White House call to 'flag' dissent loathsome

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Published: Sunday, August 9, 2009

Tom Skoch

"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 flag@whitehouse.gov."

NORMALLY, I'm not one to get fired up about political issues, but this White House crowd is getting to be more than a little overbearing. The paragraph above comes from an Aug. 4 entry on the White House blog.

I'm sure my good and liberal friend, columnist Rich Osborne over on the other page, reads that paragraph as a benign public service announcement from a benevolent administration.

When I read it, I blew a gasket. The White House, basically, is asking me and you to rat out anyone who disagrees with the Obama version of the "truth" on health reform. Free speech? Not if it's something "fishy" that you hear in a "casual conversation" with your neighbor or co-worker. The White House wants you to report those deviant thoughts to "flag@whitehouse.gov" because they just can't keep up with all the people who disagree with them.

Talk about KGB tactics, Chicago-style.

Please don't chime in now about "Bush spied on us."

Neither one of the Bush presidents ever asked Americans to turn in people who disagree with policy proposals. Neither Bush, nor Bill Clinton, ever called here to complain about one of our daily "Our View" editorials.

"Flag" this column to the White House if you want, but they've already got our number.

I know that because one day, only two months after President Obama was inaugurated, a White House functionary called here before noon. She called to complain about an "Our View" editorial that had first hit the street and gone on our Web site only a matter of hours earlier, chastising Obama.

The White House wanted a letter of rebuttal printed. A letter was e-mailed here by a friend of the administration later in the day and we printed it the next day. No problem. Giving readers a diversity of opinion is what this page is all about.

What really burned me up, though, was the lightning speed with which the White House detected some dissent in small, faraway Lorain, and made it a priority to attack within hours. Forget North Korea; put Afghanistan on hold; don't worry about the economy; the White House wants that squeaky wheel in Lorain oiled.

Today, five months later, there must be so many of us squeaks across the nation that the White House can't detect and oil them all. So the Obama Administration is calling upon you to watch and to listen for unfavorable squeaking, and then to squeal to the guardians of the One Truth at flag@whitehouse.gov.

You had better keep a close eye on this White House. Because the Obama White House apparently has its eyes and ears out on the streets watching, listening and ready to 'flag' anyone who doesn't sing their tune.

That is loathsome, and un-American.

Tom Skoch is editor of The Morning Journal.

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http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/08/09/opinion/mj1443200.txt
 
meme said:
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Published: Sunday, August 9, 2009

Tom Skoch

"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 flag@whitehouse.gov."

NORMALLY, I'm not one to get fired up about political issues, but this White House crowd is getting to be more than a little overbearing. The paragraph above comes from an Aug. 4 entry on the White House blog.

I'm sure my good and liberal friend, columnist Rich Osborne over on the other page, reads that paragraph as a benign public service announcement from a benevolent administration.

When I read it, I blew a gasket. The White House, basically, is asking me and you to rat out anyone who disagrees with the Obama version of the "truth" on health reform. Free speech? Not if it's something "fishy" that you hear in a "casual conversation" with your neighbor or co-worker. The White House wants you to report those deviant thoughts to "flag@whitehouse.gov" because they just can't keep up with all the people who disagree with them.

Talk about KGB tactics, Chicago-style.

Please don't chime in now about "Bush spied on us."

Neither one of the Bush presidents ever asked Americans to turn in people who disagree with policy proposals. Neither Bush, nor Bill Clinton, ever called here to complain about one of our daily "Our View" editorials.

"Flag" this column to the White House if you want, but they've already got our number.

I know that because one day, only two months after President Obama was inaugurated, a White House functionary called here before noon. She called to complain about an "Our View" editorial that had first hit the street and gone on our Web site only a matter of hours earlier, chastising Obama.

The White House wanted a letter of rebuttal printed. A letter was e-mailed here by a friend of the administration later in the day and we printed it the next day. No problem. Giving readers a diversity of opinion is what this page is all about.

What really burned me up, though, was the lightning speed with which the White House detected some dissent in small, faraway Lorain, and made it a priority to attack within hours. Forget North Korea; put Afghanistan on hold; don't worry about the economy; the White House wants that squeaky wheel in Lorain oiled.

Today, five months later, there must be so many of us squeaks across the nation that the White House can't detect and oil them all. So the Obama Administration is calling upon you to watch and to listen for unfavorable squeaking, and then to squeal to the guardians of the One Truth at flag@whitehouse.gov.

You had better keep a close eye on this White House. Because the Obama White House apparently has its eyes and ears out on the streets watching, listening and ready to 'flag' anyone who doesn't sing their tune.

That is loathsome, and un-American.

Tom Skoch is editor of The Morning Journal.

from..
http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/08/09/opinion/mj1443200.txt
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We must stop the insanity of this government NOW.
 
Fishy healthcare disinformation alert **********************

obama wants to use control of healthcare to deny white people healthcare, by combining health care with the 'social justice' agenda, the same one that justifies withholding promotions from white people based on their skin color. The two insane logics will be combined to create a shiny new rationale for genocide.

Obamacare = Kill Whitey!
 
Why? I'd like to see the government overthrown just as much as you conservatives. We just have a different vision of what it would look like afterward.
 
Crashk said:
I agree. Special interest and 'Bush's Base' have to be put in check and this country has to get back to representing the people not corporate profits.
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and what about the Special interests who are in top positions for the HUGO administration...they just get a pass.
 
Fish said:
Why? I'd like to see the government overthrown just as much as you conservatives. We just have a different vision of what it would look like afterward.
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the problem is that any violent action and/or response from any agents of the government will not be fought on a distant battlefield. It will be fought in our streets, in our yards, and in our homes.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
careful what you wish for.
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Agreed. Being a conservative of the idea of smallest government possible and government at the most local level possible, I've felt separated by what I considered right wing yahoos expressing the desire to see separation from the 'rest,' violently if need be. Now I saw the same from the left after 2004, I was quicker to call them on it. With the 'right' I would post 'that wasn't the way to go.' Or 'We are one country, we've got to work this out.'

Now? When the SEIU thugs show up and beat a man and the left applauds, you've lost me. I fear that violence may erupt more widely and that is not going to be good for the country.
 
meme said:
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Published: Sunday, August 9, 2009

Tom Skoch

"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 flag@whitehouse.gov."

NORMALLY, I'm not one to get fired up about political issues, but this White House crowd is getting to be more than a little overbearing. The paragraph above comes from an Aug. 4 entry on the White House blog.

I'm sure my good and liberal friend, columnist Rich Osborne over on the other page, reads that paragraph as a benign public service announcement from a benevolent administration.

When I read it, I blew a gasket. The White House, basically, is asking me and you to rat out anyone who disagrees with the Obama version of the "truth" on health reform. Free speech? Not if it's something "fishy" that you hear in a "casual conversation" with your neighbor or co-worker. The White House wants you to report those deviant thoughts to "flag@whitehouse.gov" because they just can't keep up with all the people who disagree with them.

Talk about KGB tactics, Chicago-style.

Please don't chime in now about "Bush spied on us."

Neither one of the Bush presidents ever asked Americans to turn in people who disagree with policy proposals. Neither Bush, nor Bill Clinton, ever called here to complain about one of our daily "Our View" editorials.

"Flag" this column to the White House if you want, but they've already got our number.

I know that because one day, only two months after President Obama was inaugurated, a White House functionary called here before noon. She called to complain about an "Our View" editorial that had first hit the street and gone on our Web site only a matter of hours earlier, chastising Obama.

The White House wanted a letter of rebuttal printed. A letter was e-mailed here by a friend of the administration later in the day and we printed it the next day. No problem. Giving readers a diversity of opinion is what this page is all about.

What really burned me up, though, was the lightning speed with which the White House detected some dissent in small, faraway Lorain, and made it a priority to attack within hours. Forget North Korea; put Afghanistan on hold; don't worry about the economy; the White House wants that squeaky wheel in Lorain oiled.

Today, five months later, there must be so many of us squeaks across the nation that the White House can't detect and oil them all. So the Obama Administration is calling upon you to watch and to listen for unfavorable squeaking, and then to squeal to the guardians of the One Truth at flag@whitehouse.gov.

You had better keep a close eye on this White House. Because the Obama White House apparently has its eyes and ears out on the streets watching, listening and ready to 'flag' anyone who doesn't sing their tune.

That is loathsome, and un-American.

Tom Skoch is editor of The Morning Journal.

from..
http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/08/09/opinion/mj1443200.txt
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It's not a request to turn in people who dissent on the reform. It's just a request that E-Mails and such spreading rumors should be forwarded to them so that they can better deal with and have a grasp of the misinformation out there. They didn't ask for names, and they wouldn't even know who you were talking about if you sent in a name, so such information would obviously be thrown out immediately. And this goes to Obama's political offices, not an arm of the government. This is nothing but a disingenuous attempt to criss-cross Obama's position as leader of his party and his position as leader of the state, when clearly they are different roles.

Talk about faux outrage of the year.
 
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