You have GOT to be KIDDING ME!

The following editorialized information comes from an AP article linked at Yahoo News. You can read the full article here.

Once again the White House claims it is above the law. The most recent outrage comes as the Justice Department declares that The White House Office of Administration is not subject to Freedom of Information requests. This stunning revelation comes as a response to a lawsuit attempting to force the Office of administration to reveal any pertinent information or what it may know with regard to missing White House emails.

The Justice Department is arguing that "the Office of Administration has no substantial authority independent of President Bush and therefore is not subject to the FOIA's disclosure requirements."

"In its filing in U.S. District Court, the Justice Department said, "to be sure, OA currently has regulations implementing FOIA and has not taken the position" previously that it is exempt from the Freedom Of Information Act. To justify a change, the court papers rely on a court ruling in the 1990s that the National Security Council was not subject to FOIA. Previously, the NSC had handled FOIA requests."

It is important to note that the Office of Administration had previously been complying with and processing FOIA requests. According to the AP article last year the Office of Information processed 65 FOIA requests. So this news that they are "not subject" to the law comes as an astonishing surprise to me and probably everyone who works in the Office of Administration as well.

Is there no instance where Bush and his boys won't claim to be above the law? Is there any law that they are capable of complying with? With all this secrecy and blatant circumvention of congressional and public oversight is it any wonder that most Americans can say that the Bush presidency is worse than the Nixon presidency without even batting an eye?

Furthermore, while it is true that Americans in general have remarkably short memories there are certain things that we do not, can not and flat out will not forget. For example, we DO remember Nixon and we DO think Bush is worse. We're not going to be forgetting these escapades and attempts by this Administration to create a Unitary Executive Branch in a New American Government. We will not forget that this administration and this party have gleefully, knowingly and willfully subverted the basic tenets that make up the foundation of this great nation.

Is anyone honestly surprised at this latest refusal by the Bush White House to comply with the law of the land? Is anyone honestly surprised that the Bush White House apparently "lost" 5,000,000 emails and now is telling the American people that it does not have to explain how that happened? Is anyone honestly surprised at the growing level of open disdain that this president and his administration not only have show for the people they serve and the constitution of this great country but also the very foundation of what America stands for?

I am not surprised, but I am outraged.

I will not forget and I will continue to blog about and discuss these travesties until November 2008 and beyond. We cannot let this happen to our nation and we must work to correct the abuses that have been allowed to happen regularly under this criminal administration.

I will not forget and to borrow a line from my friend Brian Wolf host of Shakedown Street, I am not letting this go.

As always, thank you for reading,

Saint Lisa Litchfield