A Record of Promises Unfulfilled...

Trying to please everyone, even some of the time, is fraught with pot holes and is a recipe for non-accomplishment.

PROMISES, PROMISES - Records Not So Open With Obama - NYTimes.com: "One year into its promise of greater government transparency, the Obama administration is more often citing exceptions to the nation's open records law to withhold federal records even as the number of requests for information declines, according to a review by The Associated Press of agency audits about the Freedom of Information Act.

Among the most frequently cited reasons for keeping records secret: one that Obama specifically told agencies to stop using so frequently. The Freedom of Information Act exception, known as the ''deliberative process'' exemption, lets the government withhold records that describe its decision-making behind the scenes."