http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31373407/ns/politics-white_house/

The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn’t have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions.

Despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to introduce a new era of transparency to Washington, and despite two rulings by a federal judge that the records are public, the Secret Service has denied msnbc.com’s request for the names of all White House visitors from Jan. 20 to the present. It also denied a narrower request by the nonpartisan watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which sought logs of visits by executives of coal companies.

CREW says it will file a lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service.

What he meant was that he’d be totally transparent about what he’s hiding from everyone. See… now everything makes sense.

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Listen closely to Chris Matthews

You’ve got three known statist leftists there blathering on ignorantly. Keith… Katrina was used to show that government isn’t the answer. He said that clearly in the speech. Chris… the Republicans shouldn’t have a healthcare plan. If we make the false assumption the party members are generally for the free market no plan is possible unless you call doing nothing and letting the free market work a plan. Why should I expect anything less than this from the guy who said after Obama won the presidency: I’m going to do everything I can to make this thing work – this new presidency.

As for accepting funds. Louisiana is most definitely a taker state. While I don’t like that I understand it. In some cases people are incentivized to continue their life in dangerous locations because the federal government in particular is willing to give them handouts. Few are ever going to decline “free” money. If they think that very explicitly some of the stimulus money will cause problems more power too them for refusing it. It’s surely better than accepting it all. What I’d love to see is a state ask for all the amount of money which its residents sent in federal taxes and distribute it back to the original owners.

I’d like to also bitch about CNN. This morning some Obama worshiping commentator said something to the effect: “People have seen their ability to get healthcare disappear as the lose jobs or tough times makes it too expensive to keep coverage. Hopefully this will be an in for Obama’s healthcare plan.” 1) They haven’t lost healthcare, they lost health insurance. In no way the same. An it’s not technically insurance either but that’s another discussion. 2) People have the just about the most abundant healthcare system in the world available to them. The high prices are artificial but anyone is able to get healthcare. Whether you can afford it, need to mortgage the house, or ask for charity are another issue. But the access is there.

I originally intended this post to be about this but when search (unsuccessfully) for a clip of it on YouTube I ran across the footage above.