I was delighted to notice this evening that the drug czarâs blog, Pushingback.com seems to have removed every post written prior to Obamaâs inauguration. What was formerly one of the webâs greatest collections of unhinged drug war propaganda now houses only 3 posts. Itâs an epic massacre of wretched crap that should never have been written in the first place.
Classic embarrassments such as the fake map of San Francisco, the crazy 'burrito taster' poster, and the time they lied about their web traffic are gone forever, along with every other annoying artifact of former drug czar John Waltersâs tragic flirtations with new media. Iâm sure itâs all archived somewhere, but itâs probably best left to rot unless youâre making a documentary called Worst Drug Czar Ever.
The archives of Pushingback.com are basically a map of everything ONDCP has been up to for the last couple years. It was the single best source for following the drug czarâs speeches, photo-ops, programs and propaganda. Suddenly, all of John Walters horrible accomplishments are erased and the bloggers whoâve been picking away at him for years are left with a bunch of dead links.
The big question is how this came about. Iâd really love to know whose executive decision it was to take out John Waltersâs garbage. I spot-checked a couple other government blogs and found Bush administration posts still available, even on divisive topics such as foreign policy. For now, it looks like the purge at Pushingback.com isnât just a matter of out with the old, in with the new.
If someone in the new administration thinks we donât need this crap anymore, theyâre damn right.
Classic embarrassments such as the fake map of San Francisco, the crazy 'burrito taster' poster, and the time they lied about their web traffic are gone forever, along with every other annoying artifact of former drug czar John Waltersâs tragic flirtations with new media. Iâm sure itâs all archived somewhere, but itâs probably best left to rot unless youâre making a documentary called Worst Drug Czar Ever.
The archives of Pushingback.com are basically a map of everything ONDCP has been up to for the last couple years. It was the single best source for following the drug czarâs speeches, photo-ops, programs and propaganda. Suddenly, all of John Walters horrible accomplishments are erased and the bloggers whoâve been picking away at him for years are left with a bunch of dead links.
The big question is how this came about. Iâd really love to know whose executive decision it was to take out John Waltersâs garbage. I spot-checked a couple other government blogs and found Bush administration posts still available, even on divisive topics such as foreign policy. For now, it looks like the purge at Pushingback.com isnât just a matter of out with the old, in with the new.
If someone in the new administration thinks we donât need this crap anymore, theyâre damn right.
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