Obama to discuss aid, receive award (for "commitment to an open and transparent government")

UPI ^ | March 16, 2011

[maggief]

EXCERPT

-- Accept an award from a coalition of good government groups and transparency advocates recognizing "his deep commitment to an open and transparent government -- of, by, and for the people" in conjunction with Sunshine Week.

[hal ogen]

Surely this is some sort of sick satire from Bizarro world???

[goodnesswins]

The sudafed must be getting to my brain...”award for TRANSPArenCY????”

[MestaMachine]

THIS is a joke...right???
What is the punchline?

[maggief]

Sunshine Week 2011 — March 13-19

http://www.sunshineweek.org/

Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public’s right to know.

Sunshine Week as a national effort is spearheaded by the American Society of News Editors. The key funder has been the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, with significant support from ASNE Foundation. In 2011, The Gridiron Club and Foundation contributed $10,000.

Though created by journalists, Sunshine Week is about the public’s right to know what its government is doing, and why.

Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to play an active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to information that makes their lives better and their communities stronger.

Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan, non-profit initiative.

[blueyon]

my coffee almost came out of my nose...............

[Jmouse007]

We are living in Bizzaro World = up is down, black is white, good is evil, evil is good. Obama and his so-called “administration” are as transparent as a 20 foot thick, 1000 foot high wall of case hardened steel.

[Mouton]

I am calling a BS alert on this one.

[Loud Mime]

wince, ping

[Common Sense 101]

How long before the Skittle-$hitting Unicorn Club follows suit with an award to the O-hole for “exemplary foreign policy decisions”?

[RoadTest]

“Sunshine Week”

A festival of idiots.

[SunkenCiv]

From a Moslem organization? Or one of his wholly-owned subsidiaries? Or did the Nobel people set up something just for him? Thanks maggief.

[Soothesayer]

Is this some kind of sick joke?

He has promoted and encouraged human rights abuses across the world and has lied non-stop to the American public since even before his inauguration.

[mlocher]

Accept an award from a coalition of good government groups and transparency advocates recognizing "his deep commitment to an open and transparent government -- of, by, and for the people" in conjunction with Sunshine Week.

Who in the world is Sunshine Week?! A Soros funded group whose job it is to hand out Obama awards?

[paulycy]

Though created by journalists, Sunshine Week is about the public’s right to know what its government is doing, and why.

Clearly this award is from sycophantic journalists who are extremely pleased to be allowed by the propagandist in chief to blow sunshine up the American peoples' collective @sses.

[maggief]

COALITION MEMBERS American Library Association ♦ American Society of News Editors ♦ The Associated Press ♦ Association of Alternative Newsweeklies ♦ Center for Democracy & Technology ♦ http://www.sunshineweek.org/Home.aspx Collaboration on Government Secrecy ♦ Electronic Frontier Foundation ♦ Media Law Resource Center ♦ National Association of Broadcasters ♦ National Newspaper Association ♦ National Press Club ♦ National Security Archive ♦ Newspaper Association of America ♦ OMB Watch ♦ Online News Association ♦ Openthegovernment.org ♦ Project on Government Secrecy ♦ Radio Television Digital News Association ♦ The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press ♦ Society of Professional Journalists ♦ Sunshine in Government Initiative

[I still care]

Even the MSM journalists have been complaining recently that Obama is NOT answering questions.

[mlocher]

Thanks for the info! All I can say is LOL!

[Rebelbase]

John Edwards won a Father of the Year award once.

[mlocher]

Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.

I guess if you hide your birth certificate under the auspices of gov't, you too can win an award from the Sunshine Week.