% of government secrets are kept secret to cover up crimes by government employees.

It's an old joke in Britain that the "Official Secrets Act" is not there to protect secrets, but to protect officials...

Gamer Grrrl: Really really bad, which says much more about your guy than ours.

Phil is in no way a "that guy" supporter. At all.

DeathByGeekSquad: I can write words as well, let's see some action.

Psssst... signing these things is as close to action as a president gets. Executive orders carry some heavy-duty legal weight (like say, an order to integrate the military, or close Gitmo, or to classify hundreds of heretofore accessible documents...)

Or was the PATRIOT Act "just words" too?

NURBS: And yet, there are still people claiming that Obama is nothing more than a continuation of Bush.

Well, considering Bush's inability to catch Bin Laden, and completely screwing the pooch on the War on Terrorism, I would call Bush a Sekkrit Mooslim too.

DeathByGeekSquad: I can write words as well, let's see some action.

would you like him down there collating the documents himself? he instructed his administration to do this, that is action.

Give DeathByGeekSquad a break. He's obviously refering to telekinesis.

maybe if cable media didn't screech every time somebody slightly screwed up, in favor of pursuing the larger injustices, government would be more open about the little things

/blowjobs

burndtdan: DeathByGeekSquad: I can write words as well, let's see some action.

would you like him down there collating the documents himself? he instructed his administration to do this, that is action.

That writing words, as stated above which many people clearly did not read the system hasn't been proven. When disclosures occur, then I'll consider it action. If he goes after people who still try to prevent embarrassing situations from being disclosed, then I'll consider it action.

I have no faith in politicians, unless they actually follow through with their system, it's just words. The same goes for Gitmo, until that whole situation is over and done with, it's just words.

for good or for awesome: Give DeathByGeekSquad a break. He's obviously refering to telekinesis.

I'll give you a break for failing to read.

Snarfangel: Does that mean they like Obama, or they hate Bush?

They like cheesecake.

DeathByGeekSquad: I have no faith in politicians, unless they actually follow through with their system, it's just words. The same goes for Gitmo, until that whole situation is over and done with, it's just words.

What's described in this article *is* action on Obama's part, not words. An executive order is one of the only kinds of actions a President can take (i.e. he can't himself physically force agencies to grant FOIA requests).

I see what you're saying in the sense that we haven't seen the actual requests being complied to yet, but you can see why we're calling you out. It should be a foregone conclusion that eventually this will get done. If various parts of the executive branch start failing to comply with the President's lawful orders, I think we have bigger problems than FOIA requests.

LedZeppelinRule: DeathByGeekSquad: I have no faith in politicians, unless they actually follow through with their system, it's just words. The same goes for Gitmo, until that whole situation is over and done with, it's just words.

What's described in this article *is* action on Obama's part, not words. An executive order is one of the only kinds of actions a President can take (i.e. he can't himself physically force agencies to grant FOIA requests).

I see what you're saying in the sense that we haven't seen the actual requests being complied to yet, but you can see why we're calling you out. It should be a foregone conclusion that eventually this will get done. If various parts of the executive branch start failing to comply with the President's lawful orders, I think we have bigger problems than FOIA requests.

We're talking about politicians, people who find loopholes and skirt the guidelines for a living. Until one of them discloses or is caught hiding a disclosure, it's just words. Obama wrote words, they have yet to be taken through their processes, thus they have not been acted upon. His action will be following through with the written order.