Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Love your word play Gary. ;~) First Bush closed the shutter curtain over the press coverage of bodies returning from the first gulf war - because the photographs produced negative political feedback. That curtain remained closed ever since. The current administration is attempting to work that old stuck shutter back open. We'll see how it plays out. Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Feb 27, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Gary Dalton wrote: > > Words, such as "transparency" and "opaque," might mean that this > topic isn't OT... Hmm.... > > Looking back through US history, I believe that I see governments/ > administrations that adopted opaqueness as a core value from the > get-go. It wasn't a matter of becoming opaque. They loved being > opaque because the safest course was not to disclose any truths > that might make the populace uncomfortable. > > Is the Obama administration transparent? Maybe. Will it become more > opaque? Maybe. > > I'm not so sure all citizens of the US can or will handle the > coming truths. Maybe the Obama administration reach for a > "polarizing filter"....(Wanted to stay OT)... > > You have to admit: This entry is more OT than prostate > health...Unless you guys have another use for bayonet mounts....