Wow. I would never have believed it. Now the so-called Greece referendum is cancelled. Just like that. Because Germany, France, and the U.S. didn't want it. So who is running Greece. I guess we will see if the Greeks really wanted a referendum or not.

So..this leads me to think that if the situation is so bad that it can't go for a referendum - that it's implementation has to be insured - or else some unbelievably horrible thing will happen to everyone if it isn't implemented, then we all need to know what those unbelievably horrible things are.

We need to know every detail about every deal and debt and gamble that has been made with public resources, and you can be sure that there have been many. Let's open this up. Let's hold people accountable. These backroom deals that can't be challenged are unacceptable in our democracy. We need open government and public participation to the max. I've been in this too long to know exactly what happens when governmental agencies don't think anyone is watching, or don't want anyone watching. It isn't pretty.

So can a Greek president just tell the citizens that they can, and then can't, have a vote on a critical issue affecting their quality of life? We will see. I'm going to bet that a Greek president can't.