Posted on 08/07/2009 3:08:45 AM PDT by Man50D
The White House calls it an effort to root out "disinformation." Critics call it "Chicago thug politics" and "totalitarian tactics."
"It" is the Obama administration's call for Americans to snitch on their neighbors by e-mailing to the White House any communications they receive "about health insurance reform that seem fishy."
The desperation move by Obama, who has staked the "success" of his presidency on nationalizing another 17 percent of the nation's economy – America's gigantic health care industry – comes in the wake of poll after poll saying Americans are scared and outraged over what they're hearing about "Obamacare." (The August edition of WND's monthly Whistleblower magazine, titled "MEDICAL MURDER," is devoted entirely to exploring Obama's proposed health care takeover.)
Unfortunately, the administration's response to increasing public furor over Obamacare – whether expressed at townhall meetings with congressmen, or just by communicating with each other over the Internet – is to attempt to thwart free speech and squelch dissent.
John Cornyn, R-Texas, has demanded that Obama either halt the program, widely known in the blogosphere as the "snitch" program, or define how he will protect the privacy of those who send or are the subject of e-mails to the flag@whitehouse.gov e-mail address.
"I am not aware of any precedent for a president asking American citizens to report their fellow citizens to the White house for pure political speech that is deemed 'fishy' or otherwise inimical to the White House's political interests," the Texas senator wrote in a letter to Obama.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
a FOIA request might be in order here.
I think that they are compiling a list of supporters to mobilize. When you send something “fishy”, they have your email address. This will allow for follow-up communication, persuasion, and fundraising. This is valuable to them even if they do nothing about the “fishy” info they receive! It’s just another way a community organizer can develop a list of sympathizers!
Progressive fool. If the person couldn’t afford the car to begin with, make a monthly payment, how are they suddenly going to be able to make that monthly payment just because of this reduction in price. It is still a debt. The car isn’t free!
Our local talk show host on 850 in the mornings has been almost ridiculing people who are concerned with this “snitch” request. Claims the admin is only using it to get ahead of rumors, win the PR battle on health care reform.
BUT, look at the comments on this article on 9news.com: http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=120837&catid=339
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POORGOP wrote:
Here is a direct email to turn in these liars and people who threaten our president like BOtheJoker did all day yesterday. The president welcomes the information.
The president wants the info on all people who are lying about the healthcare plan. I would hope people will turn in Sean Hannity-Rush Lembaugh and the rest of the people who are trying to tear down our country from within.
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My hope is that these dingbats on the left will destroy the system under the weight of their stupidity.
Set up fake accounts.
bump...
They'll still have your IP address. I recommend the free, easy to use, Tor Browser Bundle for Windows (Contains Tor, Vidalia, Torbutton, Polipo, and Firefox) to mask that.
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