It seems to be true. In the healthcare reform legislation push especially, and in other issues, I don't feel that the President, in his presidency, has made an honest effort, even considering his previous promises to do so and even amid great public outcry that he do so, to give time and coverage sufficient for observation and input on what is actually being voted on by Congress and signed into law that all citizens in this country will be expected to live and abide by. I can't help but cheer to hear more journalistic voices in the media (here, add CNN commentator Jack Cafferty) calling the President out on campaign promises not kept.

Public officials should have integrity and the public should insist and expect that they do. In the exception that an official is dishonest in their dealings with those over whom they serve, the public should notice and take action to voice their disappointment, give ample pressure to encourage they regain our trust, and then be willing to withhold future votes and support from those who continue in their habit of dishonesty unreformed. And as a final note, I hope we all, the political pundits especially, can stop using the adjective "disingenuous" and use the more straight-talking adjectives "dishonest" or "lying" to describe those officials that abuse our trust.

This video is extremely entertaining w/ its tongue-in-cheek rendition of Obama the luchador who's come to save the day. We have to get our laughs somewhere; I guess it'll have to come from this sarcastic animation, because we'd probably all start crying were we to focus too much on reality.

Update

After listening to, reading, and watching a talk by Elder Dallin H. Oaks called "Where Will it Lead?", I decided that the content of this video, though hilarious, was not very respectful. Making fun isn't constructive, though it may be entertaining for the moment. Elder Oaks had concerns in four areas of public policy:
1. The focus on rights and diminishing of responsibilities
2. The dwindling readership in books and newspapers
3. What is taught and what is not taught in education
4. The mistrust and lack of respect for public officials
I figured my recommending of this video was in violation of numero 4, so it's gone. I'm sure we'll find plenty more to entertain us.

In the most recent issue of InformationWeek magazine that I recieved (Feb 16, 2009), Rob Preston (editor) had a great little column that can be found here.

The whole issue and the article talked about Obama's pending appointment of a new national-level CTO (chief technology officer).

What impressed me the most is Rob's abandonment of what could potentially be his and his audience's techy interests and treatment of the big issues that seem to be affecting one and all -- namely, economic and money issues. He hit some points so squarely that I'm including a few excerpts...

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