Secretly preventing the release of secrets

Last year I was up in arms about a "secret hold" being placed on a bill that would create a database showing where earmark spending went. It was finally revealed, thanks mostly to bloggers, that the hold was placed by infamous pork-barrel whore Ted Stevens from Alaska.

Well, someone is back at it. Its sort of funny though, when you ignore the fact that the secret douchebag is completely slitting the throat of democracy and taking a hot steaming shit on accountability and transparency. The bill that has been secretly held is a bill called the Open Government Act. The goal of the bill is to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act which will allow the public a greater oversight over our representatives that have turned to being a little to secretive lately.

Its sort of stunning to me that this type of hold can still be used in 2007. In fact, I would go as far to say that I am surprised that this tactic could ever be used. In the end, I have no hesitation to say that whoever is doing this is nothing short of a coward who should be removed entirely from public service jobs except sanitation.