I guess Climategate really put a burr under their saddle. Bishop Hill writes:
As it becomes clear that there will be a determined step by bureaucrats to neuter the FOI Act by introducing charges, it is increasingly important that the public take steps to nip this activity in the bud.
Please take a look at the Save FOI website, and in particular the How You Can Help page.
I suppose the USA will be next, we already have a spendthrift fee happy government that doesn’t give a whit about transparency.
government that doesn’t give a whit about transparency.
Quite the contrary. The government is quite concerned about transparency. Extremely concerned. Almost panicky, I think.
OK Anthony, I hear what you say, and after all this is your blog, and you are entitled to set the rules. Note that it was TomB who brought up the 9/11 issue, I didn’t mention this in my original posting. My Alex Jones News page is about alternative news, including some climate related stuff that mainstream USA broadcasters will not touch with a barge pole.
On the day of my original posting, videos from Marc Morano & Lord Monckton were available. This was what was relevant to the discussion here as FOI was mentioned in some of the conversations in several videos, and how the EPA, NOAA, NASA, and other bureaucratic organisations intend to prevent or make it very expensive to obtain information and data in the future. These videos are now superceeded by others ( I only show the latest 20 video postings by Jones).
So then I am happy to abide by whatever rules that you set out, but I can’t help thinking that it was TomB who breached these rules, and egged you on so that you made your remark. Perhaps it would have been better to redact that original 9/11 remark of TomB’s, which actually wasn’t helpful, and may have persuaded others not to look at the new information released ny Morano & Monckton on Alex Jones TV Show.
I do not necessarily ask you to publish this latest reply of mine, but however I would wish that you appreciate that I am not trying to wind you up deliberately over 9/11, or indeed anything else which you may take personal exception towards. You versus Alex Jones ? I don’t want to hold the coats, or be the referee in that particular contest, thank you. I appreciate your frankness, and tolerance of other’s views generally though.
REPLY: Thanks for understanding, I have to set some boundaries – Anthony