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Major Hogwash

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73. Good thing, too, because Boxer takes good notes.

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Guard tells Senator Boxer that she can't take notes on TPP [View all] n2doc May 2015 OP

That's astonishing. It must be REALLY bad for the average American. Vinca May 2015 #1

Hmm, I need an additional signature line: flor-de-jasmim May 2015 #77

America should be better than this. Good grief... think May 2015 #2

Yep, the transparency we were promised. n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #3

Well, Sherman A1 May 2015 #5

It is! Thav May 2015 #80

God Bless America deutsey May 2015 #4

Anyone who says that the TPP secrecy is bullshit, is either ignorant or cali May 2015 #6

Ignorant, prevaricating, trolling - maybe all three. Divernan May 2015 #7

Thanks for the link, Cali.. Check out this part on services. hedda_foil May 2015 #25

Industries deancr May 2015 #44

Time For A Group -- PUKE, Literally! ChiciB1 May 2015 #83

If the TPP passes, is there any conceivable way it can be challenged/rolled-back? erronis May 2015 #84

K & R & AzDar May 2015 #8

She should be yelling from the rooftops about this. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #9

+1 Enthusiast May 2015 #11

this is nuts. why can't we get a someone with a photographic certainot May 2015 #10

Wouldn't THAT be exactly the staffer to have working for you? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #26

Probably end up in jail for treason yeoman6987 May 2015 #38

Yes Punx May 2015 #12

Welcome to DU! lark May 2015 #46

One of them should let her/himself be arrested greymattermom May 2015 #13

OR.... Plucketeer May 2015 #16

Yes! A senatorial arrest or two for taking notes could make clear what's going on. hedda_foil May 2015 #35

This administration exhibits the transparency Plucketeer May 2015 #14

+1000 Angry Dragon May 2015 #47

That is disgraceful. yardwork May 2015 #15

Guessing that the DU pro-TPP contingent sleeps in late.. frylock May 2015 #17

I dont know who they are, but I do know that this president has been obstructed unlike any randys1 May 2015 #28

This is intolerable. blackspade May 2015 #18

K&R for exposure and bookmark. JEB May 2015 #19

Kick. Best democracy investors can buy. nt raouldukelives May 2015 #20

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #21

+100 whathehell May 2015 #69

I can't believe this isn't front page news. jalan48 May 2015 #22

Hell, the TPP isn't even back-page news. KamaAina May 2015 #85

"Obama loves me, this I know..." Android3.14 May 2015 #23

This must be a pack of lies! Right here on DU I have been told by several members that A Simple Game May 2015 #24

+1 historylovr May 2015 #29

Bad Senator! Bad! Bad! RufusTFirefly May 2015 #27

Somebody knew moondust May 2015 #30

There have to be thousands of pages n2doc May 2015 #33

Exactly. moondust May 2015 #36

That's obviously a feature, not a bug. nt tblue37 May 2015 #40

+ a ton. that's the nub of it. cali May 2015 #74

I think we need to know who is fucking cleared for this. Orsino May 2015 #31

My, what a smart to get congresscritters to support a bill sarge43 May 2015 #32

Recommend! KoKo May 2015 #34

Thats standard for any classified area GummyBearz May 2015 #37

Congress did not have access to FDR's trade negotiations nor Obama's Iranian negotiations. pampango May 2015 #39

Well, then I guess it's okay... americannightmare May 2015 #42

If confidential international negotiations are 'wrong', we'll have to come up with another method pampango May 2015 #43

The Obama I voted for promised transparency and rule of law as touchstones Divernan May 2015 #41

But but but ..I just read on the White House website that Obama runs the most transparent in history LiberalLovinLug May 2015 #86

Signed Jan. 21, 2009 - the times, they've been a-changin' Divernan May 2015 #87

Fealty to the power structure is what is wanted. lark May 2015 #45

According to my Senator the TPP has not even been finished yet Angry Dragon May 2015 #48

I watched Senator Boxer's whole speeech yesterday. It was terrific. stuffmatters May 2015 #49

Just call me stupid turbinetree May 2015 #50

Do we know who the people are who are negotiating, and ARE allowed to look at it? arcane1 May 2015 #51

Remember, this is the issue Obama has chosen Kelvin Mace May 2015 #52

It really is absurdly simple. hifiguy May 2015 #55

Jimmy Carter Punx May 2015 #56

Succinctly and accurately stated. 1,000+ Divernan May 2015 #88

No privacy for citizens, absolute secrecy for the 1%. Marr May 2015 #53

nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #54

We can't see it, congress members can't see it Tsiyu May 2015 #57

+1 whereisjustice May 2015 #63

"What ya in for, kid?" "Taking illegal notes". And they all moved away from her on the bench...n/t jtuck004 May 2015 #58

Prosense, er, I mean Hoyt, must be off their game Skittles May 2015 #59

Their side won. Only the gloating and boasting remains n/t n2doc May 2015 #61

they "won" the same way gun humpers "won" Skittles May 2015 #68

Yes n2doc May 2015 #75

spewing blue ink like a ruptured squid... whereisjustice May 2015 #65

This is Bullshit Bullshit Bullshit. People need to wake up. What is so damn secret that they don't YOHABLO May 2015 #60

play the two level game, Mr. President. Stop acting like some shady prick. Ed Suspicious May 2015 #62

Boxer was my Senator for many years, and my quess is she didn't quite believe or grasp what libdem4life May 2015 #64

They need to record this. It'd go viral so quick. joshcryer May 2015 #66

A good analogy for what is happening now ... nikto May 2015 #67

TPP is becoming our "cask of Amontillado" Art_from_Ark May 2015 #70

LET ME MAKE SURE I spell this right... yuiyoshida May 2015 #71

Or in Japanese Art_from_Ark May 2015 #72

Honto desu Ark san yuiyoshida May 2015 #81

Good thing, too, because Boxer takes good notes. Major Hogwash May 2015 #73

Common Sense Reasons for Keeping Detail Secret Evar May 2015 #76

Here is what is wrong - if it is not finished, then why the rush to have Fast Track? djean111 May 2015 #78

"I'm afraid I can't allow that, Dave." Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #79

Silly Senator ... DirkGently May 2015 #82