Obama Transition Team Pledges Transparency and a Seat at the Table

Obama’s actions speak louder than his artfully chosen decptive words. Look at those anti firearms organizations that he accepts as his supporters. Look at those gun organizations that he rejects, which includes the NRA. Watch the onslaught of deceptions that will be comming under the guise of “reasonable gun laws”. This all leads to big political battles between the Obama Administration and legitimate, legal gun ownership.groups and individuals. The intentions of the Obama Administration have all ready been made clear. This administration is no friend to Founding Fathers or any of the signers of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is not some antique concept. It is as good today as when it was first written and accepted. . A full and complete Bill of Rights is just that,” RIGHTS” If not, you would have to believe in a “Bill of No Rights”. It is time to remember these are RIGHTS and nothing less.

i wonder if you could find like grants there. You know, like providing cell phones to Cubans. That is, Cubans living in Cuba, not the ones in Florida. I mean, how valuable is this for us aspiring entrepreneurs?

Why is it when Obama does something unprecedented, he gets criticized for not doing enough? He's posting the agenda of every interest group meeting with the transition team retroactively back to the election while allowing and reviewing public commenting and somehow that draws criticism?

It is analogous to someone randomly saving a drowning swimmer during a beach trip and being criticized for allowing thousands to drown every year while simultaneously being critized for poor judgment regarding choice of swimwear.

Obama had no obligation to do this, no one would have even mentioned the issue had he not brought it up, no one even thought that this was something that could be done, it goes far beyond the current administration, and it keeps him accountable.

Also, it does not do to attack Obama supporters as low information voters. Some very stupid and very smart people voted for both candidates but statistically, the greater the level of education, the greater the support for Obama's candidacy. Support for McCain ran almost exclusively along geographical lines. The difference between wining 68% of the white vote in Vermont and losing 88% of the white vote in Mississippi was not information related. (Source: CNN exit polling)

KDelphi,

No, I meant that I certainly didn't vote for him, and certainly did not like the election result, but when we clearly couldn't do anything to change it (even with that questionable Supreme Court fiasco), I did not go around grumbling on how Bush was going to screw everything up 24/7 when he had not even been sworn in like Concerned in Ohio is doing. I thought I'd wait and see what he does first then unleash any criticism- yes, there were hints, I suppose.

I mean, furthermore, Obama won this election with a strong mandate- not a squeaker like Bush. His vote totals are nearing 70 million.

I agree, if we could have done anything to stop Bush's disaster, it would've been esp in 2004 and when there was talk about impeaching Bush. Unfortunately those two fell through. We can never repay all the millions of people sufferng due to his actions, but at least the nightmare will be over in a month and a half.

Well, maybe, Grey Matter, if we had had a little more company out there, protesting what we SAW coming with ehtr Bush disaster--we couldve stopped it! What did you do--go buy a bumper magnet?

Concerned in OH -

I don't think any of us think that Obama should be free from "criticism" but the baseless conjecture is just tiresome and negative. Given some of your previous comments, I think you'd do well to strike the term "low information type" from your repertoire.

Concerned - If you click on the link, you'll see that the seat at the table will involve a huge smorgasbord of information regarding input from both individuals and groups.

This must be the same transparency as in Obama's fundraising.

Concerned,

Tradition we started? Yeah, we were not happy with Bush, but we did try to get over the election loss (esp the 2000 one which had real questions about the hanging chads), and go "Okay, fine, now he's the President, I'll see what he does and hold my horses first."

Only after he started screwing up the Iraq war and Katrina- and the whole no-bid for military contractors like Blackwater- then did everything come into pretty sharp focus! I certainly did not presume to know that everything would be a disaster before he was sworn in.

Concerned in OH -

Try moving out from under the dark cloud that you seem to be stuck under. The man hasn't even been sworn in yet. Try keeping an open mind...you may be surprised.

I thought Reagan declaring ketchup a vegetable started everything.

Concerned in OH,

Why don't you let Obama get sworn in and carry out his policies first?

Then you can start grumbling if he's screwing up or not following his ideals.

Otherwise, can the negativity. It must be terrible to be you, your ticket got routed up and down the ballot for the second election in the row.

You can spend your energy helping the country to rebuild under the new administration, or you can continue to sulk.

it is an incredibly good fodder for research of a subject matter. Especially personal researches on any given area.

Yeah right. Spoken like a guy who expects the kid glove treatment to go on forever. Things are gonna get real murky real fast come January 21.

The great thing about not having to worry about an election but every 4 years is that Obama can tell us all who he's listening to AND do whatever he wants, irrespective of whether it fits the common good -- just like GW Bush!

Topic of transparency:

Could it be that the Obama administration mark the end of capitalism and the begining of a era of people working for the good of each other as in a bartering system. With the callapse of the Global Market, maybe this country could lead the way for a different system worth. One that aides your fellow man.

Is this a dream.

If people were to hope for the future of mankind, it would be the best move for all.

Otherwise Greed and Vanity will be our own doing.

Judging from what's there already, the Obama archives will rival the Vatican's in terms of volumes. I think the transparency could be obscured by its sheer amounts.