Stephen Colbert likes to talk about "truthiness" --  opinion that is not necessarily based on any facts. OpentheGovernment.org is a coalition in which Common Cause participates that really wants to substitute truth for truthiness.

The coalition consists of a wide variety of journalism, transparency, environmental, labor, and other public interest and democracy groups concerned about the increasing propensity of the Bush Administration to keep important information hidden from the American public.

The statistics about what the government is hiding from us are pretty depressing.  But the flash video the coalition has put together is not. Coalition director Patrice McDermott said that its purpose was to remind Americans of their heritage of openness.  "Our democracy is indeed in jeopardy but the public can join Ms. Public, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and others in fighting the foes of secrecy," McDermott said.  "It is a fight we can and must win."

Take a look, and pass on to a friend.  It will make you laugh, and hopefully inspire you to do more to support the fight against truthiness.

www.openthegovernment.org