Bush’s Missing Word

[The Whiskey Priest]

A couple days ago Bush and the EU leaders held a press briefing in D.C. The briefing occurred at the end of a conversation between members of EU and Bush. Among the opening comments by Bush were some dealing with his administration considers elements of a democratic government. On of the elements he mentioned was “transparency.” I found that rather strange coming from Bush; whose administration is among the most secretive. It is a wonder that he did not choke when he uttered that word.

Yesterday, CSPAN re-ran the press briefing prior to the opening of Washington Journal. That was the first time I heard Bush use the word, “transparency” in connection to what made a good democratic government. Later that morning I thought I would chance that CSPAN had the tape on its site. I wanted to listen on more time to make sure that I had not misheard his use of the word. I went to the CSPAN site and sure enough it was listed, however when I tried to access the video CSPAN informed me that the tape was no longer available.

Not to worry, I would go to the White House site and see if the written transcript was there to be read. Sure enough the transcript was available. The strange thing is that upon reading the transcript I was surprised that the complete statement of what is required of a good democratic government had been removed.

Now, this is minor, but is does focus on how effective the Bush Administration is in recovering from some presidential gaff and to what length they will go to draw shut the curtains on information.

You can lookup the sites......I have not done so this morning.

[DistressedAmerican]

1. "Transparency"? Huh? He Must Have Meant "Lying Like A Fucking Rug"!

Bush lets his transparency be handeled by the Brits. Outsourcing?

[whistle]

2. Ahaa yes, "transparency"...what a lovely idea, such a nice buzzword

....but look at what results from the use of such words at the political level:

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Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency in an Enlarged Europe

By the same authors
Lodge Juliet
Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency in an Enlarged Europe Objectives

The project seeks to provide data on transparency, accountability and effective risk management for the consortium Observatory. This involves a number of seminars, conferences and reports. The aims are to identify and define the parameters of transparency that might be compatible with the requirements of effective risk management and accountable, responsible, open governance across increasingly ‘securitised’ policy areas where ‘securitisation jeopardises openness, accountability and responsibility. The objectives in months 0-18 are to discover:

1) what transparency means and how it is expressed. This will be done via an exploration of the theoretical concepts and their expression in contemporary government and EU doctrine. It will identify governance mechanisms and analyse the law and procedures for accessing official information, structures and instruments associated with accountability and responsible open government in order to ascertain which are compatible with effective and appropriate risk management across the expanding range of ‘securitised’ policy areas in the enlarged EU committed to realising sustainable, freedom, security and justice;

2) to define transparency-accountability parameters to facilitate objective assessment of what transparency provisions may be appropriate and compatible with effective risk management and with accountable and responsible governance in the enlarged EU; and,

3) to identify decision, transparency and accountability paths with respect to contentious areas of EU policy where internal and external security intersects, exceptionalism and openness are compromised (eg airline passenger data, anti-terrorism measures and the expansion of Europol competence). What is acceptable in one state is not in another. Common EU action is acutely difficult given the exceptionalism of security issues. To explore this better a policy trace will be done to trace the, how, what, when and why of the content of a decision. The time lapse between between the initial step and the entry of the decision into the public and parliamentary domains will be mapped. The justification for the measure will be assessed and mapped on an openness and accountability matrix. Documentary analysis will be supplemented by interviews with key officials and actors.) Identifying minimum appropriate transparency parameters is essential to ensure legitimacy and respect for EU governance and to make the FSJ goals real and sustainable.

<more>
<link> http://www.libertysecurity.org/article44.html

Very lofty goals for a document that seeks the lowest common denominator.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. You are probably just missing it somehow...

because the word has become miraculously...transparent.

[elehhhhna]

4. "transparency..that means the parents share a TransAm."

[CrispyQ]

5. LOL!

...remembering how he mangled sovereign.


:rofl:

[aden_nak]

6. Oh, come on. All of Bush's lies are transparent.

:P