I would like to start by saying everything except the quote by Linda Douglass in this article are strictly my opinion. Yes, the times we live in, I know. If you read on you will see that I write this first because it may not be long before they start trying to shut us up, first with lawsuits and if possible maybe even prison.
It seems we have yet more of the soviet style of governing going on than anyone would have imagined even 5 years ago. Following is a direct quote by Linda Douglass straight from the whitehouse.gov site (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/)
There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flat@whitehouse.gov
I have little doubt that this will be taken down before long as it is now causing a bit of a firestorm. Every American should understand Obama and the administration seem approve these tactics or they would never have allowed this on their website.
You should be asking, "Why would the White House want this information?" and "What do they intend to do with this information?" It is fairly certain they do not just want to gather this information for the sake of statistics. The tone of the entire blog, in my opinion has a sense of control as well as to cause fear that there may be retribution for exercising your right to free and protected speech, though it may not be protected for long. I would think they certainly could not do anything against the people who hold contrary views to theirs. Yet, even as I write this I'm reminded of the armies of lawyers I've heard about that are going after those that question the legitimacy of Obama's very presidency.
Though it would be illegal to use the IRS or another similar organization to go after anyone holding those views that doesn't mean it won't happen. A simple phone call to the right person and you find yourself being audited, unendingly. This has apparently already happened to Rush Limbaugh according to things he's said on the radio. There is, of course, no way to prove these things are intentional, nonetheless they happen. Rush may have the money and lawyers to defend himself but most of us don't.
Even in writing this I can't help but wonder if I may not be tagged as one of thsoe right wing extremists they are now seem to be targeting. I keep asking myself if this is the America I grew up in. I remember as I child hearing about how people in Russia were encouraged to inform on each other. It happened in Germany and it is happening in China and many other nations now. All of these are nations that are totalitarian nations. Do we really want to be like this? I remember reading Alexander Solzenitzen's The Gulag Archipelago. He was thrown in a labor camp because someone informed on him about something he hadn't even done because they wanted something he had.
I would like to think Americans are above this, but as we race to embrace almost every other socialist value I can't help but wonder if we will not end up where they have. Yes we have had the longest surviving constitution in the history of the world, but history has shown us that ever nation has eventually fallen and I can't help but wonder if our time is not coming soon as well.
Our non-representing representatives seem to be dismantling the constitution and our way of life and economy as quickly as they can. They are writing and passing bills faster than they can read them. It is all happening so fast it almost makes your head spin just to keep up with it. Those in power have appointed people to remake the news in the nice image they want it, whether it matches the facts or not. If you question the facts as presented by the government you may now find yourself being informed on with possible unspecified consequences.
As our non-representing representatives are confronted by angry constituents, rather than listen to their concerns and act accordingly, they declare these people were told to come there and were organized without the slightest amount of evidence. Then the news prints what they say as though it were true. I have never been involved in politics. I have never called my non-representing representatives untill recently. Now I find myself perturbed by what they are doing and the way they simply ignore us that I've been making regular calls to them as well as writing numerous emails. All of this only gets a response that amounts to... "who cares! We know better."
The utter hypocrisy of our leaders is staggering. They didn't seem to have any problem with other organizations organizing an deven bussing people in to harrass voters and cajole them into voting. Yet they have a problem with conservatives doing it, though it is not even actually happening that way. My only point is that even if it were happening that way they should have not problem with it. They either are unwilling to face the idea that this is a grassroots event, or they know it is and are willingly lying about. Though I believe most every non-representing representative in congress is unethical, deceptive, and more concerned about power than about doing their job, I don't think they're stupid. If they were stupid there might be some excuse for what they're doing; at that point it would just be a matter of pride as to why they weren't listening to us. I do not believe this is the case. I believe they know full well what the American people want and have determined to ignore the American people in favor of a New Amerika. This is by far the more frightening of the two possibilities.
I can only wonder how long it will be before blogs like this start disappearing off the net. I wonder if the blog by Linda Douglass will disappear as well and then have the administration deny it was ever there. Maybe they'll declare it doesn't say what it clearly says above. This is one reason I've saved a copy of the webpage to my computer, though I'm sure even this they would say is just something I made up.
Paranoid? Well they say you're not paranoid if people are really out to get you, and it seems the administration is asking for informants so they can get you. Anyone who can't see the undertone in the quote above has no knowledge of histroy or political science.
Please contact your non-representatives. Whether you are a republican, democrat, independant, libertarian, or some other party. Let them know what you think! Your rights are slipping away faster than you know. Look at my previous post for what's in the "health care bill" they don't want you to know about. This is the stuff that has to be voted on NOW!!! We can't wait. It's so important they seem to feel they shouldn't even read it. I believe they are so crazed with power at this point as well as self deluded that they think ANY change is better than leaving things alone, though it goes much further. It seems they don't think small change is nearly enough. They seem to feel they must completely cast off everything of the old and completely remake it.
Call and write your non-representing representatives. 202-225-3121
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