Bush/Cheney: Sweeping Reality Under The Rug Since 2001

Blogging's been light due to the holiday, but I will be back tomorrow in the swing of things. In the meantime, here is something to keep your anger sensors in overdrive until then.

Talking Points Memo/TPMmuckraker has spent the past several years cataloging and reporting on the misdeeds of our elected officials big and small, often outpacing their real media counterparts (its founder, Josh Marshall, just made GQ's Men of the Year list for his work in helping break the U.S. Attorneys story). In addition to individual stories, they have been keeping a comprehensive list of "this administration stifling government information." They have just published the updated list, with a new section on global warming.

It's a damning list, showing how the Bush crew's obsession with secrecy and obfuscation applies not only to 'national security' matters but also from everything from abstinence study findings to motor vehicle safety hazards info. Normally, this level of imperial hubris might have real-world consequences, but the liberal media decided that'd be partisan and rude, so discussion of all of this must be limited to the internet.

It'd be nice if said media-- instead of spending several hours a day debating who's up and down in Iowa-- would ask the prospective presidential candidates what they think of the issues addressed in this list. I'll begin holding my breath... now.